Flying Closer to the Ground – The Advent of Aerodynamics
“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”
Author Archives: jennie mowbray
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!
1998 Tyrrell 026 – Remembering the Old Days
“Perhaps – I want the old days back again and they’ll never come back, and I am haunted by the memory of them and of the world falling about my ears. ”