Plug-in hybrid based on the Cadillac SRX would have been one of the first premium crossovers to feature the technology.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
GM axes SRX-based luxury plug-in hybrid - report
Plug-in hybrid based on the Cadillac SRX would have been one of the first premium crossovers to feature the technology.
Hamilton demoted to ninth on grid
As expected Lewis Hamlton has lost his qualifying time in Q3 after cutting the chicane at the exit of the Swimming Pool. Because it was his only proper flying lap in that session he drops to the back of Q3, … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/05/28/hamilton-demoted-to-ninth-on-grid/
AMA SBK: Young Tops Hayes, Hayden In Heavyweight Bout
Blake Young emerged victorious following an epic tilt with AMA Superbike title rivals Josh Hayes and Tommy Hayden.
Source: http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/spoiler-warning-ama-sbk-mmp/
Duane Carter Eugenio Castellotti Johnny Cecotto Andrea de Cesaris
Monday, 30 May 2011
Why Michael Schumacher Could Win The 2011 World Championship
Michael Schumacher?s 2010 comeback was somewhat abortive.� The results, the driving standard and the overtakes were well below par for the former champion.� He even let his team mate beat him for the first time in his career.� So why can Schumacher, the fallen Ferrari hero, win the world championship for an 8th time? It?s [...]
Andrea de Cesaris Francois Cevert Eugene Chaboud Jay Chamberlain
F1 2011 Calendar Qualifying and Practice Session Timings
We have covered the race timings of the F1 2011 Grand Prix World Championship. However, we know that there are a lot of people who are as crazy about Formula One as we are. So, this post is for all you Formula One nuts out there who also want to know the details and timings [...]
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Sunday, 29 May 2011
'56 Nomad
Just completed, basically stock, but modified the engine. Paint is Krylon Ocean Breeze and Ivory. Thanks for looking.
Rick
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/960869.aspx
It's F1 guys... but not as we know it!
As I write this blog, we have just jetted off from the runway into the dark Turkish sky, I've set my watch back two hours to UK time and I'm thinking of rejecting the sausage and mash for a G&T and a few hours' much-needed kip.
As I look out of the window and the lights of our latest destination disappear in the haze far below us, and the music on my phone keeping me awake, I always get a little philosophical about what has gone on over the past few hours.
It sounds silly to say it, but at the time, despite being at the centre of it, there is so much going on that it's only now, a few hours later, that I can actually draw breath and appreciate what we've seen.
While Schumacher struggles to turn back time, Vettel continues to show he is the sport's shining light. Photo: Getty
One of the things that usually hits me after a race is how transient this sport is, perhaps all sport. It is no exaggeration to say that just seconds after, or perhaps even during Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso's podium celebrations, the mindset of the sport had already moved on.
We on the BBC have the luxury of re-living replay after HD replay and picking up on the minutiae of the race, from a dodgy pit stop to a collision at 200mph, slowed down so David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan can analyse it in detail.
For the teams and drivers though, it is suddenly about the next race.
Right now, if you went to that track, the security checkpoints, advertising hoardings, glamour and glitz will already be gone. Vettel will have his memories, and the record books will forever show he took the flag, but that's it. It's over that quickly, time waits for no one, and I just hope that while he's at the top he takes the time to savour it.
Michael Schumacher is perhaps the prime example that taking on time itself, gambling with your legacy, is a high stakes game.
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I was really sad to hear Schumacher say he's no longer enjoying Formula 1 after this race. People often say we're biased against Michael, but that's simply incorrect. He has given the sport so much, rewritten the record books, made us reassess what success actually is, and I am certainly not qualified to judge his personal decision to come back. But when the fun and the results are lacking, I feel for him, as what else is there?
I also felt for his former team-mate, Felipe Massa. I've just been chatting to his race engineer Rob Smedley. He's a really good lad and I like him even more after his 'Boro team helped Norwich to Premier League promotion (did you spot my reference to it in the show?).
