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The Alpine A110

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By Pete Vack

On one hand, there is nothing quite so French as the Alpine.

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The Alpine A110

On the other, there is something about the Alpine that lures the Italian car enthusiast to the make, yet not quite sure of what to think of it. Perhaps a sort of a French Abarth; tiny, with a light, tight attractive body, a superb overall design hiding or at least diminishing the prominent proprietary power plant hanging well south of the rear axle, an affectation most notably best-conceived for the Simca Abarths or perhaps the 1000 Monomille.
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Malaysian Grand Prix

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FERRARI IS BACK

By Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media

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Robert Kubica, Stefano Domenicali, Kimi Räikkönen and
Heikki Kovalainen.

March 23, 2008

I made the comment last weekend that McLaren doesn’t need to get their hopes up until they see how fast the competition is.  This week Ferrari showed them that the silver arrows are not the fastest cars on the grid this year and it probably will be a long season for everyone.  The Scuderia shook off their Australian season opener mess and was on track to have their front row starting grid turn into yet another 1-2 finish, but Massa still has not figured out how to get the most of the car without traction control.  One has to imagine that there will be a lot of yelling in Italian and Portuguese this week in Maranello.

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The Fate of D.B. and Panhard

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Following up on the acclaimed history of D.B. at Sebring,
Philippe Defechereux tells us what became of the French Legends.
By Philippe Defechereux Copyright 2008

What Happened to Deutsch-Bonnet ?

Early in 1962, a partnership that had lasted over twenty years and won so many laurels came apart. Charles Deutsch found out that in December of 1961, René Bonnet had signed a secret agreement to drive for Renault; he would lead a Renault-backed team at the 1962 Le Mans 24-Hours; the cars would be called “René Bonnets.” When Charles Deutsch made Panhard aware of that, they were incensed. Quickly, they hired the betrayed engineer to put together a team of five cars, to be called “C.D. Panhards.” The clear goal was to beat Equipe René Bonnet at Le Mans that very year. The Deutsch-Bonnet company, which from the earliest days had been founded on the basis of verbal agreements and handshakes, was effectively no more. As footnote, the C.D. Panhards beat the René Bonnets fair and square at the 1962 Le Mans race, winning both the Index of Performance and the 850cc class.

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Australian Grand Prix

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A Bit Early For The Silly Season
By Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media

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The Start

March 16, 2008

Most of the cold weather projects should be done by now. But, the fact that my Mondial is still up on jack stands in the garage is actually a good metaphor for how the F1 season has started this year.
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