The Mille Miglia part 2 – Ferrara to Rome
The Mille Miglia part 2 – Ferrara to Rome The first cars in the 2013 Mille Miglia had only reached Ferrara around 00.30 on Thursday evening, having left Brescia and passed through some of the breathtaking towns around Lake Garda. The drivers of the open cars had got a soaking, but they still paraded through...
Preview of the Mille Miglia – a museum in motion @millemiglialive
What is the Mille Miglia? In order to better understand this legendary Italian race, it helps to hear two of its most famous descriptions. In the 50s, Enzo Ferrari called the Mille Miglia the “most beautiful race in the world”. It was also Ferrari, otherwise known as the “Drake di Maranello,” who came up with...
Wigan win the FA Cup Final – but what’s happened to the ten hour TV build up? #FACupFinal
Bring back the TV FA Cup build up In the good old days the BBC would start the build up to the FA Cup final sometime during the early hours of the morning, before most people had got out of bed. They’d have hundreds of presenters, interviewing anyone they could find – from the players...
Did Capability Brown design the racetrack at Spa-Francorchamps?
Capability Brown’s work can be seen all over the grand estates of England and his influence as a garden designer has never been in doubt. Less well-acknowledged is his influence on race-track design. One would have thought that few were the patrons asking the 18th Century master gardener to squeeze a racetrack between the ornamental lake...
Vintage Sports-cars galore! @VintageCarClub
The Vintage Sports-Car Club’s Spring Start was a weekend devoted to historic automotive beauty. Enjoy this brief glimpse of the cars on show, and see more of the images by clicking here. The VSCC is a club for enthusiasts of pre-war motoring and Silverstone hosted a staggering collection of machinery on April 20-21 2013, not...
Does one ride or drive a Segway? Segwaying round Silverstone
Silverstone had laid on some fun attractions to entertain the crowds who descended on the circuit for the FIAWEC World Endurance Championship. First up was some off-road segwaying, courtesy of Segway Events. The last time I considered Segwaying was in Rome when I saw a Segway sight-seeing trip around the city. I didn’t take up...
Top Gear makes me sick
I recently made the mistake of going in the Top Gear simulator. With a name like that I assumed it would be some sort of fun driving simulation, a bit of a wheeze, just the thing to try after a spot of lunch. It wasn’t. It is a machine designed to make you feel as...
Get on stage with the cast of Les Mis and We will rock you with Mastercard
Sing on stage with the casts of Les Miserables and We will Rock you! The perfect prize for amateur singers who love the London musicals. This year you can win some priceless theatre experiences thanks to Mastercard’s Priceless London programme. If you have ever wanted to sing on stage with the stars then this...
From Bus to Marquee: The hi-techery of motor home design at Silverstone’s #FIAWEC weekend
In the olden days when everything was black and white teams would arrive at a race venue, park the team bus and that was it. In fact they were lucky if they had a team bus. How times have changed. Today’s buses have wings and canopies that turn them into marquees. The teams are missing...
