Sliding

As Abi already mentioned, off Rally Driving today. Got to say that fun as it was (and very much so), it's damn hard. And I don't really mean in the... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on March 19, 2006 09:18 PM

6 Car Grand Prix!

Absolutely amazing, the US grand prix has just started with just 6 cars. In short the other cars were on Michelin tyres. There were problems in earlier testing with the... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on June 19, 2005 07:07 PM

Good Race

Another pretty none day. I got a chance to add a few more cars to my gt4 garage site (something I'll let you know about as and when I get... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on April 24, 2005 07:17 PM

GT4 Garage Update

Abi's been away in London overnight, so before she gets back this morning I've added 3 more cars to my gt4-garage site. It takes a while, hence why they're so... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on April 23, 2005 01:08 PM

More GT4

Abi's away this weekend, so it's all a bit empty here this evening. I seem to spend most of my evening working on my new GT4 website. I've got most... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on April 08, 2005 09:38 PM

Stress

So here I am, GT4 licesnse test iA-15. The second to last. One guided lap of the Nurburgring. And boy can I not understand how it manages to stress me... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on March 26, 2005 08:27 PM

GT4

Loads of stuff going on at work as usual, no chance of me getting bored with nothing to do. Back home and Abi's out in London having fun, so I... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on March 11, 2005 11:53 PM

Famous

My car's nearly famous. The people who made my car exhaust (here for some pics and details), are running an advert in a few car mags, and have settled on... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on December 02, 2004 09:27 PM

vMax again

So, Abi and I were up bright and early this morning to get off to Bruntinthorpe in Leicestershire to go racing. As with last time there was a wide variety... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on October 31, 2004 08:55 PM

Bruntingthorpe Pics

I did promise some pics and movie clips from last weekends day at Bruntingthorpe. I'd hoped to have gotten this done sooner but my ADSL vanishing delayed things a little.... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on June 25, 2004 09:33 PM

vMax

So, and early start today. Due to some persuading by Abi's boss, Abi and I are off to Bruntinthorpe today to a Pistonheads vMax event. I've got a few pics... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on June 20, 2004 09:10 PM

Karting Breakdown

Ok, in a little more detail. The karting event was setup as a competition between 12 drivers. It was arranged as 12 heats of 8 laps, of which each driver... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on January 11, 2004 10:08 PM

Goontastic

JHR kindly sent me this link to an interesting article about "drifting". Is interesting reading, though I guess I'll be wanting an older, cheaper car to be trying it out... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 16, 2003 07:15 AM

Flipped

Rather a fun day today. Early start (7am) to get there on time. Even doing that I nearly crashed. We'd got most of the way to the circuit and were... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on August 03, 2003 09:40 PM

JAE 2003

So, I'm back and knackered. Despite the rain all night long there was enough sunshine out to probably burn me quite nicely (I wasn't expecting that!). There were lots and... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on July 27, 2003 07:05 PM

Smashing

The F1 practice session this morning saw Jenson Button sliding into a barrier and subjecting himself to 30 g's. It sort of underlines how mad these people are racing their... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on May 31, 2003 07:59 PM

Gumball Rally

JHR sends the following which will almost certainly appeal to petrol heads: Phil - Think you might enjoy this one. Read all about it at: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58484,00.html Regards, JHR -- [JHRWarlockLtd.com]... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on April 16, 2003 06:17 PM

F1

The F1 season restarts for a new year this coming weekend. With it are a number of rule changes that should make this season a little more interesting than the... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on March 05, 2003 10:21 PM

350Z vs RX8

Mad busy day at work today. Back home and I've some spare time once I've started some replication on SQL Server (which will take, rough guess, 5 hours). So I... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on February 18, 2003 08:41 PM

Qualifying

I'm very glad I didn't get up early this morning (4:30am local time) to watch the qualifying for this weekends Japanese GP. This story details what stopped the session for... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on October 12, 2002 03:18 PM

US F1 GP

All in all a pretty dull race, with the exception of the last 0.010 seconds. The two ferraris having done the whole race in 1-2, go for a photo finish,... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 29, 2002 09:01 PM

Ferrari

Barichello leads the Ferrari 1-2 at the Italian Grand Prix this afternoon. As you can imagine, lots of italian fans were quite happy at the home team winning the home... read the rest.

Posted by Phil on September 15, 2002 02:27 PM