F1 under missile fire for following money, not morals
It was a Saturday arvo in Jeddah that I’ll tell you about. But let me add the Windsor family is selling Phil Mountbatten’s one-owner Albatross MkIII Super Sports speedboat.
John Connolly
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Feezers dominate as F1 overtakes TV series
No shocks in Bahrain Grand Prix except that the racing was more exciting than the TV series based on the racing. Feezer came first and second for the first time since 2019.
Poor drivers on the road to poverty
Let’s ask why the upper middle-class illuminati in this country still believe that ‘the poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far in many cases’.
Get that floating feeling with a Porsche IPO
Our friends at VW were really forced into telling everyone that they were planning to list 25 per cent of Porsche because everyone knew anyway.
Money to be made from rustbuckets
Remember in 2009 a local diving club pulled a 1925 Bugatti Type 22 Brescia Roadster from the bottom of Lake Maggiore after 40 years? It sold for $600,000, not a ‘best guess’ of $80,000.
Flameageddon on the open seas
About 1100 Porkers, 189 Bentleys and heaps of EVs with lithium batteries that catch fire whenever they feel like it have been going up in smoke of Portugal.
Aussie Mick’s chequered career ends in ‘new role’ as F1 president lays down law
Motor sports’ governing body, the FIA, in removing Australia’s Michael Masi as Formula One’s race director after a stand-off involving Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton, has offered a new role.
Your chance at sporting history: Fangio’s Mercedes-Benz
This 300 SL Roadster was exported from Europe to Argentina as a ‘trophy’ to circumvent taxes on bringing automobiles into the country.
Mazda ‘ownership experiences’ not so ‘comfortable’
How good is Mazda, whose boss says it is here to ‘brighten people’s lives through car ownership’? Let’s stall and listen to a long-time Mazda owner.
Hitting the skids: the dying days of auto shows
If the era of auto shows is ending, it’s not because of Covid. It’s a combination of digital, of electric sustainability and of carmakers staging the same tired events for 128 years.
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