December 2011
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I refuse to accept that
realracing:
This man,
and this man,
are not related.
I MEAN COME ON THEY HAVE TO BE.
This. And I just wish Jerome was as good driver as Francois was.
tagged: f1, francois cevert, jerome d’ambrosio
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Jackie Stewart on François Cevert IV.
ivegotmytowel:
“François had a genuine, spontaneous charm. A very good physique, he really trained hard. And he played the piano beautifully. He could play anything.”
— Jackie Stewart on François Cevert, Motorsport magazine December 2011
Beautiful, flawless man. And he could play the piano, perfection.
tagged: f1, francois cevert, jackie stewart
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golden-helmets asked: Merry Xmas! :)
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"Ever wonder what it would be like to have the...
It has been announced that Kris Meeke won’t be doing Rallye Monte Carlo and highly probably quite a few other events in order to get Dani Sordo to drive in (at least?) 10 rallies. Meeke’s seat will be probably usually used by some pay-drivers, it will be Pierre Campana at Monte.
I have to sad I am sad, confused and disgusted. In this case probably by BMW because without their money...
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ivegotmytowel:
“As well as being a racing driver Cevert was a classical pianist. His favourite piece was Beethoven’s Pathetique, and he played it at every opportunity. In between the 1973 Canadian and US Grands Prix, just before he died, Cevert went to Bermuda with the Stewart family, and played Beethoven’s Pathetique on the hotel’s grand piano every night. Much later that year, Stewart’s son...
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Regis Laconi: Life after racing for WSBK star →
Nice update about Regis Laconi - one of my favourite riders ever. It was such a shame that he had that huge crash in Kyalami which ended his career and not only because it meant I didn’t meet him at Brno round as I so wanted to. Nice that they didn’t forget about him at wsbk.com but I still have a feeling he is very very overlooked considering he almost won a WSBK title and has quite...
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"Citroen Racing has been keeping a close eye on...
- Olivier Quesnel about Thierry Neuville racing for Citroen Junior Team in the 2012 season.
I am so happy for Thierry! He is pretty talented and I have no doubt he will once fight for a title in a future. Also I am happy he got a chance in Citroen because it is my favourite team. Another great thing also is that there will be also Nasser Al-Attiyah racing for Citroen in the next season - if we...
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