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  • Gumpert Apollo Track Test

    There are many, many intimidating numbers associated with this car: 2600 lbs, 800 hp, 664 "torques", 0-62 in 3.2 seconds, 2 turbos, $400,000 base price, 360kph/223mph top speed. Yet, as I was making my way between the black and the orange ones, past the white "hybrid" twin fuel model with [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:00pm EST

  • Dale Does Evora

    It may sound like some kind of dodgy movie but in fact it's our friend Dale, that BTG master of oversteer from RSR Nürburg's first video review. I think he's right on except for the whole theory of this being a Porsche rival. Sure, it's a big as a Cayman [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 11:10am EST

  • Axis of Gumpert

    Stay Tuned.... [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:51am EST

  • Schumacher wins again, shows Brazilian kids how it's done.

    Interesting no, the Schumacher saga? Does anyone believe that, if he found a way, he would not return to racing?Grandpa Schumi, beat a bunch of Brazil's best at Felipe Massa's annual invitational kart race in Florianopolis yesterday.Open Florianopolis Picture Gallery(globo.com)1 - Michael Schumacher (GER) 2 - Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA) 3 [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 5:11am EST

  • USF1 Funnies

    Have any of you missed the USF1 sendup on YouTube? Brutal and Brilliant and, here, all on one page for your snickering convenience! Full series after the jump. [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 4:25am EST

  • Let's be thankful for Alex Zanardi

    Our friend Kevin York pointed out the news about Alex Zanardi retiring from WTCC racing. I think this would be a good time to post this video I had been saving for a while. Humbling to say the least. Grazie Alex, sei grande!(WTCC-Eurosport)UPDATE: Well as it turns out Zanardi is [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:03pm EST

  • Axis at Paul Ricard

    Tomorrow I'm off to Paul Ricard with friends, my Traqmate and my cameras. We'll be flogging a 2010 Cayman S and another fun car....that one you'll have to tune in to find out.Follow on Twitter, I'll try to post updates from the track if I can on Saturday.end of post [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:33am EST

  • Valentino Rossi was on Fire!

    Literally... Valentino Rossi competed in an FIA GT3 race, the Six Hours of Vallelunga last week. Was in the running for a top 5 finish when, with about 8 minutes to go, his F430 did what Ferraris are known to do from time to time and burst into flames....(photo Mirko [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:29am EST

  • Ferrari 458 in Car Sound Porn

    Nobody makes a better sounding v8.(thanks AD!)end of post [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:33pm EST

  • Some say... this is the only GT2.(photo ...

    Some say... this is the only GT2.(photo by shalke83)Want to suggest a Picture Of the Day? email it! More POD on Axis [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:04pm EST

  • Top Gear Moment of Zen: Season 14, Episode 2

    Crash test footage from the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust...Check out Autocar's review of this beast HEREMore Top Gear on Axis' [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:58am EST

  • Was BMW Scammed?

    "The sale of the racing team will burst because the wealthy investor behind the buyer Qadbak not exist." Switzerland's SonnentagZeitung concludes after an investigation of BMW's sale of its racing team to the mysterious "Swiss Foundation".Soon after the sale was announced by BMW there were questions raised about the involvement [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:14am EST

  • You remember Toto, don't you?

    When I heard Toto Wolff bought into Frank Williams and Patrick Head's team I thought, where have I heard that name before.... Oh yeah, remember THIS VIDEO?end of post [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:54am EST

  • Trulli : NASCAR Superior to Formula 1

    OK, trick headline but check it out: this from an interview Jarno Trulli gave Gazzetta Dello Sport (Italy) after his NASCAR test in Florida with Michael Waltrip Racing.Q. What was the biggest adjustment coming from F1?JT. Getting used to fenders, a closed cockpit and of running such mass. The proximity [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:36pm EST

  • Caught in the Crossfire

    Would it be really awful to say that rather than picturing Stirling Moss or Herbert Von Karajan at the wheel what came to mind was the Chrysler Crossfire? The hideous music is not helping any either.Home [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:00pm EST

  • Vintage Porsche Posters, the Seventies

    I'll eventually post some 80's and later posters but I have to be honest, for me it's downhill from here. McQueen is a hard act to follow!More 70's posters after the jump.More Vintage Posters on Axis' [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:49pm EST

  • Colors

    So we got a couple of Brits in a British car, some Germans in a German car and two.... ok well, they both SPEAK Italian, in an Italian car.Follow Ferrari's lead and start painting them in the proper colors and F1 may be onto something!....end of post [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:46pm EST

  • Corrida de Toros

    The ring in this case is the Norisring, the video is from Lamborghini Muenchen who have a car in the Super Trofeo series...and presumably, a busy body shop!end of post [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:01am EST

  • How Kool is Kimi?

