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 […]
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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”
Gaming and Formula One – Perfecting Your Performance
“It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance”
Speed Costs Money – How Fast Do You Want to Go?
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
Spyder with Wings: The Evolution of the Porsche 718/2
“Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.”
