Entering a proper VLN race at the Nurburgring has always been a person goal for me, but after watching Leh Keen ferry (and we mean ferry!) this Porsche 911 GT3R is giving me second thoughts… The footage was taken during the 2013 race and just before a nine-hour red flag stoppage due to the appalling…
The early 90s were a glory period for Renault’s involvement in Formula One. After a decade of disappointment in the late 70s and early 80s, they had finally cracked the nut and returned with Williams as an engine supplier – taking Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost to world titles as well as coming close with…
We have all seen or heard of Hollywood’s interpretation of NASCAR racing, the aptly named; Days of Thunder. Starring Tom Cruise, it portrays a young American open-wheel driver by the name of Cole Trickle, who has lost his drive and endeavours to ‘Make It Big’ in America’s most popular series. Whilst the story line seems…
This is Darren and Richard. They are great mates who have viewed too many (or not enough) Colin McRae videos on the FYRC FB page and got the inspiration to give it a go themselves. It all started with a video that Darren tagged Richard in of Colin going balls deep into the spectator stage…
A Formula One race winner and Le Mans 24hr victory amongst many other accolades, Johnny Herbert was the top British driver in the late 1980’s. His ascension through the junior categories was nothing other than domination; British Formula Ford Festival winner in 1986 and British F3 champion in 1987 paved a path for Johnny to…
Pop music and Formula One generally are not two terms you hear in the same sentence, unless you’re talking about some post-race entertainment. However believe it or not, the drummer of 70’s pop sensation ABBA, was a full-time Formula One driver proceeding a successful music career! Slim Borgudd would be classed as one of the…
Jack Brabham, Ken Tyrrell, Ron Dennis, Peter Connew – Peter who?! Peter Connew had no interest in motor racing, no experience in building a race car, let alone a Formula One car, but after experiencing his first Grand Prix at Monza as a spectator, he was hooked and soon acquired some work through the great…
Big name drivers like Sam Posey, Ronnie Peterson, David Hobbs and Hans Stuck have tamed it. Artists, Alexander Calder and Frank Stella have unleashed their creative flair on it. The legendary BMW 3.0 CSL was a homologation special built for the European Touring Car Championship (which it won a lot) in the mid 1970s. Dubbed…
Well, that’s what it seemed like anyway! The last three laps of the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix are almost beyond disbelief. Alain Prost, who was leading lost it on the run down to Tabac and hit the barrier hard. This left Riccardo Patrese in the lead, who then proceeded to spin awkwardly coming into the…
Yep, we’ve all been there. This problem is not necessarily restricted to iRacing, it’s applicable to any Gran Project Forza Assetto Racing game (sorry, “sim”) out there. There’s always a couple of people blabbering away on their mics and then all hell breaks loose when someone takes someone out – and all you are trying…
Visor cameras are the new black. We love them because they have added a new dimension to the level of immersion for punters watching on. This gets exacerbated when you mix in a stiffly-sprung Indycar and a bumpy as f**k track like St Petersburg. I love visor cameras because they show that drivers are true…
The Nürburgring, the Nordschleife, the “Green Hell”. You know about it, you know it’s reputation as not only a car breaker, but also a driver demoraliser. It takes special person to conquer it and it attracts 100’s of thousands of enthusiasts every year. Formula One stopped their circus from racing there in 1977 and haven’t…
