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Adrian Newey - Makes great cars, and breaks them

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 [...]

TekF1.com, TechnicalF1.com and GTF1.com find temporary home

Due to server issues, our friends at TekF1.com/TechnicalF1.com/GTF1.com are temporarily forwarding visitors here. This was due to their shared server being compromised (through someone else’s account), but they’ll be back bigger and better on new servers shortly.
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Alonso Vs BMW Vertical Wings

This week the FIA banned BMW’s innovative vertical wings. Fernando Alonso was hoping to try his version of the wings this week in Hockenheim as Renault struggle to keep up with the pace of Ferrari…

French Grand Prix - Bridgestone Challenge Michelin

The Franch Grand Prix at Magny Cours was a lot like the United States Grand Prix.. other than the fact it was held in France and that more than half the field finished the race.
The major difference in the last 2 races has been Bridgestone have produced a better tyre than Michelin. A lot of [...]

Microsoft ECUs for all F1 cars in 2008

There’s been a lot of talk about Microsoft winning the tender to supply all teams with a standard ECU in 2008. Many jokes have been flying about, however the group is actually Microsoft MES, which is a joint venture between Microsoft and McLaren. Siemens are also involved in the project.
The MES stands for McLaren Electronic [...]