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After the Champagne (or whatever fizzy stuff they use in Monterey) had been washed away, it was a matter of what direction do we take from here for AMG Mercedes Benz? They had cars, drivers and budget, where could they race for the 1999 season? The FIA GT Championship was going to run to GT2 rules, so that avenue was closed. Stephane Ratel held a meeting
Down to earth with a bump, the AMG Mercedes squad trailed back to Affalterbach to conduct the post mortem on the Le Mans debacle. That the two engine failures suffered were as a result of the failure of a very minor part added to the sense of injustice. But the AMG squad are real professionals, so the problem was put right and everyone focused on the
When contemplating our lives, personally and professionally, there are areas that all of us prefer not to dwell on. Failures, accidents, disasters are generally airbrushed out of our memories and our CVs, the past is held to be a happy place Corporate bodies are no different, being essentially an extension of human activity, so it should come as little
I will be King And you You will be Queen Though nothing Will drive them away We can be Heroes Just for one day We can be us Just for one day If ever a song was just written for a car, David Bowie's Berlin Wall inspired "Heroes" would fit like a glove on the Porsche 911 GT1-98. This week marks the beginning of some intense coverage of the
Place: Le Mans, France Date: 6th June 1998 The Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, waves the Tricolour and the 66th Grand Prix of Endurance bursts into life. There is a huge crowd of spectators, attracted no doubt by the prospect of the battles between the factory teams from Mercedes Benz, BMW, Porsche, Nissan and Toyota. Right from the off the race did not
Every now and then a car makes an appearance and you just go WOW! You know it has attitude, class, speed and just a whiff of danger. Back in late 1997 Toyota unveiled their latest weapon in the continuing quest to take overall victory in Les Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans and the motorsport world took a step back in amazement. Now on the eve of the opening
Twenty Years.............roughly a third of most people's adult life and yet it seems to have flashed by in the twinkling of an eye. Back in 1990 I had just left the advertising world and was working in Covent Garden for a design agency, we were so hip and so cutting edge or so we thought. Actually it was pretty good time for me, I seem to recall
misfit n [ˈmɪsˌfɪt] 1. a person not suited in behaviour or attitude to a particular social environment 2. something that does not fit or fits badly In our continuing look and mavericks and misfits it is perhaps appropriate to consider the definition of such terms. The first decade of this century saw the steady growth of endurance and sportscar racing
Bernard Charles Ecclestone.............OK most of you might have heard of him, he's that rich guy who effectively runs Formula One's business and has done for the past 35 years. The Brits amongst you might also know him as the Bad Guy who has made the British Racing Drivers' Club jump through hoops just to keep a British Grand Prix on the
Misfits and Mavericks? Sounds like most of us involved with SpeedHunters...............but it set me thinking and there at the top of the list was a man who died 28 years ago but whose legacy still shapes motorsport today. Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman founded Lotus Cars and ran a motorsport team like no other, a brilliant engineer and innovator, summed