Smedley was telling me that of Massa's four stops, something went wrong on three of them, slowing him down and releasing him into traffic. That meant battling cars to regain position - and it happened three times!
Sadly for all the teams and drivers, the new-style F1 leaves very little margin for error. It's so close on track, and with up to four stops per race, the smallest margin will have the biggest effect on the race.
Smedely was also saying how exhausted he was. Lotus reserve driver Karun Chandhock agreed. He was commentating for 5 live while Anthony Davidson won another sportscar trophy - well done, Ant - and Chandhok said he, too, was shattered.
I loved the race. It gives us masses to discuss post-race; Lewis Hamilton couldn't even recall how many time he'd pitted, and he only had his race to think about!
For my money it gives us better on-track action, longer, less-predictable racing and gets people excited about the sport. We're lucky, in the same way Twenty20 cricket has revolutionised that sport, I expect F1 will benefit to a similar degree.
As for the moveable rear wing - or DRS - system, remember, governing body the FIA can tweak it until it's perfect.
The FIA is coming from a position that overtaking had become too hard and it is aiming for DRS to make overtaking possible - but not too easy.
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The feeling seems to be that in Australia its wasn't powerful enough, in Malaysia and China it was just about right, but that in Turkey it was too powerful. It's a learning process, as the top people in F1 have always said it would be.
Personally, I had great fun this weekend.
At the end if last year, we sadly waved goodbye to producer Sunil Patel, who was the master of our VTs - or pre-cut films - last season. That role has been taken on by Tim Boyd - or Boydy, as he is known. In BBC Sport there seems to be a rule that we take a surname and add a Y on the end. It doesn't work with mine, though!
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to Boydy and his team, particularly for the effort that went into the Williams front wing piece that we transmitted on Saturday.
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That is the kind off access that brings you guys closer to the sport, breeds greater understanding. But it is also the kind off access that is incredibly hard to get so it's great to see the teams opening up to us. In the long run it benefits everyone.
Also, please do keep your ideas coming in to this blog, my Twitter and on e-mail, as we do read and act upon your thoughts.
It's great to get your response to our programmes, too. Sometimes with all the travel and prep you can get into a bubble where you don't get a true appreciation of people watching our output, as you're never at home to watch it!
However, the weekend before Turkey, I went to watch Lewis Hamilton's brother Nic, who was racing a Clio at Thruxton, and I was blown away. Not only was it great to see grassroots motorsport in this country and what a strong, loyal, knowledgeable following it has, but it also gave me a chance to meet stacks of people not lucky enough to make it to a grand prix, and who follow the racing totally via our output.
We on the BBC team have been delighted with viewing figures being higher than ever this year but, trust me, we're always looking for ways to make it better.
Anyway, have a great couple of weeks. Next up it's Barcelona. Four races in, no big incident at the start, no rain, no safety cars, yet racing so hectic and dramatic that it's hard to keep up.
It's F1 guys... but not as we know it!
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jakehumphrey/2011/05/its_f1_guys_but_not_as_we_know.html
Mercedes SLS AMG by MEC Design
MEC Design has released the first pictures of their new styling package for the Mercedes SLS AMG. 
Source: http://feeds.worldcarfans.com/~r/worldcarfans/Jxfz/~3/ElqGOPCXf1o/mercedes-sls-amg-by-mec-design
Saturday, 28 May 2011
McLaren drivers out of title race
 Is it now a three-way battle for the title? |
?Focus and concentration will be of paramount importance and there is none stronger in this regard than Ferrari?s Fernando Alonso.?The Guardian?s Oliver Owen thinks that it is Mark Webber?s title to lose now, and that this may be the Australian?s last realistic chance of winning the title.
?He has driven beautifully. Monaco and Silverstone spring to mind. He has been an uncompromising racer, not giving Vettel or Lewis Hamilton an inch in Turkey and Singapore respectively. Most importantly, he has largely avoided the bouts of brain fade that can wreck a season ? his on-track hooning in Melbourne when racing Hamilton being the only exception. But there is a feeling that for Webber it is now or never, that a chance of a tilt at the title may never come again. He is certainly driving as if that is the case and that has been his strength.?According to The Mirror?s Byron Young, both McLaren drivers are now out of the title hunt after their fourth and fifth place finishes in Suzuka.
