Back to a rally theme, here’s the trailer for what looks to be (and is supposed to be, according to reviews so far) a brilliant new documentary about the sport. Easier Said Than Done looks at rallying (largely from an American perspective, which is interesting enough…) but also takes in the wider struggle to attract […]
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Three-time Le Mans winner, ex-F1 driver and blatantly small Scotsman Allan McNish was the guest editor of the magnificent UK magazine ‘Motorsport’ for the October edition, so they also took the opportunity to talk to him for their regular podcast. Here is the result. Enjoy!
There are no words needed for this – just enjoy and remember that Friday is getting nearer!
Feast your eyes on this thoroughly magnificent video that is pretty much just Seb-2 and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia in slow motion. Who is Seb-2? Sebastien Ogier, of course, with Sebastien Loeb being Seb-1, while Sebastian Vettel is commonly referred to as “That annoying little German twat” and Sebastien Bordais is just “who?”
Here is a great article on Jalopnik.com about one of three Volvo 960 wagons packing supercharged Ford V8s that the legendary Paul Newman had built – one for him, one for a family friend and one for talk show host David Letterman. LETTERMAN: I say to Paul, “Now wait a minute. Paul, I have a […]
Modern cars have LOTS of sensors. The hardware and software in modern cars is simply staggering, but what is the point of all that data? Well, most of it is used by the car to monitor all the various systems, while service technicians can also access it to see what has gone wrong when something […]
Formula One fans are well used to brightly-coloured, noisy bird-brains making inane predictions that make no sense whatsoever to anyone with a grain of knowledge about the sport – after all, Eddie Jordan has been around for ages now. But this time it is a bit different – the noisy bird-brain is actually a bird! […]
Now, as much as we utterly love driving here at Oversteer, we will be the first to put our clammy hands up for a self-driving car. Why? Because there are SOOOOO many times it would be awesome. Let’s face it; commuting – whether it be between towns, down the road or sitting in soul-destroying barely […]
While “42” is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything, it appears the answer to the question of how you encourage more people into motor racing is far more obvious; make it more affordable. Which is exactly what the newly-formed New Zealand Racing Drivers’ League has done and, as a […]
Italian-based businessman Pourmohseni Hadi had complained to BMW repeatedly about his 2008 M6’s vibrations, jolts and bad gear shifts. BMW Italy couldn’t fix it, so he took the most rational course of action and beat the hell out of it with an axe and a sledgehammer in front of the Frankfurt motorshow. Hadi had been complaining […]
