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Entries from February 2011

On the grapevine

February 25th, 2011 · No Comments

The newest F1 rumor (which @scarbsf1 thought credible enough to re-tweet) involves Red Bull Renault being on the cusp of announcing a name change to Red Bull Infiniti. But what of Team Lotus? and Lotus Renault?

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Tags: Formula1 · Silly Season

2010 Audi A4 FrontTrak

February 24th, 2011 · No Comments

While my own Quattro A4 is undergoing maintenance I’ve been loaned a 2010 A4 FrontTrak, the front-wheel drive version of the Audi saloon. I’ve driven current-model A4s before also while getting some work done, but this was the first time I got to keep the car overnight and got to develop a feel for it. [...]

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Tags: Car Reviews

…actually not at all.

February 21st, 2011 · No Comments

It’s now official, the 2011 Grand Prix of Bahrain is cancelled.  So now we get a proper season that starts in Australia and ends in Brazil.

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Tags: Formula1

Bahrain GP? Not just yet.

February 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Speculation has been rife all week about whether the Grand Prix of Bahrain will take place this year, and according to Gulf News the race has been postponed, although when it’s going to take place has not been determined. In fact about the only thing we know for sure is that it won’t take place [...]

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Tags: Formula1 · Silly Season

It’s not just the wheels that spin…

February 16th, 2011 · No Comments

Ever wonder why all Ferrari reviews sound like a love letter by a young boy to the dame to whom he’s just lost his v-card? According to Chris Harris of EVO magazine, that’s because Ferrari tunes and optimizes the car to make damn sure the review is going to be that positive. It’s been rumored [...]

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Tags: Car Reviews

What a time for downtime

February 14th, 2011 · No Comments

So I was minding my own business on Friday January 28th when I get an ominous email from InternetSeer… my host was down! As I found out later one of the CPUs basically expired so there was nothing to do but to swap out servers and rebuild the content once I’d gotten the old server [...]

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Tags: Accident · Formula1 · General Commentary