Despite the poor attendance, the race became an important fixture on the international calendar. There was the cachet of the name Daytona (even then the 500 was a big deal), plus 1966 was the height of the Ford versus Ferrari battle, which lent historical significance to the proceedings. For...
Chuck Yaeger was natural daredevil but he nearly died when he lost thrust from his auxillary rocket when he hit the vacuum of atmosphere-space envelope (near vacuum like the moon) in his NF-104A “Starfighter”. Why? Note that the combat purpose of this class of aircraft is to shoot down...
Possibly the best known speedway is the 4-kmIndianapolisMotor Speedway at Speedway, near Indianapolis, which opened as an unpaved track in 1909 but was paved with brick for the firstIndianapolis 500in 1911, the race continuing thereafter except during wartime. Oval, banked board tracks, first use...
so you have a bit less adrenaline in the car, but all in all, it's definitely one of the most physical race tracks of the season. It's warm, but most of all, I think it's more for the neck. There are so many high speeds. Very, very ...
MV:Lately, Toto has been really nice, saying a lot of nice things about me! No, I don't know. It's still a very long season. I don't want to think about the rest of the season too much. I really want to approach it race by race. I know there will be tracks coming up that...
MV:Yeah, I do think that we are just not that great on one lap performance for whatever reason with the car. But luckily it's very good in the race for most tracks. Naturally, of course, you focus a little bit more on the race, but yeah, it just seems like other teams can maybe...
MV:A lot of swear words. I was very upset. But immediately when you press the pit limiter off you have to keep your head down and go for it. But it wasn't made easy. But luckily this track is amazing to race at as well. So it's not like some other tracks where then your rac...
Q: Checo final one from me. You pulled some stunning overtakes today. What is it about this race track that promotes overtaking to the extent that it does? SP:I think it's a lot to do with the degradation, you know. You hit a lot of degradation, as we saw today. Obviously, every...
Q: Max that looked like a near perfect race for you, P9 to P1. Of all your victories in Formula 1, where does this one rank? MV: Yeah, it's been a good one. I mean, just really staying out of trouble at the beginning. And because, of course, the people around me, you know...
I’ve never driven a vehicle yet (not even a race car) that cannot overpower the brakes. If a consumer-vehicle brakes can’t overpower its engine, I’d put a bullet in the block and send it to the junk yard. I did that in driving school (not on a highway or at 150 mph). ...