Monday, January 25th, 2010
You have to feel sorry for Nico Rosberg. A while ago he signed up to drive for the new Mercedes (nee Brawn) Grand Prix team, expecting to be racing alongside the new world champion Jenson Button.
Then Button decided that he was going to McLaren instead to partner Lewis Hamilton and the rumours were that Nick Heidfeld would get the second ...
Written by: Chas Parker
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Please God, don’t let this be true.
A West Midlands motor racing fan has named his baby boy after new Formula One world champion Jenson Button and former world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Trevor Sutton and partner Mandy Smith, from Wyken in Coventry, decided this would be a great way to celebrate the achievements of the two British drivers.
Sutton has been a motorsport ...
Written by: Chas Parker
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
If anyone were to ask me about the various cars I’d owned or driven in my life and which, if any of them, stood out in my memory, there is one which immediately springs to mind.
It is a 1996 2.5-litre BMW 323 automatic convertible, which my partner and I bought to drive through France to Monaco for the Grand Prix ...
Written by: Chas Parker
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
There are few industries more complex than the car rental industry. If you are to engage with it, you need to prepare - meet them at their level, look them in the eye, make them wonder what to make of your cocked eyebrow - bemusement? Indignation? Fury? At every chance you must maintain the facade of total, inscrutable mystery and ...
Written by: David Davies
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
There’s been a lot happening in the F1 world over the last few weeks. Everything is beginning to slip into place for next season and the new teams which will be joining the grid are finalising their plans and announcing their drivers. With one notable exception, that is.
After some speculation as to whether Renault would continue in the sport or ...
Written by: David Davies
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Yesterday was a seriously bad day. I made the mistake of going to a local town to do some Christmas shopping. Of course, when I got there the world and his dog had decided to do the same, so finding a parking space was challenging to say the least (well, it could've been worse, I could've been in Basingstoke).
The usual ...
Written by: Chas Parker
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Sometimes, it’s better not to know. Not to know that a grey-haired grumpy TV detective in his fifties trumps one of the greatest American cop shows of all time. No Gran Torino on this list. Not to know that one of the coolest cars ever built languishes at the bottom of this top ten. Not to know that the second ...
Written by: David Davies
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Cars are brilliant. They are also very expensive, so buying a car for someone as a Christmas present is a no-no for anyone who lives a normal life. For those who can buy each other cars for Christmas, the very idea of a present became meaningless long ago, and where is the fun in that? That does not mean to ...
Written by: David Davies
Monday, December 7th, 2009
After months of speculation, Silverstone Circuits announced this morning that it had reached an agreement with Bernie Ecclestone to host the British Formula One Grand Prix from 2010 onwards.
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The race was scheduled to take place at Donington Park in Leicestershire, but after the ...
Written by: Chas Parker
Friday, December 4th, 2009
There’s less than a month to go before Christmas now so it’s time to start making your lists of what you’re going to buy your favourite petrolhead as a present.
Or, if you’re the petrolhead, it’s time to start dropping hints about what you want so you don’t end up with the proverbial pair of ...
Written by: Chas Parker
