“ON THE LINE! ON THE LINE!†were the only words we could make out from two Asian riders we met after hiking back to the top of D1. Jack Reading and I had been filming all day, when we met two riders who started talking to Jack, but he couldn’t understand what they were saying. One struggled to say that he couldn’t speak English very well; however the one thing that was clear was that they knew Jack. After a few seconds of thinking, they finally started yelling, “ON THE LINE! ON THE LINE!†Instantly, Jack and I knew they had seen him in the movie, which was released last Spring  … Details
You will have heard the expression “seat fitting†in connection with F1. Well this is what it looks like.
This is a behind the scenes video I shot a little while ago at McLaren which provides a fascinating insight into the detail a team will go into to get the driver comfortable in the car. They have a perfect mock up of the chassis and all the components in it, like the steering wheel, headrest, seat padding and so on. You can see Lewis Hamilton working on the fine detail of the steering wheel movement and his seat padding … Details
A behind the scenes video shot at McLaren. Design engineer Scott Bain is in charge of everything the driver comes into contact with in the cockpit. Here he shows us the chassis mock up and, as Lewis Hamilton tries it for size, explains how important it is to get the driver comfortable before you build the first chassis for real
The 25 year-old, who did not attend court in Australia, was fined $AUD500 (£288) after admitting driving his Mercedes sports car illegally across the streets of southeast Melbourne in March.
The McLaren driver was seen by police generating clouds of smoke by spinning the wheels of his high-powered car and slewing the back wheels across the tarmac, manoeuvres known as a “burnout” and “fishtailing”   … Details
Yes, you can snowboard in the summer. And you don’t have to go to the ends of the earth to do it. Just buy a plane ticket to Portland, Oregon, and get yourself to Mt. Hood, a little over an hour’s drive from the airport. Hit the slopes at Timberline Lodge, where you can also rest your head ($135 a night for a “chalet small” in August; timberlinelodge.com). The lodge, whose exterior is featured in the 1980 film The Shining, is mid-way to the summit, and you’ll be grateful for the spectacular view of the mountain when you’re sitting on the outdoor patio, nursing a beer after a long, hard day of riding. Depending on the amount of snow left over from earlier seasons … Details