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If you look at the history of races at Spa, it's likely the track will be wet somewhere. I think they have a special rule for Spa that if it...

Steady on, guys.... Hinkelsteins, as found on Panzerplatte (loosely, tank practice ground), are man-made anti-tank reinforced concrete lumps...

Which would confirm to Toyota that they would be making a good marketing decision to enter WRC. There is precious little physical difference...

The new Recaro option consists of Recaro upholstery and Recaro-specific foam over standard Mini seat frames. So you get to keep the stock height...

I just remember my (police pursuit) driving instructor saying "if you've got two hands, why not use both of them?". It's interesting to see in...

Well, it's a lovely illustration of different driving practices and expectations in America and Europe. Here, it's an everyday occurrence that...

In that last vid, the passenger always strikes me like he may not be quite all there - confidence in your driver is one thing, but failing to...

In Britain we were a halfway house between the rest of Europe and the USA. For 10-20 years after diesels had become really popular in the rest of...

Actually, most carmakers are currently making their new models lighter than previous ones - a trend that Mazda seems to have been at the front of....

You left out the bit about turning round three times and then throwing the salt over your left shoulder. Lots of guys throw the salt over their...

I think BMW said the stop/start was good for 1-2mpg in urban traffic. And it's not just an upshift light but a 'recommended gear' display and...

It's news to me that auto stop/start can be fitted to automatics - though to be fair, I've never driven a Yurpeen automatic Mini. But I suspect...

I went a few times a decade ago and it is fairly amazing - the 'mountain' section (the very open part where the helicopter can fly alongside the...

I believe a true racing driver will want some oversteer at low speeds where it can be used to improve turning but changing to a little understeer...

Little-known fact - at 1:30 in the clip below, the helicopter pilot had reconnoitred a right turn at the junction, so was surprised when the car...

Over here in Yurp, it used to be standard that the fuel filler was on the curb* side of a car, so that it suited the actual roadside fuel pumps...

Dealing with that ratio of power-to-weight, in the wet, is certainly man's work. But, myself, I would have dipped the headlights to avoid that...

Indeed. I am celebrating his life by listening to Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra - which was about as 'prog' as 'prog rock' ever got....

I can see, from here in Yurp, that it is a tricky question for BMW - when do we start selling diesels in the US? Over here, used diesels (of...

The standard joke from the old hands when driving along bad roads in India is: "It gets dark at the bottom of some of these potholes, doesn't it?"