The sun was present at Goodwood this morning and would remain for the entire day. The many spectators that had turned up could certainly appreciate this. At half past eight British time, the first series of the day started and traditionally these are the pre-war “oldies”.
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After two years of waiting, the time had finally come: the Festival of Speed or FOS could start its next edition. It almost didn’t take place again, but the British government gave permission for the organisation under the title of a “test event”. Perhaps a little odd with the new flare-ups of the Delta variant, but who are we to judge? Unfortunately, we could not be there due to travel restrictions from outside the UK with the necessary quarantines of twice 10 days! The FOS 2021 is the biggest event in the UK after the various lockdowns since March 2020.
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Last week you could read an article in this blog about the Volvo P1800 S and its spiritual successor. We now continue with the Volvo brand and go back to 1994 when hybrid and electric cars were not yet available.
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Shadow is a car brand that rings a bell only for lovers of motor racing from the 1970s. They built Canam, Formula 1 and Formula 5000 cars. These creations were certainly among the most beautiful of the period. At the base of all this beauty: Don Nichols.
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Organising events in covid times is no simple task. The organiser has to take many things into account. First of all, there are the sanitary regulations and then there are the travel restrictions and quarantine obligations. It was no different for the automobile club de Monaco or ACM, organiser of the Monaco Grand Prix, the Rally of Monte-Carlo ( WRC and historique ), the Grand Prix Historique and the Monaco Formula E Prix.
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For this second edition of our Retrospective section, we go to the 2015 Festival of Speed at Goodwood. The central brand of this year’s event was Mazda and the focus was on motorsport activities. There were masses of Mazda racing cars brought over from America, Europe and of course Japan.
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The 2021 calendar: a first update with many cancellations but we at Wheels & Things looked for and found alternatives!
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On Friday, 4 December 2020, a press release appeared in which BMW Motorsport said goodbye to its most successful BMW M racing team to date: Schnitzer Motorsport.
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