Gary Paffett is a reserve driver for the McLaren Mercedes F1 team, but despite his talent as a driver he doesn’t receive much track time in F1. To keep his skills sharp, Paffett takes part in German Touring Car, called DTM, for the Mercedes-Benz team. Last season he nearly captured the title but with a [...]
Hey now MBWorld! I’m sorry I haven’t brought you a picture of the week for the past few weeks. Tomorrow I will return with your regularly scheduled posting. This Thursday morning, I bring you a video-of-the week to make up for the posts that were M.I.A. Here is a Mercedes-Benz you’re not accustomed to seeing [...]
By the time I finished watching the advertisement for the new E63 AMG, I thought about posting it into the LS1 forums. Good Lord, this car sounds like it belongs in the American Muscle family. The new super-sedan from Mercedes-Benz has three different trim levels. The base version gets a 5.5 liter twin turbo V8 [...]
Not since Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955 have the silver arrows gone back to back for pole position. In a completely unexpected qualifying result, Nico Rosberg took pole position for Mercedes at the Sakhir Circuit in Bahrain and for two races in a row, the F1 W04 machine lines up first [
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The Bahrain Grand Prix takes place this weekend and, of course, the main storyline will be the event itself. Unrest cancelled the Grand Prix two years ago, and last season heavy protests and an attack from the Anonymous hacker group received a large amount of press coverage. Expect more of the same this season, with [...]
Stirling Moss told women they couldn’t. It’s quite sad to read his words. Sir Stirling is one of the greatest drivers to ever sit behind the wheel of a car. Moss’ own career was anything but easy. And that’s what makes his words all the more surprising and sad. Moss couldn’t win a world championship. [...]
So I’ve been bingeing on the Japanese Anime, Initial D. The show features a Toyota Sprinter Trueno, or, more commonly known as an AE86. In the show, the “8-6” is driven to the many prefectures of Japan and raced on mountain pass courses against other Japanese domestics. The show has a heavy dose of drift [...]
