2010 Belgian Grand Prix

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Belgian Grand Prix
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium;
44 laps; 308.052km;
Weather: Mixed.

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1h29m04.268s
2. Webber Red Bull-Renault +1.571
3. Kubica Renault +3.493
4. Massa Ferrari +8.264
5. Sutil Force India-Mercedes +9.094
6. Rosberg Mercedes +12.359
7. Schumacher Mercedes +15.548
8. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari +16.678
9. Petrov Renault +23.851
10. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari +29.457
11. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes +34.831
12. De la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari +36.019
13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari +39.895
14. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
15. Vettel Red Bull-Renault +1 lap
16. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth +1 lap
17. Di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth +1 lap
18. Glock Virgin-Cosworth +1 lap
19. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth +1 lap
20. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth +2 laps

Fastest lap: Hamilton, 1m49.069s

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap
Alonso Ferrari 38
Button McLaren-Mercedes 16
Senna HRT-Cosworth 6
Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1

American Le Mans - Road America 2010

Coverage of ALMS at Road America. THE WHOLE SET.

The Smoking Tire: 458 Italia

Matt Farah drives the new Ferrari 458.

Top Gear: Season 15, Episode 6

The Last episode of the season unfortunately.
- Jeremy drives the 458 Italia
- Old British Sports Car Challenge
- Star: Jeff Goldblum

torrent here in 720p

or go to finalgear.com

Top Gear will be back sometime in the fall. Still awaiting more info on US Top Gear.

2010 Hungarian Grand Prix

Analysis
WINNERS
Webber - beats Vettel, gets 4th win this season
Alonso - gets 2nd
Petrov - wants to keep his job, showed at this race
Hulkenburg - outpaces Barrichello
De La Rosa - first points
Kobayashi - comes for 23rd to 9th
Barrichello - fight at the end with Schumacher meant a lot

LOSERS
McLaren - Button doesnt do anything, Hamilton has engine problems
Vettel - Drops to 3rd and get drive thru penalty
Force India - Force India who?
Kubica - unlucky
Shumacher - gets 10 spot Spa penalty for dangerous maneuvers on Barrichello
Rosberg - promising but unfortunate as wheel flies off
Massa - had every oppurtunity to show up Alonso but did not

full results

Car Wallpaper Series I

Some car wallpaper for you guys to use. Dimensions in 1280x800.

California, 911, LP560, Viper

8C

Mugen Si

S2000

GT-R

2010 German Grand Prix

Massa should have won.

Race Report

Results
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 67 1:27:38.864 2 25
2 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 +4.1 secs 3 18
3 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 67 +5.1 secs 1 15
4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 67 +26.8 secs 6 12
5 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 67 +29.4 secs 5 10
6 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 67 +43.6 secs 4 8
7 11 Robert Kubica Renault 66 +1 Lap 7 6
8 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 66 +1 Lap 9 4
9 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 66 +1 Lap 11 2
10 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 66 +1 Lap 13 1
11 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 66 +1 Lap 12
12 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 66 +1 Lap 8
13 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 66 +1 Lap 10
14 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 66 +1 Lap 14
15 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 66 +1 Lap 15
16 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 65 +2 Laps 21
17 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 65 +2 Laps 19
18 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 64 +3 Laps 23
19 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 63 +4 Laps 20
Ret 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 56 Accident damage 18
Ret 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 50 Suspension 24
Ret 20 Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 19 Mechanical 22
Ret 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 3 Gearbox 17
Ret 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1 Accident damage 16

The Forgotten Ferrari F50

original article on jalopnik

It’s got an F1-sourced V-12. It’s rarer than an F40 or an Enzo. So why is the F50 the unloved middle child in Ferrari’s line of hypercars?

I just can’t put my finger on it. Some say it’s simply not as hard-core as the F40 was. The lunatics! Sure, it doesn’t have the punch-you-in-the-face-‘till-your-nose-bleeds twin-turbo V8 of its predecessor. Instead, Maranello put a V-12 in it, developed from the company's 1990 641 F1 car. In fact, the Italians sourced most of the F50 from that car. (The rest is probably from a Fiat Ducato.) Some also say it just wasn’t as advanced for its time as the Enzo in 2002. Wrong again. Everything Ferrari knew in the first half of the ‘90s is in the F50. And they knew quite a lot.

Soft? Compared to what? A group of Hellfire rockets aimed at your kitchen table?

I’m starting to blame Pininfarina. Maybe it’s simply the fact that the F50 is not as pretty as the F40 or the Enzo. Like me, the F40 turns 23 this year. But while I’m gaining weight due to intense beer consumption, the F40 remains slim, light, and beautiful. Like Sophia Loren, it's aging very well.

How about the Enzo? It took me about a year to understand it after it came out, but time has passed. Believe it or not, the Enzo is eight years old. Hard to believe, as it was so ahead of its time. If it was introduced this year, no one would be complaining about the design. The Enzo is like a bottle of vodka. It just doesn’t, you know, go off.

The F50 is almost four times as rare as the F40. Only 349 were ever made, which makes it even rarer than the Enzo. Yet a good one won’t cost you more than an F40 in similar condition. So is it really just the looks? Must be. What else?

In their February 2004 issue, the staff of Evo magazine voted the F50 the best Ferrari supercar in their 288 GTO vs. F40 vs. F50 vs. Enzo group test. The F50 has even made it to seventh place on the magazine's Top 100 Driver’s Cars list. Again, way ahead of the F40 or the Enzo.

It must be a fantastic car. No question about it. What's wrong with it? Nothing.

Don't like it? Give me yours. Really. It's no trouble. If you want, you can even pay me to take it off your hands.

2010 British Grand Prix

Kobayashi continues to amaze and Webber does not back down.

1. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1h24:38.200
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 1.360
3. Rosberg Mercedes + 21.307
4. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 21.986
5. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 31.456
6. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 32.171
7. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 36.734
8. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 40.932
9. Schumacher Mercedes + 41.599
10. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth + 42.012
11. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes + 42.459
12. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 47.627
13. Petrov Renault + 59.374
14. Alonso Ferrari + 1:02.385
15. Massa Ferrari + 1:07.489
16. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth + 1 lap
17. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth + 1 lap
18. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 1 lap
19. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps
20. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps

DNF
Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 45
De la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 30
Kubica Renault 20
Di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 10

full article on autosport