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No luck needed for the Irish in Malaysia
The third stop on the ten-round A1GP world tour was Malaysia, or more specifically, Sepang International Circuit, for the fourth season in a row. Seasons 1-3, with the old car, provided action, thrills and spills. So, would the new Powered by Ferrari cars do so as well? (more…)
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Thumbs up to Chengdu after A1’s first visit
So… after an exciting season opener in Zandvoort, where 6 A1 teams missed out on the action, the A1 circus rolled into Chengdu, China five weeks later for round 2 of the season. 3 nations were still missing – Pakistan’s Adam Khan cannot fit into the car due to his height, Germany are undergoing a “management restructure” – meaning Willi Weber is off the scene – and Canada were nowhere to be seen. But the grid certainly looked a lot healthier with Great Britain (yay!), India and Mexico all there, and all nations seemingly running their proper liveries rather than the half-finished ones many cars sported at Zandvoort. (more…)
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What did I expect heading in to Zandvoort? To be honest, I had no idea what would happen. Brand new cars, some of them having not even run yet, and heavy rain forecast. I was both nervous and excited at the same time. As I begun to watch the Circuit Park Zandvoort racecam on Saturday morning, that nervousness turned into joy. (more…)
OK, it is a given fact that there are only 5 complete rain days in a Dutch year. 5 October just happened to be one of those.
I had decided to be there the whole weekend, not just the races. So at thursday morning, I headed to Schiphol airport to pick up a friend and switch mode of transport from an orange train to an orange Mercedes Benz. (more…)
