Felipe Massa hit the nail on the head when he labelled Ferrari’s efforts in Malaysia as nothing but “stupid” after the Scuderia cost themselves any chance of scoring points.
Ferrari looked set for a good weekend ahead after dominated Friday’s second practice session when Kimi Raikkonen led home Massa for a 1-2 result. But from there their weekend went downhill.
Massa’s chances of a solid points-finish were undone by a silly mistake in qualifying when …Â Details
Don Kitch Jr., the head of Team Seattle, is trying to raise $1 million for the Seattle Children’s Infant Cardiac Care Unit by selling space on the team’s Ferrari 430; $500 for a 1-by-1-inch photo of you or someone you love.
It’s hard to see what a race-car driver has in common with a sick kid.
But then the commonalities take shape: Patience. Courage. The pit stops. The panic. And always, a steady eye on the finish line. On victory.
You think about it all when you talk with Don Kitch Jr., the head of Team Seattle, an endurance car-racing team that just found out that it had won a spot in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
“I cried,” Kitch told me …Â Details
Tasty foot-long corn dogs, juicy roasted turkey legs and pink lemonade were on my lunch menu last weekend.
Who wouldn’t love that combination on a Sunday afternoon?
Mix in sampling food from various other vendors and visiting with race fans throughout the facility at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and you can classify a day at the races a success for this motor sports novice.
The only thing missing was a set of earplugs.
Stationed at the speedway for the NHRA’s SummitRacing.com Nationals, I received a crash course on how drag racing works.
The speed and power of the cars jetting down the strip at speeds of more than 300 mph can be startling…Â Details
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David Coulthard made an ill-advised comment not long before he retired following a stellar career last year. The comment, though ill-advised, has however has turned out to be rather accurate.
He said that Lewis Hamilton wouldn’t be doing nearly so well if he didn’t have the best car in the paddock to drive. That he would be right up there too, if he was sitting in Hamilton’s position. That the car you are driving is important… Details