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Porsche 918 RSR Hybrid Race Car

January 10, 2011 Motorsport

No sooner do I write about my interest in hybrid cars, then Porsche at the Detroit Motor Show hit us with this unveiling. The new 918RSR racer uses Porsche’s flywheel technology, on which I’ll write more later and looks the business. They refer regularly to the Porsche 917 racer in the car’s DNA and they [...]

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Schuey’s Back?

December 22, 2009 Motorsport

So Schuey’s back. And not before time too, in my view. I always felt there was a bit of a vibe about his departure which meant that he didn’t leave 100% willingly. But when the Dream Team of Brawn, Todt and Byrne was coming apart at Ferrai and the fast new kid from Finland was [...]

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Happy Birthday Porsche 917

March 12, 2009 Motorsport

A press release landed in my inbox this week that couldn’t just be allowed to pass without mention.  Forty years ago, on 13th March 1969, the Porsche 917 was born at the Geneva Motor Show. I can recall seing it as a small child, little knowing that all these years later we’d still be talking [...]

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Beeb’s New F1 Site Live

March 5, 2009 Motorsport

Good to see the new BBC Formula One site is live. I have to say I’ve totally lost interest in F1 in recent years, mainly due to the boring races being won in the pit lane. When I heard that it was moving from ITV, I thought that there was one key ingredient that needed [...]

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