?McLaren's title hopes died yesterday in a weekend from Hell at Suzuka. Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton finished fourth and fifth in a Japanese Grand Prix they had to win to have the remotest chance of keeping their title bid alive."The Sun?s Michael Spearman was of the same opinion, saying ?Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button's title hopes were in tatters after a shocker in Japan.?
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/10/mclaren_drivers_out_of_title_r_1.php
Friday, 27 May 2011
1968 Ford Mustang GT
Digging through my pile of kits, I decided to pull this one out and see what I can do with it. With it's inaccurate interior and simplified bits and pieces, I'm not going to worry about getting all the details factory correct but rather I'll be doing it as a mild custom. The 390 will be staying under the hood, and tires will be wrapped around Torque Thrusts that are supplied in the kit. The color will be Model Master's Wimbeldon White Laquer with black C stripes. Not sure yet on the interior, but will probably be either black or blue.
I wanted a open element air cleaner, but couldn't find one in my spare engine parts box. I did, however, find this unit that should work with a little modding. I'll be using the headers that the kit supplies also.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/955965.aspx
It's F1 guys... but not as we know it!
As I write this blog, we have just jetted off from the runway into the dark Turkish sky, I've set my watch back two hours to UK time and I'm thinking of rejecting the sausage and mash for a G&T and a few hours' much-needed kip.
As I look out of the window and the lights of our latest destination disappear in the haze far below us, and the music on my phone keeping me awake, I always get a little philosophical about what has gone on over the past few hours.
It sounds silly to say it, but at the time, despite being at the centre of it, there is so much going on that it's only now, a few hours later, that I can actually draw breath and appreciate what we've seen.
While Schumacher struggles to turn back time, Vettel continues to show he is the sport's shining light. Photo: Getty
One of the things that usually hits me after a race is how transient this sport is, perhaps all sport. It is no exaggeration to say that just seconds after, or perhaps even during Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso's podium celebrations, the mindset of the sport had already moved on.
We on the BBC have the luxury of re-living replay after HD replay and picking up on the minutiae of the race, from a dodgy pit stop to a collision at 200mph, slowed down so David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan can analyse it in detail.
For the teams and drivers though, it is suddenly about the next race.
Right now, if you went to that track, the security checkpoints, advertising hoardings, glamour and glitz will already be gone. Vettel will have his memories, and the record books will forever show he took the flag, but that's it. It's over that quickly, time waits for no one, and I just hope that while he's at the top he takes the time to savour it.
Michael Schumacher is perhaps the prime example that taking on time itself, gambling with your legacy, is a high stakes game.
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions. If you're reading via RSS, you'll need to visit the blog to access this content.
I was really sad to hear Schumacher say he's no longer enjoying Formula 1 after this race. People often say we're biased against Michael, but that's simply incorrect. He has given the sport so much, rewritten the record books, made us reassess what success actually is, and I am certainly not qualified to judge his personal decision to come back. But when the fun and the results are lacking, I feel for him, as what else is there?
I also felt for his former team-mate, Felipe Massa. I've just been chatting to his race engineer Rob Smedley. He's a really good lad and I like him even more after his 'Boro team helped Norwich to Premier League promotion (did you spot my reference to it in the show?).
Smedley was telling me that of Massa's four stops, something went wrong on three of them, slowing him down and releasing him into traffic. That meant battling cars to regain position - and it happened three times!
Sadly for all the teams and drivers, the new-style F1 leaves very little margin for error. It's so close on track, and with up to four stops per race, the smallest margin will have the biggest effect on the race.
Smedely was also saying how exhausted he was. Lotus reserve driver Karun Chandhock agreed. He was commentating for 5 live while Anthony Davidson won another sportscar trophy - well done, Ant - and Chandhok said he, too, was shattered.
