Entries in silverstone (2)

Sunday
Feb132011

Martin Brundle drives us through 60 years at Silverstone

This excellent 7-part series produced in 2008 gives us some wonderful onboard footage of a racing car from each decade of Formula 1, and is narrated by retired F1 driver Martin Brundle, who shares his driving impressions of each machine. Each segment is about 5 minutes long.

Wednesday
Feb172010

Automobiliac Video of the week: How to properly drive a Multi-million-dollar racing car.

From the depths of youtube's diamond mine, I have unearthed this awesome clip of a very skilled driver lapping Silverstone in Nick Mason's fantastic Ferrari 250 GTO.  If the phrase "aggressive smoothness" seems like an oxymoron, just watch.  The driver pushes the car hard on what seems like it may have been a slightly damp track, but he executes every move and every downshift deftly and with precision.