Image: RM Sotheby’s Arguably Formula 1’s greatest driver, Michael Schumacher, was the poster boy for Omega’s “MK40” triple date automatic Speedmaster campaign. Because of this, the reference 3520.53—like this one—became known as “The Schumacher.” Presumably this watch was a gift from Omega to Schuey in 1996 for his work on the ad campaign, as it … Read more
Race cars are exotic beasts that require all kinds of care and attention, they aren’t simply plug and play like most normal cars. It’s for this reason that Formula 1 cars take hours to get ready to race and vintage racers require the kind of love that we’d never normally give our daily drivers. Now, … Read more
BWT Alpine F1 Team announced on Friday that Flavio Briatore will serve as an executive advisor for the struggling outfit. Briatore led this same team to multiple championships as team principal before resigning in 2009 for his involvement in the worst race-fixing scandal in the sport’s history. You know what they say about desperate times. … Read more
Image: Formula One Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher has been out of the public eye since his skiing accident nearly 11 years ago left the racing icon with brain damage. His condition has been strictly private within the family. It is said that he is conscious, though struggles to communicate or recall memories. … Read more
it doesn’t get much better than a sparking Jordan 191 flying around Spa. Photo: Pascal Rondeau/Allsport (Getty Images) Despite its shortcomings, motorsport is pretty great, really. For a few hours a weekend you can forget all your responsibilities and watch the fastest cars navigate some perilously tricky tracks in exotic locations on almost every continent. And … Read more
This week marks 30 years since the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the most tragic race weekend in modern Formula 1 history. The deaths of rookie Roland Ratzenburger and three-time champion Ayrton Senna shook the sport to its core and fundamentally shifted the championship’s efforts to improve driver safety. It’s easy to overlook that Ratzenburger’s … Read more
Fernando Alonso thinks that he’ll be physically capable of racing Formula One’s 1000-horsepower hybrid monsters until he’s 50 years old. The 42-year-old, currently racing with Aston Martin, made his F1 debut in 2001 with Minardi. Alonso’s move to Aston last year immediately led to an uptick in form, with the Spaniard finishing on the podium … Read more
When car enthusiasts get together in groups, it’s inevitable that the bench racing hypotheticals will start flying. If Betty White was driving a Viper, do you think you could beat her in a race driving your Toyota Celica? Would Michael Schumacher in his prime beat Fangio if they were both driving the same car? How … Read more
