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Look-alike: Danica Patrick vs Holly Marie Combs

dScribe — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:51:25 +0000

Ok, she’s not an F1 driver, but Indy driver Danica Patrick is looking very nice these days.. reminds me of Holly Marie Combs from Charmed…

This one’s for you Stuey..

Mercedes Grand Prix Motorcycle

dScribe — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:07:00 +0000

Ilmor Engineering, the company behind Mercedes Benz engines in F1, have been testing a MotoGP bike they have developed for the 2007 season. The bike appears to be very very quick. Will it end up with Mercedes branding?

In 2007, MotoGP bikes will be reduced to 800cc from the current 990cc formula. Ilmor has developed their bike with a 4-cylinder 800cc engine. The bike will make it’s debut this season at the Portugese Grand Prix.

The Ilmor bike has been the quickest 2007-spec bike in testing so far – even quicker than the 800cc Ducati GP7 bike. Despite having a capacity 190cc under existing bikes, they still might make quite an impression in Portugal and Valencia.

Very exciting, especially for Aussies as Gary McCoy has been doing the majority of testing so might get to return to the race seat in MotoGP..

Adrian Newey – Makes great cars, and breaks them

dScribe — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:47:43 +0000

Adrain Newey is hailed as one of the best Formula One designers of all time. However it looks to me like he has even more talent for breaking cars than he does for making them!

Newey destroyed a Ford GT40 at Le Mans in July this year, and now, at the Goodwood Festival, he’s smashed his Jaguar Type-E into a wall..

Thankfully he was ok despite spending the night in hospital for check-ups.. Let’s hope he sticks to what he does best.. Otherwise we might have Michael Schumacher designing F1 cars next year…