Maserati 250F – A Commonplace Miracle
It was a miracle that Juan Manuel Fangio was even able to start the 1954 Argentine Grand Prix…
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On This Day in F1: December 26, 1959 – The Debut of Jim Clark and Ford-Cosworth
Four entwined exhaust pipes emerged in the wake of the front left wheel, melded themselves into one entity, and purposefully snaked their way along the side of the car.
To Beat Those Bloody Red Cars
Despite their position deep in enemy territory, three green aliens had captured the entire front row of the grid…
Alfa Romeo – Drunk on the Thought of Impending Return
We would go down to the fish market early to cleanse our vision: the fish were silver, and scarlet, and green, and the color of sea. The fish were lovelier […]
2018 United States Grand Prix – Summer in Finland
F***king finally!”
Alfa Romeo 158 – Weathering the Storm
I have weathered the storm,
I have beaten out my exile.
~The Rest – Ezra Pound~
1983 Spirit-Honda: Breathing Dreams like Air
On the fifth lap, the car gasped and collapsed breathless at the side of the track, failure of a turbo seal resulting in Stefan Johansson’s immediate relegation from racer to spectator.
Flying Closer to the Ground – The Advent of Aerodynamics
“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”
How to Build a Car
“Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.”
The Teutonic Transcendence of 1938
“Superhuman effort isn’t worth a damn unless it achieves results”
