Williams has released its new livery complete with beautiful Martini branding. I like how simple this car but the pop of colour from the stripes just gives it an exciting, retro look. Although, I'm not sure why all of these pictures have an Instagram-style filter on them.
After seeing the Abarth stand at the Autosport Show, sitting in a 595 and generally dribbling over all the pretty cars, I knew that I had to have one. This came from months of agonising over Audi, Abarth, Vauxhall, VW and on and on. But actually meeting all those cars at the Autosport Show made me realise that it’s the Abarth for me.
This really is a topic that baffles me and I get the chance to think about it wherever I drive. Why is it that some people will happily do 50mph in a 60 limit only to do 40mph as soon as they hit a 30
The mere whisper of the word ‘Quattro’ is enough to excite the vast majority of motoring fans. When Audi first perfected the four wheel drive system and dominated the rally scene for the next two years, people began to take notice of the advantages it could bring to regular road going vehicles.
This show did so much for my car obsession. I got see to everything from Abarths to a Mustang to a chrome Lambo to old F1 cars. I also had the pleasure of standing very close to the track in the Live Action arena and getting very dirty (careful...) in the process.
I'm going to tell this story in pictures because I'm still a little giddy from all the pretty cars.
Now for the hard part, if you have read what I had to say about the Porsche museum you might know what I’m talking about. Part two of my trip to Stuttgart was a trip to the Mercedes Benz Museum, all nine floors of it. I gained huge respect for Mercedes on my afternoon at the museum not only that I think I fell in love with the brand.
Schmacher has been in a medically induced for five days since he sustained a head injury while skiing. He's currently undergoing treatment at Grenoble hospital and is critical but stable. I'm not going to go into all of the gory details (Daily Mail have that covered and I'm not going to link to the article) but I wanted to look at the bus loads of fans who turned up today to show their support.
It's New Years, you probably don't want to read too much so just come and look at many pictures of pretty Porsche's. My obsession is going nowhere fast.
On the 9th of December I turned another year older. To celebrate I went to Germany to indulge my inner obsession, cars. In particular Porsche with a trip to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. I can now say I am totally obsessed.
Some new rules have been introduced and it's like the FIA are ripping up the rulebook in order to make the sport more entertaining. Sure, the end of this season was a little boring but not enough to stop me watching. If anything the FIA should be encouraging the other teams to catch Red Bull not make it harder for Red Bull to win.
