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.
Author Archives: jennie mowbray
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.”
On This Day in F1: October 26, 1997 – Deadlock, Deceit and Disaster
“No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you!
Consider the furniture!”
The Season of Darkness
“…it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…”
Storm in a Teacup: Spa-Francorchamps 2017
And now the rain!
The rain—thudding—implacable—
The wind, revelling in the confusion of great pines!