Netflix compelling and successful series ‘Drive to Survive’ is rightly credited with breathing new life into Formula One by creating a whole new audience, especially in the USA. But the fly-on-the-wall reality series has also discovered cult heroes among previously unknown paddock personalities, particularly in minnow teams and Gunther Steiner, sometimes outspoken principal of the HAAS team, has … [Read more...]
Grand Prix legends return to Silverstone
An incredible grid of legendary front-engined Grand Prix cars will be one of the standout highlights at Silverstone Festival 2023 from 25-27 August which this summer is celebrating the world famous circuit’s 75thanniversary in spectacular style with special races, parades and displays. As ever, the three-day event will feature an unrivalled line-up of retro races but this year the bill will be … [Read more...]
Welsh sports car’s leading light in F1 season opener Sunday
A Welsh made car will be the safest on the grid when the lights go out to start this year's F1 season in Bahrain on Sunday. Aston Martin will raise the intensity by unleashing the might of the world’s most powerful ultra-luxury St Athan-built SUV, DBX707, as an Official FIA Medical Car of Formula 1. The critically acclaimed DBX707 has received significant engine, transmission, suspension, and … [Read more...]
Newslines 3 May
Welsh Labour local election literature is promoting the Welsh Government’s plan for 20mph residential speed limits being rolled out from this year. The lower limit is to make residential roads safer and less polluting, says Labour and it follows the introduction of 50mph limits on parts of the M4 in South Wales and other major routes in Wales. Audi and Porsche will join Formula One, Volkswagen … [Read more...]
Historic F1 sounds echo again at Silverstone
Historic-sounding F1 cars will once again be lining up at Silverstone over the August Bank Holiday. The Silverstone Grand Prix circuit will once again reverberate to the awesome shrill of F1’s best-ever sounding engines at The Classic this summer 26-28 August. The high-revving V8, V10 and V12 powertrains introduced at the end of the 1980s to supersede their turbocharged predecessors are widely … [Read more...]
‘Grand Prix’ star tested at Anglesey Circuit
A famous movie star rolled onto Anglesey Circuit last weekend. The racing car driven by James Garner in the classic 1966 movie “Grand Prix” was at Anglesey Circuit as new owner Syd Fraser from Aberdeen drove it for the first time after buying the car a month ago. The car is a 1961 Lotus 20/22 Formula Junior which was used during filming at Grand Prix circuits including shots of the … [Read more...]