1975 Porsche 917/30 Talladega record car
Pilot: M. Donohue
Team: Penske Racing
Race: 1975 land speed record attempt
Spark - MAP02043819 (resin)
Review HERE
REVIEW – 1975 Porsche 917/30 Talladega record car
Author: LUWerner
Peugeot + Rebellion?
OH YES! It was just announced that Rebellion Racing will partner up with Peugeot for FIA’s 2022 WEC Hypercar season. There aren’t much details out about the partnership, so it’s not clear if Rebellion will still run their R-13 LMP1 car in 2020.
As I said before, this new hypercar class is going to be awesome. With Peugeot committed and Aston Martin and Toyota confirmed, so far we will have three factory teams running hypercars. I’m really looking forward to next year’s season.
REVIEW – 1934 Mercedes-Benz W25 #20
1934 Mercedes-Benz W25 Pilot: Manfred von Brauchitsch Team: Mercedes-Benz Race: 1st place in the 1934 Eifel GP Spark - B66041001 (diecast)
Review HERE
REVIEW – 1967 Porsche 907 test car
REVIEW – 1970 Chevron B16 #49
1970 Chevron B16
Pilots: I. Skailes, J. Hine
Team: Chevron Racing Team
Race: DNF (SP 3.0 class) at Le Mans in 1970
Bizarre - BZ312 (resin)
Review HERE
REVIEW – 1969 Porsche 917LH #14
1969 Porsche 917LH Pilots: R. Stommelen, K. Ahrens Team: Porsche System Engineering Race: DNF (LMS 5.0 class) at Le Mans in 1969 Ebbro - 43750 (diecast)
Review HERE
Red Bull establishes a new pit record
For the third time (!) this season, Red Bull Racing has again broken the F1 pit stop record. At the Brazilian GP this weekend they did a pit stop in 1.82 seconds. Yes, 1.82 seconds to take four tires out and put four new tires in. One. Point. Eighty two. Seconds.
Holy mercaptans, Batman! That is FAST!
REVIEW – 1954 Deutsch et Bonnet HBR #56
1954 Deutsch et Bonnet HBR
Pilots: L. Cornet, M. Gignoux
Team: Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet
Race: 16th GC (S 0.7 class) at Le Mans in 1954
Bizarre - BZ451 (resin)
Review HERE
And we’re back to the right race…
FORD v FERRARI, the motion picture
Released as Le Mans 1966 in Europe, I watched it last Friday. I was looking forward to seeing it, but I confess I didn’t have great expectations. However, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Both Christian Bale and Matt Damon work fantastically, and the really important part (= cars & races, of course) was very well recreated. In terms of historical accuracy there are some few things wrong as expected, but nothing that gets my panties in a (tight) bunch.
The only part that was a bit off in my eyes was Damon’s Shelby. I really doubt Hollywood would portrait him differently, but from what I know of him, in the film he’s too-much-adorable.
Still, even with these small issues, I had a very enjoyable two hours in the cinema. And yes, I need a Miles’ car now.
REVIEW – 1977 Ferrari 312 T2B #11
1977 Ferrari 312 T2B Pilot: Niki Lauda Team: Scuderia Ferrari Race: 1st German GP in 1977 Hot Wheels - N5581 (diecast)
Review HERE