I loved the race. It gives us masses to discuss post-race; Lewis Hamilton couldn't even recall how many time he'd pitted, and he only had his race to think about!
For my money it gives us better on-track action, longer, less-predictable racing and gets people excited about the sport. We're lucky, in the same way Twenty20 cricket has revolutionised that sport, I expect F1 will benefit to a similar degree.
As for the moveable rear wing - or DRS - system, remember, governing body the FIA can tweak it until it's perfect.
The FIA is coming from a position that overtaking had become too hard and it is aiming for DRS to make overtaking possible - but not too easy.
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions. If you're reading via RSS, you'll need to visit the blog to access this content.
The feeling seems to be that in Australia its wasn't powerful enough, in Malaysia and China it was just about right, but that in Turkey it was too powerful. It's a learning process, as the top people in F1 have always said it would be.
Personally, I had great fun this weekend.
At the end if last year, we sadly waved goodbye to producer Sunil Patel, who was the master of our VTs - or pre-cut films - last season. That role has been taken on by Tim Boyd - or Boydy, as he is known. In BBC Sport there seems to be a rule that we take a surname and add a Y on the end. It doesn't work with mine, though!
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to Boydy and his team, particularly for the effort that went into the Williams front wing piece that we transmitted on Saturday.
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That is the kind off access that brings you guys closer to the sport, breeds greater understanding. But it is also the kind off access that is incredibly hard to get so it's great to see the teams opening up to us. In the long run it benefits everyone.
Also, please do keep your ideas coming in to this blog, my Twitter and on e-mail, as we do read and act upon your thoughts.
It's great to get your response to our programmes, too. Sometimes with all the travel and prep you can get into a bubble where you don't get a true appreciation of people watching our output, as you're never at home to watch it!
However, the weekend before Turkey, I went to watch Lewis Hamilton's brother Nic, who was racing a Clio at Thruxton, and I was blown away. Not only was it great to see grassroots motorsport in this country and what a strong, loyal, knowledgeable following it has, but it also gave me a chance to meet stacks of people not lucky enough to make it to a grand prix, and who follow the racing totally via our output.
We on the BBC team have been delighted with viewing figures being higher than ever this year but, trust me, we're always looking for ways to make it better.
Anyway, have a great couple of weeks. Next up it's Barcelona. Four races in, no big incident at the start, no rain, no safety cars, yet racing so hectic and dramatic that it's hard to keep up.
It's F1 guys... but not as we know it!
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jakehumphrey/2011/05/its_f1_guys_but_not_as_we_know.html
Colin Chapman Dave Charlton Pedro Matos Chaves Bill Cheesbourg
Class? or is that crass?
There are some people in the world who think that Monaco is a place for people with lots of money, but very little class. Somerset Maugham, a man who preferred Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, famously described Monaco as “a sunny place for shady people”. Money can buy you many things, but it cannot buy class [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/class-of-is-that-crass/
Aston Martin V12 Zagato racer arrives at the Nürburgring [spy photos]
Our spies have caught the first pictures of the Aston Martin V12 Zagato racing prototype, ahead of its debut at the 4-hour ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup VLN race on the Nürburgring's Nordschleife. 
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Button Steps Up Pre Season Training With Lance Armstrong
Jenson Button teamed up with record breaking cyclist Lance Armstrong, as he continues to prepare for another Formula One season. The McLaren driver excitedly tweeted that he would be riding with Armstrong, the 7 time Tour de France winner, in Hawaii. Armstrong responded via Twitter “I hope he doesn’t ride as srong as he drives [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/button-steps-up-pre-season-training-with-lance-armstrong/
I didn?t help my friend Seb, says Schumacher
Michael Schumacher had an interesting response when told that Lewis Hamilton felt that he had interfered in the lead battle in Spain by letting Vettel through and making life hard for the McLaren driver. ?I don?t recall it,” he said. … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/05/25/i-didnt-help-my-friend-seb-says-schumacher/
Live: 2011 Monaco Grand Prix second practice | F1 Fanatic Live
Follow the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix second practice session on F1 Fanatic Live.
