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Chinese GP: As good as it gets
I quite regularly have pub ‘arguments’ and water cooler moments with people who claim that Formula one isn’t a sport. They say that it’s only overpaid men driving around in circles for a couple of hours, merely in the pursuit of a gaudy trophy. ‘Where’s the fun in that?’ they enquire. ‘That isn’t entertainment.’ The very definition of entertainment ...
World’s most practical supercars
When buying a supercar/performance car a lot of people (especially other halves) moan about the practicality of such a purchase. However there is a solution, it is called ‘persistance’. Performance over a practicality is a simple philosophy to live buy for a petrolhead. Meet the people who are currently excelling at it with flying colours. Ferrari F40 ...
Twin-turbo awesomeness
The human body is pretty mega. Think about all the guts and organs slushing around inside you right now. Now think of the guts of a car. They are not as slushy as ours and it is quite a challenge for manufacturers to fit these mechanical guts into the tight internals of a supercar. Now there are ...
Petrolhead profile: Jon Olsson
They say that being able to multitask is a beneficial attribute. Being able to multitask in the wild world of extreme sports, where there is big corporate sponsorship up for grabs, is massively beneficial because it means you have twice the sponsor money to go and spend on an awesome car collection. Step in Jon Olsson, a Swedish freeskier and alpine ski racer who has ...
Unboxing: BMW M5 Concept
Say hello to the new BMW M5. Well, kind of. This is the BMW M5 ‘Concept’, a car that is very much straddling the concept/production line. Having had its covers ripped off in Munich this weekend to a group of journos, this is almost certainly what the new F10 M5 will look like. The new ...
Oz GP: Things we’ve learnt
We learn a lot from watching Grand Prix on the telly, and never more so than the first race of the year. It gives us a chance to see everything working, and today’s Australian GP answered a lot of questions we were asking during winter testing. Here’s a few things we can take away from the ...
Electric feel
EPAS this, electric motors that, you can barely step foot into your local iPub without coming across a motoring reference to the changeable world of steering assistance. Well, I can’t anyway, ‘cos I’m a bit geeky like that. There has been a gradual shift of car manufacturers’ tendencies from using hydraulic to electric assistance to help ...
Safety first: The world’s best safety cars
BMW have just unveiled the incredibly awesome 1 M MotoGP safety car, so we thought we would doff our hat to some of the most awesome safety cars around the world. The safety car is the Border Collie of the world of motorsport. There to round up the herd of cars and bring them under ...
RiDONKulous
Over here in the UK we have had some pretty mad tuning fads. But over in the States they like to do things bigger and better. And in the tuning world there is nothing bigger – especially in the wheel department – than ‘Donking’. ‘Donking’ is the umbrella word for the Hi-Risers which grew out of ...
Review: Test Drive Unlimited 2
A considerable proportion of the appeal of video games is that they allow us to escape from our tiresome and laborious lifestyles. After a day of work/school/life nothing beats sitting in a darkened room lacking fresh air and just ignoring society. Test Drive Unlimited 2 appeals to us gamers because it means we can escape from our ...