Mixed bag of recent Youtube finds
Stuff we’ve enjoyed recently (found via your Jalopniks, Autoblogs and so on). (Cliquez ici for more on ice racing) This is sim racing?! Pretty freaking incredible: Always loved this, but our first time...
View ArticlePista di Alta Velocità banking, Autodromo Nazionale Monza
In spite of being a rather crude digital snapshot circa 2002, this is nevertheless a haunting and evocative photo of the decommissioned Pista di Alta Velocità banking at Monza. Naturally, we want to...
View ArticleOne of the most sublime images we have seen in awhile
Absolutely love this. The photo is sheer poetry – zen-worthy, even – but the moment had to have been anything but (for all but the hairiest-chested of these Grand Prix racing drivers).
View ArticleThe golden era of Grand Prix
Another wonderful film by Antti Kalhola. This is about as nice a collection of imagery and sound bites as anyone can cram into five minutes on the subject of vintage Grand Prix. See the rest of the...
View Article1933 Bugatti Type 59 Grand Prix
“We’re collectors. We see objects of great beauty and we must have them.” — Ralph Lauren (okay, not really) Lauren does not collect art—“You can’t drive a painting,” he said to me—and he makes much of...
View Article“Formula One Grand Prix of America” coming to NYC area
You might have heard the news. Well, this preview of the street circuit was too good not to sloppy second— thank you Axis!
View ArticleSaul Bass title sequence to “Grand Prix” (1966)
Never fails to awe. This is the film for design and art buffs that just so happens to be about auto racing. Any other subject given the same treatment – horticulture, taxidermy, hairdressing – and we...
View ArticleInside an early 1980s’ Formula One workshop
Specifically, Lotus’s. Long, but a fascinating watch if you have the time. Hat tip to theretromobilist
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