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Ayrton Senna's Last Lap

It was 14 years ago to the day that this world lost Ayrton Senna. More »

7:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By marnold
8,289 views, 82 comments

racing news

Jackie Stewart Knows Death

The Formula One season gets started this weekend in Australia, so of course Jackie Stewart (number 8 on the top 100 F1 drivers of all time list) is talking. We were struck by how much...well, flat-out human carnage that the man has witnessed. More »

8:00 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Matthew DeBord
3,381 views, 27 comments

retro: racing

Senna Hot-Laps an NSX Around Suzuka

We were stoked when reader Barnaby sent us this link to Ayrton Senna running Suzuka in the then-new NSX, a car his input helped shape. Senna? Suzuka? NSX? We're so there. But somehow after having seen the Drift King's recent adventures in an NSX and watching Jeremy Clarkson attempt to beat his Gran Turismo time in one at Laguna Seca, the footage proved to be anticlimactic. Still, it's got a pedal-cam, and we love us some pedal cam. More »

6:22 PM on Thu Mar 16 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
599 views, 4 comments

Latest by ukexpat: For anyone who wants to know, that's how you heel-and-toe... more »

novelties

Commenting on F1 via Fiction: Posthumous Legends Interview

What if you could get Alberto Ascari, Ayrton Senna, Jim Clark and Bruce McLaren 'round the table for a sit-down on the current state of Formula 1? A guy by the name of Parminio did just that on an unofficial McLaren fan site. Mindful that with the exception of the safety of modern F1 cars, the racing seemed to be so much better way back when, Parminio uses the imagined conversation to offer his critique of modern Grand Prix competition. Our favorite line? Ascari on modern cars: "I do not like how the cars these days just shatter like a glass. That I do not like at all." More »

1:15 PM on Wed Jul 20 2005
By Davey G. Johnson
148 views