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Lowlife's Monte Carlo Showcar !
Hi Guys........Despite still having a few unfinished projects on the go, i thought it was about time to do an all-out Lowrider project ! Ive built a few lowrider models in my time but most are road cars, so this is more of a trailer queen, and it gives me a chance to show the kind of car i'd build if those lottery numbers ever came up !! One of my favourite models (after the Revell 64 Impala) is the AMT 70 Monte Carlo, with chrome front suspension etc its a perfect start for my project. So far the chassis and most of the running gear is chrome spray with chrome and gold foil mixed in ! Orange enamel is used for the floor and engine block etc and the wheels are Pegusus Daytons in gold. ! The idea is to have the car on jack stands with mirrors underneath so ive used the chrome disks and wheel details from my spares box. A cut out section in the floor allows you to see the rear end from inside the boot and theres mirrors under the axle too ! Should be together soon but heres some shots so far....... Cheers! ......... Lowlife !
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/959912.aspx
2012 Ford Fiesta ST 3- and 5-door spied
Ford testing prototypes in both body-styles at the Nürburgring. The Fiesta ST is slated for a debut at the Frankfurt motor show in the fall. 
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
INDYCAR: Indy 500 Preview
Who will win the 95th edition of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing? Marshall Pruett and Robin Miller take a driver-by-driver look at the Indy Centennial.
Source: http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-indy-500-preview/
Chrysler officially repays government loans
By making a $7.6 billion payment to U.S. and Canadian governments, Chrysler has ended the saga of their bankruptcy. 
Jenson Button: ?We?re in pretty good shape??
Jenson Button says he?s not unhappy with fifth place on the Barcelona grid, despite being bumped down by Fernando Alonso at the end of Q3. Like his team mate Button has the advantage of starting on the cleaner side of … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/05/21/jenson-button-were-in-pretty-good-shape/
Doctors use Formula One pit crews as safety model
American Medical News reports hospitals in at least a dozen countries are learning how to translate the split-second timing and near-perfect synchronisation of Formula One pit crews to the high-risk handoffs of patients from surgery to recovery and intensive care.
"In Formula One, they have checklists, databases, and they have well-defined processes for doing things, and we don't really have any of those things in health care."
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/10/doctors_use_formula_one_pit_cr.php
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Five ways to improve F1
 Emerson Fittipaldi in his heyday |
Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/11/five_ways_to_improve_f1.php
Vinyl or leather roofs?
I just recently got back into building models after a 20 year hiatus and boy am I glad I picked up that monogram 55 chevy bel air on sale for $3.99!
My second project, I am building a 442 and have decided to go the way of a vinyl/leather roof. I was wondering what is the best way to do so? Are there any sites that sell a wrap or am I going to have to paint it on?
Thanks!
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/960160.aspx
1971 Karmann Ghia
Gunze Sangyo / Mr Model KG
- lowered to the max,
-pegasus wheels & tyres
-tamiya lime pearl over tamiya silver leaf
-gold tape on top and seats
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Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/960153.aspx
F1 Teams and Drivers for 2011 Season
The Formula One is almost here again, and motorsport enthusiasts around the world are already sweating from the anticipation of another lightning fast, exciting season. The F1 2011 season is slated to begin officially on the 13th of March, with the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix.
The defending F1 Driver’s Champion in 2011 is Sebastian Vettel, [...]
The defending F1 Driver’s Champion in 2011 is Sebastian Vettel, [...]
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Carlo Abate George Abecassis Kenny Acheson Andrea de Adamich
Monday, 23 May 2011
Audi Q5 Hybrid Fuel Cell technical study revealed at Michelin Challenge Bibendum
Audi developing a hybrid fuel cell drivetrain on a Q5-based prototype that combines a hydrogen-powered car with a hybrid set up that includes a 1.3 kWh lithium-ion battery. 
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