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16 hours ago · For this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Modellista showcased the Overland Vision Concept, based on the 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser, embracing the latest off-road customisation trends in America. With the concept of creating a sophisticated, armoured off-road vehicle, the Modellista Overland Vision Concept is intended as an “Ultimate Fun ...
Survival in the Sun | Blackbird Automotive Journal
Leclerc tailed the Dutchman for a single lap before Verstappen, carrying superior straight-line speed, broke the tow and motored away. Leclerc chose to be satisfied with second place this time, complaining that his car felt “so difficult to drive” due to the rapid deterioration of Miami’s virgin track surface.
Left in the Dust | Blackbird Automotive Journal
When Max Verstappen needed it most, he produced a launch for the ages from his third starting spot on the grid. The Dutchman streaked past both Hamilton and pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas around the outside at 220mph a half-mile later before stamping on the brakes at the last imaginable second for dusty Turn 1.
Down to the Wire | Blackbird Automotive Journal
The Jeddah Corniche Circuit’s combination of Monaco and Monza forgives no mistakes. Mick Schumacher learned that hard lesson amid his 160mph crash in Q2, delaying the session for almost an hour while he was airlifted to a hospital.
Unstoppable - Blackbird Automotive Journal
Charles Leclerc nailed his final qualifying lap around Monza to finish Q3 to finish about a tenth-and-a-half quicker than Max Verstappen. However, due to the Dutchman’s five-place grid penalty for taking a new internal combustion engine (ICE), Verstappen’s qualifying setup optimized his RB18 with a higher downforce setup for race day.
» Four in a Row - Blackbird Automotive Journal
Zandvoort is one of the shorter circuits of the F1 season. With challenging banked curves and undulating shorter straights, cars carry huge downforce loads giving less straight-line speed.
» A Brilliant Comeback - Blackbird Automotive Journal
Lewis Hamilton won the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix for a record-equalling fifth year in a row after his Mercedes team’s brilliant tyre strategy set the Brit up for a late charge that saw him catch and pass race leader and title rival Max Verstappen with six laps remaining.
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A frightening incident occurred four laps later when future Aston Martin teammates Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso collided, sending Alonso’s Alpine airborne at 180mph. It landed hard enough to knock the wind out of the Spaniard temporarily. While Stroll’s car was totalled, Alonso managed to return his car to the pits.
» Faster, Smoother and Predictable - Blackbird Automotive Journal
The revised regulations have resolved F1’s past aesthetics problem; take a brief glimpse of the svelte Ferrari F1-75. Minus the flips, fins, facets and blades of the last few years, each team’s new cars displayed the most elegant designs of the previous 40 years and were fully worthy of “ultimate speed machine” status.
Runaway - Blackbird Automotive Journal
Thus, Ferrari arrived expecting only a modest Baku podium finish. However, the Scuderia realised a Sunday victory was very much in play thanks to Charles Leclerc’s stunning one-lap pole-winning speed and projected race pace, matched with Carlos Sainz’s equally aggressive fourth place.