Here is our weekly Top 10, this time featuring the youngest drivers to compete in a Formula 1 Grand Prix race. This Top 10 will change next year with the arrival of Max Verstappen.
The average age of F1 drivers was much higher in the '60s than it is today. So it's really stunning to see that a very talented Mexican driver started his first F1 race at the tender age of 19 in... 1961!
10 Jenson Button
Briton Jenson Button, took the start of the 2000 Australian Grand Prix at the age of 20, 53 days
From September 3 to 6, many car collectors will follow the auction at the Dallas Convention Center in Texas, where the auctioneer Mecum will attempt to sell a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing, a highly sought-after car by collectors.
The car was imported to the United States on August 25, 1955 and originally had a blue dress and gray interior. The current owner, who bought it in 2001, had the Mercedes restored at Pollock Automotive Restoration in Pennsylvania. The car now has gray livery matched with a dark blue leather interior.
Several parts have been refurbished, including the engine, brakes and master cylinder, to name a few. According to the auctioneer, this rare Mercedes could find a buyer for an amount between 1.7 and 2 million US (between 1.85 and 2.18 million Canadian).
The previous record was set by a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R F1 Racer that sold for $30 million at Bonhams' Goodwood Festival of Speed Auction last year.
Bidders from around the world were in attendance in the audience and on the phones. The auction pavilion was filled to total capacity with overflow on the lawns watching the happenings live on the numerous television screens.
The combined total for the very special Maranello Rosso Collection of ten important Ferraris amounted to nearly CA$72 million.
Source : Bonhams
Works drivers of the Volkswagen World Rally Championship team recently met an amazing imitator.
Daniel Jovanov, a participant to “Australia's Got Talent”, is capable to make the engine sound of almost any car, with his mouth only.
He mystified the VW rally drivers Sebastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen, by imitating the sound of the cars the drivers had to identify in “The Big Car Quiz”.
See Jovanov make the sound of a Formula 1 car, a VW Polo R rally car, a Lamborghini Gallardo, and even the Citroen DS3 WRC.
Ford has begun testing the first prototype of the right-hand-drive Mustang. Ford said its engineers recently finished building the handmade prototype, which will be used in various developmental tests in the coming months.
Ford has begun testing the first prototype of the right-hand-drive Mustang pony car. Ford said its engineers recently finished building the handmade prototype, which will be used in various developmental tests in coming months.
After more than a decade of research into car-to-car communications, federal auto safety regulators took a step forward today by unveiling their plan for requiring cars to have wireless gear that will enable them to warn drivers of danger.
German supplier Continental AG is growing its Silicon Valley presence to help car companies roll out autonomous driving and other 'intelligent' features over the coming years -- and it has hired one of Google's self-driving car...
Continental is growing its Silicon Valley presence to help car companies roll out autonomous driving and other 'intelligent' features over the coming years -- and it has hired one of Google's self-driving car executives to lead the...
Russia's Association of European Businesses (AEB) is expressing its "serious concern" surrounding reports Moscow could target the automotive sector in a burst of retaliatory sanctions.
Quality inspectors in China have launched an investigation after receiving complaints from owners of Volkswagen Sagitar models over broken rear suspension control arms.
Chrysler Group, rolling out sales of the Alfa Romeo 4C sports car in the United States, has picked Reid Bigland to lead the Italian sports car brand's return to North America.
Alhambra sales were up 19% worldwide in the first half of 2014, making it SEAT's second most improved model after the León. This has also given the Palmela plant which builds it some overdue good news.
The new XC90 is crucial to Volvo's bid to close the sales gap with German premium rivals such as BMW and Audi. "There is no second chance," Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said.
The new XC90 is crucial to Volvo's bid to close the sales gap with German premium rivals such as BMW and Audi. "There is no second chance," Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said.
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