The honor of being the final round of the Formula 1 Grand Prix has been held in Brazil recently, But next year’s calendar shifts Brazil to the penultimate round, and puts the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi at their brand new track. F1 officials and some lucky drivers got a chance to see the track where next year’s championship will be decided, and as one might expect from something out of the Middle East, it’s got everything you could want and then some. Read the rest of this entry »
At this year’s annual 2008 Audi Driver International held in the remote village of Castle Combe, England a sad thing has happened on the track - A driver lost control of his AudiRS4Avant and thoroughly crammed it into the wall.
Thankfully nobody looked seriously hurt, just casualities of egos, but the video of the wagon’s last remaining moments reveals the oversteer, the lift off the pedal, the overcorrection, and the inevitable smash. Read the rest of this entry »
As anyone with a less-than-enthusiastic spouse can attest, getting your better half in the passenger seat for a hard flogging around the track takes the kind of intestinal fortitude normally reserved for Lutz’s PR team. Apparently, it doesn’t get any easier even if you’ve got some Formula One experience.
Hit the jump to watch former F1 ace Riccardo Patrese take his rather attractive wife for a Sunday spin in a Honda Civic Type-R, complete with plenty of Italian expletives and one positively hilarious “No no no no NO NO NO NO!” Read the rest of this entry »