    Sure he's getting 17 Million NOT to drive but still, how many would walk out of F1 over the number of promotional appearance obligations and a rallying clause? Guess Mclaren was so 2006, party on Kimster!read more about it HEREMore Kimi Raikkonen on Axis [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:41pm EST

  • Axis of Limos.

    Did you notice the final lap time? Seriously, Porsche needs to go back to the drawing board with the Turbo if it can only run .2 faster on a wet track than a 5000 pound, long wheel base, rear wheel drive executive limousine! Home [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:12am EST

  • Power Means Nothing Without Control

    As was rumored and expected for months, Mercedes bought Brawn GP and dropped Mclaren from a quasi-works team to customer status. Mercedes is citing the "new economic climate" and "cost cutting" but like with Toyota, BMW dropping out, it's likely deeper than that. Manufactures don't mind spending money but what' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:08am EST

  • Top Gear Moment of Zen: Season 14, Episode 1

    (Top Gear)More TGMZ on Axis [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:52pm EST

  • What's More Shameful...

    Fernando Alonso's sweater or Luca Di Montezemolo getting the California he was driving with Massa and Alonso in the back stuck in a gravel trap?The inevitable videos are after the jump... No pelicans were involved or harmed.' [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:33pm EST

  • On Sliding...

    Recently, a reader complained bitterly that our philosophy of trying to get as much fun out of every corner possible was wrong and that sliding the car is inefficient and a measure of how little control the driver has...not to mention a waste of rubber. To that reader we say, [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:49am EST

  • Schumacher's eBay Bennetton a fake?

    While there were no reasons given for the removal, I think some of out keen eyed users smelled the rat first. Maybe it was just an excuse to pull out the old" Schumi cheated story" with that note about the traction control on the car...Anyway, listing is gone but you [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:01am EST

  • McLaren MP4-12C Development Video

    (Mclaren via GTSpirit.com)More Mclaren on Axis [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:04am EST

  • Air Willow

    Just when you thought you had seen every possible variation of a track day clip you find something amazing like this one Jeff Bruce sent in today. Filmed at an Exalt Motorsport track day, the camera flies a lap of Willow Springs Raceway aboard an R/C helicopter!. Big props to [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:34am EST

  • Flying Finn Forest Fail

    Why use and axe to chop down trees when using a car entertains the crown so much more? 10 minute of amateur rally forest fail in glorious natural sound!(amjayes on YouTube)More Rally on Axis [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:14pm EST

  • Road's a Tease

    Our friends at ROAD Magazine. ... that sound...(Road)Home [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:00am EST

  • Vintage Porsche Posters, the Sixties.

    More in our series of vintage Porsche Motorsport Posters....generously proportioned for your printing pleasure!More after the jump:You can find posters from the 1950's HERE [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:58pm EST

  • Porsche GT3 RS and 2010 Cup Car

    Great work if you can get it, right? Actually this one is far from a great video but, thought you might enjoy the pictures anyway.(Evo)Home [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:41pm EST

  • USF1 Replies to Rumors, Blames "Zee Germans"

    Formula1Blog.com interviewed Peter Windsor about the rampant rumors on the actual state of affairs at the North Carolina based team. Windsor rubbished all attributing them mostly to "zee Germans" but also on anti-American feelings, jealousy, bureaucratic delays, internet so called journalists, Sauber and the Swiss and of course. Mr Windsor [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:46pm EST

  • Possums Heart BMWs

    Bud Scott from Bimmerforums found a new friend at a recent track day. This is his story and he's sticking with it:"So I am instructing this past weekend at the annual St. Louis chapter fall DE. I am breaking in a new track toy, a POS-325e tastefully modified with some" [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:28am EST

