The Silverstone-based team has begun looking into a potential tweak of its green livery for 2022, with the dark pantone having not been as good as it originally hoped. While the team was happy with how the green looked in real life, the colours have not come across as well on television images. And, in particular with the way that cameras pick up the light, the dark Aston Martin has often been hard to distinguish from the black Mercedes in certain angles. Speaking earlier this year, team principal Otmar Szafnauer said that the type of green used on its car would be reconsidered. "I think it's a stunning colour in the sun and when you're looking at it in person," he said. "But I believe we should be looking at making it pop a little bit more on television, without losing the green when you're looking at it outside. "I don't know if we can do that, but that's one thing that we're looking to do, just to make sure that it differentiates itself on TV from some of the …
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Five questions facing the young Rockets as they open the season
The Rockets entered last season's opening day at a crossroads, their entire direction in question. Would James Harden stick around to see through what he started? That question was emphatically answered with his trade to Brooklyn and rebuilding was officially underway. Now, the direction for the 2021-2022 season is clear. But there are important questions to be answered along the way, starting with Wednesday night's season opener in Minnesota. Is Christian Wood a long-term building block? Last season, the prized free agent acquisition was putting up All-NBA numbers before a severe ankle sprain essentially ended his season. It's no surprise that the team's free-fall in the standings coincided with Wood's absence from the lineup. But the big question concerning Wood is his future, beyond this season . The 26-year-old is entering his physical prime and will be an unrestricted free agent next summer. With ownership and management seemingly completely committed to the …
Will F1 have to ban fans from races to start the 2020 season? · RaceFans
One of the very financial cornerstones that served Formula 1 so well for over 40 years could ultimately prove one of the factors that impede the sport’s return to (relative) normality after the pandemic. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Another factor is its reliance on street circuits. As Formula 1 expanded globally, street circuits seemed like a good idea: Not only did they bring F1 action into the heart of cities – thereby attracting vast tourism subsidies – but ensured that Moto GP did not piggyback F1’s new events as at Austin, Istanbul, Shanghai, Sepang and others. But two-wheelers can’t race safely on the streets of Baku or Singapore. When F1 commercial rights holder Liberty bought into F1 they immediately latched onto the advantages of ‘destination cities’, with the first event by the company being Hanoi’s now-postponed street race. Equally, enormous effort has been expended (thus far unsuccessfully) on staging a grand prix in Miami’s suburbs. But …
How Racing Point’s Aston Martin F1 deal came together · RaceFans
As we exclusively revealed in December , Canadian fashion magnate and boss of Silverstone-based Racing Point F1 Team Lawrence Stroll has taken the first steps towards acquiring a share of Aston Martin Lagonda (AML), the troubled luxury sports car manufacturer. The deal takes the form of an in initial bridging loan worth £55.5m, ultimately to be converted into an equity stake of up to 20%. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free During the process, present AML chair Penny Hughes (ex-Coca Cola) will step down, to be replaced by Stroll. Further executive reshuffles are expected to be announced, with the future departure of AML CEO/president Dr Andy Palmer a distinct possibility. Although various outlets have alluded to a late Thursday board decision between Stroll’s group and automotive conglomerate Geely, RaceFans understands that interest from the Chinese carmaker waned earlier, and an outline agreement was reached with Stroll’s consortium on Wednesday, and …
Why one team fears F1’s 2021 cars will be “nasty” to drive | RaceFans
Over a month has passed since Formula 1 revealed its radical plans to overhaul the rules in 2021 and create a new generation of cars which are cheaper to create and race better on the track. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free A new technical regulations package for 2021 has been approved. But now F1 teams have had a few weeks to study the new rule book more closely, not all of them are convinced it’s going to have the desired effect. Racing Point technical director Andrew Green first arrived in Formula 1 when the team entered as Jordan in 1991. He has seen several major changes to the technical rules in that time. He thinks the 2021 package has “fundamental issues that could do with some addressing”. F1 and the FIA are seeking to improve the quality of racing through a major shift in how F1 cars generate downforce. The 2021 cars feature much smaller and simpler surface wings, and use underbody tunnels to create a ‘ground effect’ which generates downforce. …
Tuned Mustang GT Ticks All The Right Boxes, And It Could Be Yours
Australian residents now have the chance to take home one very unique, lightly modified Ford Mustang . Sorry, rest of the world. Tuned by Tickford, a specialty performance shop based in Victoria, the pony car comes with a number of unique visual cues inside and out, and will act as first prize in an upcoming raffle to benefit cancer research. All proceeds from the raffle will go towards the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Center. That said, the Mustang wears a custom Olivia Green finish and comes with a matching "Olivia" vinyl decal on the hood. The unique exterior finish is accented by a pair of black racing stripes and a number of Tickford custom cues. Ford some added performance chops. Blacked-out mirrors and badges, and a rear deck-lid spoiler cap off the look. Inside, the cabin is finished in a unique black and green leather package with the Tickford logo emblazoned on the seat backs and center console. The company doesn’t say if the Mustang …
Sci-Fi Fan Gives Tron Treatment To His 2015 Ford Mustang
Roughly 35 years after the release of Disney’s Tron , the film’s futuristic aesthetic that imagined the world inside of a computer has continued to inspire people. Josh Rivers liked the look so much that he took it as the theme for his custom 2015 Ford Mustang V6 . The neon green color scheme is a little different than the cool blue that defines the movie, but the style still instantly evokes the franchise’s on-screen depiction. Tron -inspired grid lines are a color called Sheer Luck. More Movie- And TV-Inspired Vehicles: Buy This Official Batmobile Replica For Your Personal Batcave Toyota 2000GT Celebrates 50 Years As James Bond’s Sexy Spy Car Thomas The Tank Engine Isn't Allowed On British Roads Apex Customs applied a similar look to the Rosso Insignia 20-inch wheels by first power coating them and then wrapping portions in Sheer Luck. Black powder-coat brake calipers add to the mean look. Up front, the headlights feature green halos. The emerald …
‘Dune’ Wages an All-Out Attack on the Senses – and Wins
Click here to read the full article. It’s hard to be a messiah. Even before he recognizes that this is what he is, the young Paul Atreides of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune , played by Timothée Chalamet , lets the grief of expectation seep into his body, down to the drowsed slump of his shoulders and the toneless, contemplative wariness of his voice. The actor’s charm is kept in check; his latent vulnerabilities are in overdrive. Paul is the heir to House Atreides, whose fief is the oceanic planet of Caladan, a stony, rainy, tumultuous world, limited in its purview and power. An unusual home for a family said to descend from the ancient Greeks — but it sure helps to explain why everyone seems a little down in the dumps. In another kind of movie, this quality would maybe seem less worthy of remark. A moody teen. So what? But Dune , as Villeneuve has ambitiously sought to tell it, is above all a story of empire, to which Chalamet’s performance lends an interesting …
Health product crackdown nets B1.6bn
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) have taken joint legal action against 255 suspects in cases involving the illegal distribution of medical and health products in the past year, worth over 1.6 billion baht in total. Among the 255 offenders busted in these cases between last October and this September, 101 allegedly sold medications without authorisation, while another 63 were caught selling food products which weren't certified by the FDA, Supattra Boonserm, acting deputy secretary-general of the FDA, said on Wednesday. Another 53 people were arrested for selling cosmetics not certified by the FDA and 26 others for distributing medical devices without authorisation, she said. The total value of products seized in these cases was 1.64 billion baht, she said. Some of the higher-profile cases involved the illegal production and distribution of medical devices and medicines related to Covid-19, such as rapid antigen test kits, …