Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nofenders/zbjv/~3/qEOk1rh58kw/antonov-thwarted-in-attempts-to-buy.html

Toni Branca Gianfranco Brancatelli Eric Brandon Don Branson

Source: http://www.metrof1.com/blogs/metrof1/2011/05/schumi-bemoans-vettel-era---and-has-a-point.html

Slim Borgudd Luki Botha JeanChristophe Boullion Sebastien Bourdais

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/F1InsightAFormula1Blog/~3/EQF18QdnxF4/ferrari-launch-their-new-2011-car-f150.html

Derek Daly Christian Danner Jorge Daponte Anthony Davidson

The Mercedes pit crew prepare for Michael Schumacher in Singapore © Getty Images

Away from the world of multi-million-pound car development laboratories and drivers whose small change takes care of the Monte Carlo harbour fees, another drama will play out in Singapore this week. The Independent's David Tremayne joins F1's unsung heroes.

These are not select millionaires but up to 16 ordinary, yet gifted, guys; team mechanics who have worked their way up the system and often migrate from team to team, are paid real-world wages of between £30,000 and £50,000 a year, are drilled to perfection ? and whose split-second synchronisation brings their teams huge rewards.

Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/09/life_in_the_pit_lane.php

Marc Gene Elmer George Bob Gerard Gerino Gerini

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/F1InsightAFormula1Blog/~3/L_CEh5Mg_Wo/f1-2011-goes-hd-and-so-does-on-board.html

Ray Crawford Alberto Crespo Antonio Creus Larry Crockett

The ever changing timeline regarding the release of the Bugatti Galibier has changed again to an earlier date. In a recent interview conducted by Auto Motor und Sport with Bugatti President and VEO Wolfgang Durheimer, the latter has confirmed that the new Bugatti flagship will be scheduled to go on sale in the fall of 2012.

This latest timeline is much closer to previous rumors that have been widely reported in the past, including one that pegged a production date of sometime in 2013. Full details behind the car - it’s tentatively called the Galibier, although it’s reported to be designated as the ’Royale’ - are still being withheld, but you can expect it to be as powerful as any four-door luxury sedan the market has ever seen.

?The car has a much higher value that the Veyron, with lot of trunk volume and a four-seat plus one configuration," Durheimer said. "We are taking into consideration various scenarios, from 500, to even 1,000 or 1,500 units produced."

The Galibier is expected to take the reigns from the Veyron as the latter ends its production in the tail end of 2012. Though not as powerful as the mighty supercar, the Galibier is still no slouch by any measure with a rumored output of 850 horsepower. That much performance will most definitely cost more than just an arm-and-a-leg and it’s looking to fetch a price tag in the vicinity of $1.5 million.

Anybody who’s interested in the Galibier will have at least a year to save up and break the bank. It won’t be cheap, so it might be best to start as early as you can, right?

Bugatti targeting sales date of Galibier for late 2012 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 31 July 2011 12:00 EST.

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Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/bugatti-targeting-sales-date-of-galibier-for-late-2012-ar113239.html

Ken Downing Bob Drake Paddy Driver Piero Drogo

After being derailed from my building I decided to do a few quick builds to get back into things. My kids got me a few of the Revell 32 kits for Christmas so I decided that a relatively simple project might get me going again. The idea was to take the 5 window kit and build it pretty much out of the box. I dropped the front end down a bit more and other than some minor detail painting and plug wires it is pretty much going to be box "stock".

Started out slow and painted a few parts. The car will be dark blue with yellow steelies and tan interior.

Added a black wash to the wheels and caps to help bring out the details and the "windows"

Mock up pic shows the frontend brought down as much as posible with the kits tires.

First shot at using Alcad on this one. My cheep airbrush needs to be replaced, but worked alright for this build.

Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/937572.aspx

Giancarlo Fisichella John Fitch Christian Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nofenders/zbjv/~3/HvcSfNCBlWk/la-scuderia-celebrates-first-formula-1.html

Don Freeland HeinzHarald Frentzen Paul Frere Patrick Friesacher

It is the Hungarian GRand Prix this weekend and Felipe Massa will be driving for Ferrari once again. He has some bad memories of Hungary though as the below video shows. The Brazilian suffered a horrific crash in 2009 and he will be making an emotional return to the circuit this weekend. Good luck Felipe. [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Formula1Fancast/~3/gJbOZneBphs/who-remembers-this-crash-from-the-hungarian-grand-prix

Marco Apicella Mário de Araújo Cabral Frank Armi Chuck Arnold

There are reports of a completely redesigned Formula 1 calendar for 2012 with some fairly logical alterations to take into account some basic realities, such as politics and climate. There also seems to be a move towards a more sensible system of twinning races, so that costs are reduced. The calendar is up for discussion [...]

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/a-new-2011-calendar/

Colin Chapman Dave Charlton Pedro Matos Chaves Bill Cheesbourg