  • Schumacher's Benetton on e-bay

    Schumacher's 1994 Benetton B194 is for sale in Canada but listed on German e-bay.6 days left, 130 bids and up to 1.6 million Euros? Wow, maybe Damon Hill will put a bid in?Pictures and info after the jump...The unique opportunity!Benetton B194 1994 Formula One race carThis is Michael Schumacher’s first [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:19am EST

  • F1 light: Don't be rude to the boss' daughter

    I mean why would you be rude to Tamara Ecclestone to begin with...even is she wasn't Bernie's daughter?From the Daily Mail:"'I don't think Jenson Button deserves to be the world F1 champion,' said Tamara, at the opening of Mayfair members' club The Red Room. 'He has been in it such" [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:00pm EST

  • Vaporware...

    Vaporware is a term associated with Silicon Valley startups that are not quite what they claim to be. USF1's first major sponsor was a huge coup: YouTube... Or at least that's what everyone thought at first. The truth was somewhat less exciting as you will remember, Chad Hurley, one of [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:00pm EST

  • Super Slo-Mo is the new Rs Orange

    We've featured super slo motion clips for quite a while, it's fun to see that they have become so popular that they are now part of the language, so to speak. The best moments of this BMW clip are that smoking rear wheel and the bug flying up in front' [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:04pm EST

  • Motorsport Z4.

    The Motorsport version of the Z4 is one of my favorite race cars, it's a shame that platform has never quite taken off for whatever reason as a racer in the US (well, maybe the 225000 Euro price tag for the factory made car was an issue). In Germany's VLN [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:04pm EST

  • Raikkonen will make more money going on vacation...

    ...rather than driving F1 in 2010. Incredible isn't it? It boils down to Ferrari, in what can only be described as a brilliant Machiavellian move effectively priced him out of the market, Raikkonen would be paid by Maranello US$10 M. if he races in 2010 but $17 M if he' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:38am EST

  • Ferrari 458: First Video Review

    Autocar got to drive and review the Ferrari 458 Italia. Stunning looking car, super bold of Ferrari to finally put a lid on the luddites and not offering a manual transmission and once again pushing the envelope as far as driver interface. They'll be lots of mooing about the lack' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:27am EST

  • Tears from Toyota

    Toyota F1 team boss Tadashi Yamashina was apparently overcome by emotion when he announced the company would "do what it can" to help find jobs for it's Formula 1 team employees and especially the two Japanese drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Kazuki Nakajima.Just for the record: Toyota and Honda left F1' [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:54pm EST

  • Japan Calls it Quits on F1

    Honda, Bridgestone, now Toyota, as was hinted at back in August, is said to be out of the game leaving no Japanese involvement in the world's leading motor racing series. It remains to be seen if they will continue as an engine supplier and how they will deal with the [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:24pm EST

  • Triumph Thruxton by Bob MacMillanend of ...

    Triumph Thruxton by Bob MacMillanend of post [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 2:07am EST

  • Why Kamui Kobayashi may be the most important man in F1

    Without a doubt Kamui Kobayashi's has had the most exciting debut in Formula 1 for a long, long time. How was that for complete refusal to be intimidated combined with impressive consistency?After his first F1 race in Brazil, Kamui had been pidgenholed by a lot of media who talked about [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:11pm EST

  • Axis of Future

    Congratulation to our Jr Team Axis racer, 9 year old Aidan Abdulali for his great karting results in the Grand Prix New York Junior Racing League!end of post [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:17am EST

  • In his Own Words

    Button commented his attempt to make the pass on Webber in the final lap at Abu Dhabi. Webber did a great job with weak brakes keeping the Brawn behind but I guess we'll never know what happened to Button when he got on the inside, right before the cameras cut' [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 2:23pm EST

  • Kate's Dirty Sister Does it Again!

    The Story of Kate's Dirty SisterPROVISIONAL RACE RESULTSThe Abu Dhabi Grand PrixYas Marina, United Arab Emirates;55 laps; 305.470km;Weather: Dry.Classified:Pos Driver Team Time 1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1h34:03.314 2. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) + 17.857 3. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) + 18.467 4. Barrichello [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:29am EST
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