I was out on the Appalachian Trail and didn't see the race until yesterday. It looks like Max and Red Bull are back for real. I kind of felt bad for Lewis getting passed at the end. Ferrari just seems to have issues when it comes to strategy?
I hope it gets you hooked. But I don't know that COTA is a great spectator track... at least not the way I like to spectate. I like wandering around the track and photograph it from various places. I often ask people with motorhomes that they can watch from up on top, if I can come up and take a...
Great race on Saturday. Max gave it everything he could, but the handling of the Mercedes in the twisties was to much for the Red Bull on the straights!
It's a slightly longer and faster version of Monaco. Maybe fun to drive, but almost no passing. Lando probably would have passed Max at most other tracks. They need to take out the first 2 turns, so the front straight leads into a flat out turn 3 and the make turn 4 a corner and not a chicane!
Are we ready for F1 on the new Madring circuit? Is it possible that a 270 degree corner with a 24 degree banking taken at 150+ mph may be more than the current tires can tolerate? Remember Indianapolis when even a slight baking on a 90 degree corner was too much and 2/3rds of the field didn't race!
I've been a fan of F1 since I was a kid and I've watched almost every F1 race that's ever been on TV, and I attended 2 F1 races in Detroit. I think this Monza race was the most fun race I've ever seen! The new rules are much better than the old DRS zones. And I'd be happy if they would change...
Are we ready for Monza? I think this may be a Mercedes one two finish.
And CONGRATULATIONS to Alex Palou on his 5th IndyCar Championship in the last 6 years!
#0 minutes later: I just remembered, Kimi starts from the back of the grid this week. Oops! Maybe not a Mercedes one two after all!
I like that front end better than the stock look. But how much will it cost to buy it, ship it, have it installed, have it painted (well matched) and have all the sensors aligned?
I might have to wait until my stock front end gets too beat up or some kind of a big chip in it.
So I admit, I am an eturnal optimist. I hope for a nearly 400hp MR2 that looks something like this:
But the truth is, in the past, Toyota has vercar line y, very rarely offered any serious horsepower in their lower line of sports cars. Just look at the last MR2, it's a joke. Now, will Toyota...
Motor Trend reported this:
The other big question, of course, is what will power it? Most automakers have leaned into electric powertrains for sports cars, because there’s no better way to get massive speed without killing your corporate fuel-economy average. For the Celica, we suspect Toyota...
In the last year I have done Track Days at Sebring, Daytona, Barber and Road Atlanta. All tracks I never got to race on back in my SCCA days. BTW these tracks were all road trips for me as I live in SW Florida now... well Sebring was just a day trip!Back in my SCCA days (1979thru 1996) I raced...
OK, I don't care if the next mid-engine Toyota is an MR2 or a Celica.
If the MR2 looked even remotely close to this, has 4 wheel drive, anything over 350hp, a 6 speed manual along with a lot of the creature features that are in my 2025 Supra, and it sells for under $70k.... I'm all in!
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