Last night I broke the news here on B/R that popular British motor programme Top Gear ended their long running joke, The Stig, a man who drives new vehicles around the show’s very own Test Circuit.
The current Stig (since 2004) has never revealed himself, and because of this he has become a cult icon in the United Kingdom as well as overseas. After months of speculation and a lot of controversy, Top Gear ended an era when they revealed The Stig’s identity to be none other than the greatest Formula One driver of all time, Michael Schumacher.
But everything about this pointed towards … Details
Stefano Domenicali has blamed development money wasted on KERS as the reason for its competitive struggle in 2009.
Other big teams, including McLaren, have also blamed their current struggles on having focused for too long on the 2008 title, rather than on the sweeping new rules for this season.
But Ferrari boss Domenicali said crucial funds amounting to “millions of euros” was…Â Details
TRG’s Duncan Ende and Spencer Pumpelly finished third in Saturday’s running of the Grand-Am Rolex Series KONI Sports Car Challenge race today at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Mid-Ohio’s 2.2-mile twisty rolling terrain does not favor the Porsche GS cars, but the team had a solid run. Duncan Ende and Spencer Pumpelly had the No. 39 DigiTrust Group/Adam’s Polishes/Racer’s Roast Coffee/Intercity Lines/TRG Porsche 997 setup and ready to race. Ende, once again, had a monster qualifying effort, putting the No. 39 on the second row. Early contact in the race resulted in a bent wheel and a pit stop under green, hampering what could have been a possible win. The duo were able get up on the podium proving that well driven Porsche can still hang with the big V-8s.
“We had another good qualifying run,” Ende said. “Spencer and I are really clicking on the setup of the car. We had a very strong race considering that …Â Details
In the fifties, sixties and to some extent even the seventies, Formula One racing was simple. Enthusiasts representing manufacturers and teams got together to build state-of-the-art racing cars which met the rules set by the ‘Formula’ and raced against each other. Racing was mostly on historic European circuits, and car makers stood a good chance of selling more cars when they won on Sunday afternoons. When the costs of car development mounted, a new breed of teams with huge financial backing sprang up. They used new-age metallurgy and tyre technology to take Formula One to a level where it became impossible for just any old bunch of enthusiasts to build cars and race them competitively. And so it was that Bernie Ecclestone made use of his tobacco millions and created the highly-televised, money-spinning circus that the world knows as Formula One today… Details