Tag: motorsport
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BMW’s surprising lack of top level motorsport success
BMW are undoubtedly one of the finest manufacturers of road cars. Their M division has garnered legendary status amongst fans of the Bavarian marque, with motorsport DNA filtering through into the M2’s, M3’s and M5’s that have long been the darling of magazine road tests. But just how much motorsport DNA does the manufacturer actually…
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Murray Walker, my first motoring hero
“Three lights, four lights, five laps… pause… GO! GO! GO!” Is there a more iconic voice in all of sport’s broadcasting? I don’t think so. Murray Walker’s charismatic voice was the soundtrack to my childhood. Some of my earliest memories are sat in front of the TV on a Sunday playing with my toy cars…
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Why electric motorsport will never replace internal combustion engined racing
There are 5 basic human senses. Touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. For people to get excited about something, at least one of these senses has to be stimulated. The real excitement however, comes when more than one sense is stimulated. Picture this. You’ve just parked the car in the car park of your favourite…
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Cadwell Park Track Day – 28/07/20
This should have been my third track day of 2020 but here we are, more than half the year already behind us and I’ve just completed my first. I can’t tell you how eager I’ve been to get back out on track, it was late last year at Anglesey since I was last out. First…