Articles by Robert Nguyen
07/02/17
Back in the 1970’s, it was an interesting time for Formula One. It was at the time the sport was starting to grow at a rapid rate. With that comes more exposure, which means more teams trying to make it big in Formula One. Although most teams came and fell flat, Embassy Hill was one of a few managed to stay afloat.
20/01/17
The 2017 World Rally Championship, all the excitement over the new rules, new cars, the return of Toyota. With so much to look on, all of it now have seems faded away with a crash right at the first stage of Rally Monte Carlo that claimed the life of a fan. This was the first death in the WRC for more than a decade since the death of Jorg Bastuck, co-driver to Aaron Burkart that was struck by another vehicle while changing a tire during the 2006 Rally of Catalunya.
16/11/16
A tribute to Ron Dennis after 35 incredible years with McLaren Back in 2007, McLaren was involved on what could be the biggest ever scandal in the history of Formula One known as the “Spygate”. In which McLaren was passed with confidential technical information of their rival from Maranello: Scuderia Ferrari.
09/11/16
A Carmrades-the Blog post At the 1000 km of Silverstone back in 2008, during the height of the diesel era. Peugeot revealed and thus announced the 908 HY, the hybrid counterpart of the diesel 908 HDi FAP. Peugeot planned to race the new 908 HY in 2009.
15/08/16
Arrows had been pretty much a “household” name in Formula 1 since its debut in 1978 with a long history of running down the order but sometimes produce a few incredible results with 9 podiums and no wins. Throughout its history in the sports, it also been the lauchnpad of famous names such as Gerhad Berger, and Riccardo Patrese. It was also famous for its crazy Arrows A2 and the failed Porsche partnership during its brief stint as Footwork or the famous moment when Taki Inoue being hit by a medical car at Hungary in 1995.
12/06/16
The 24 Hours of Le Mans has always been the holy grail of endurance racing with famous names such as Ferrari, Porsche, Audi, Ford (Shelby) and so much more have triumphed in the grueling 24 hours at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Many have tried and failed, and one of them is Nissan. Nissan has been very successful in touring car and GT racing but luck has always turned around when it comes to Le Mans. Nissan first participated in 1986 with the R85V which finished 16th in its first ever attempted. The best they have ever finished was 5th back in 1990 with the R90CP.
02/02/16
That video of a blow out Michelin tyre is enough to let you know how dangerous the crash was. During pre-season practice session at Sepang, Loris Baz was running on the front straight at over 290 km/h when his rear tyre unexpectedly failed causing him to lost control of his bike and crash. These photos will show you the sequences of events Luckily Loris walked away from the crash and thanks to his Alpinstars suit and other protective equipments he escaped major injuries. And Loris only has a bruised elbow and let off a cheeky smile
21/12/15