Spyder with Wings: The Evolution of the Porsche 718/2
“Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.”
Author Archives: jennie mowbray
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. ”
1995 Canadian Grand Prix – Luck at Last for Alesi
“Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But it happens sometimes that, if we put our hand in hers with the humble trust of a little child, she will have pity on us, and not fail us in our hour of need.”
#F1 History: The Jones Dynasty – A Chip off the Old Block
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
~Umberto Eco~
#F1 History: 1991 Jordan 191 – Poetry in Motion
“She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.”
#F1 History: 1983 Monaco Grand Prix – Dancing in the Rain
“The rain is falling all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.”
#F1 History: 1971 Tyrrell 003 – Secret Hidden in a Woodshed
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
