Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/12/19/toilet-paper-moment-for-rosberg-as-tyre-explodes/
Saturday
?Toilet paper? moment for Rosberg as tyre explodes
Not much has been heard from the Pirelli tyre test in Bahrain this week, despite the presence of four teams and six drivers. However the silence was broken on the third and final day today when Nico Rosberg used Twitter … Continue reading
Friday
Thursday
Guest Blog - Mat Oxley: 2013 MotoGP season review (Part 1)
MotoMatters.com is delighted to feature the work of iconic MotoGP writer Mat Oxley. Oxley is a former racer, TT winner and highly respected author of biographies of world champions Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi, and currently writes for Motor Sport Magazine, where he is MotoGP correspondent. We are featuring sections from Oxley's blogs, which are posted in full on the Motor Sport Magazine website.
2013 MotoGP season review (Part 1)
This is going to sound corny as hell – I believe the biggest winners of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship were the fans. MotoGP had had a dark few years of tedious racing, working itself into a technical tangle, just like Formula 1.
A combination of engineering changes and 250-derived riding styles had developed beautifully balanced bikes, which, when ridden by inch-perfect ex-250 riders, could do the same lap times from lights-out to chequered flag. Valentino Rossi’s former crew chief Jeremy Burgess referred to these races as “procession races”, and he was right (as he usually is).
The biggest change in 2013
Enrique Bernoldi Enrico Bertaggia Tony Bettenhausen Mike Beuttler
It?s Your 2013 Exit Interview: No. 22 Marcos Ambrose
Welcome to From the Marbles' 2013 driver reviews. Here, we're going to critique, praise and bloviate about the top 30 drivers in the 2013 NASCAR season. Tasmania Time.
Hey Marcos, thanks for stopping by. Can you get us a ride in a V8 Supercar? That'd be fun. Too bad they're not coming back to Circuit of the Americas.
Your season was quite nondescript. You were between 20th-23rd in the points standings for the final 28 races with the exception of the fall race at Charlotte when you jumped to 19th after a 17th place finish. Whatever you were searching for was there in flashes, but speed was never consistent.
Except on road courses. But because of what happened at Watkins Glen, the highlight of the year is also the biggest disappointment. You were second at Sonoma and led 18 laps, but those 18 laps were the first 18 laps. You ended up seventh.
But man, the Glen was yours to lose. 51 laps led, by far the best car. But then there was that fateful caution from your teammate. That threw your pit strategy off and instead of pitting under green and maintaining your track position, you had to pit under caution.
And then when you were stuck back in traffic, well, yeah, it was tough. Something went wrong with the car on the penultimate yellow flag and you crashed coming up the hill in the esses with six laps to go. The look on your face said it all; it was by far your best chance for a win all season.
But hey, you've got next year with the same group to redeem yourself. If you snag a Sonoma or Watkins Glen win you're going to be in the Chase Wild Card discussion again.
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Previous Reviews: No. 23 Denny Hamlin, No. 24 Casey Mears, No. 25 Mark Martin, No. 26 David Gilliland, No. 27 Danica Patrick, No. 28 David Ragan, No. 29 Tony Stewart, No. 30 Dave Blaney
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Wednesday
Mercedes Will Produce the GLA and Class C in Brazil
Daimler , along with the government of Sao Paulo have announced the opening in Brazil , a new factory will be operational from 2015. The initial investment for the factory set amounts to 170 million euros. What has been the determining factor for the opening of the factory ? Basically , the anticipated growth for […]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/568-mercedes-will-produce-the-gla-and-class-c-in-brazil.html
Tuesday
Althea Racing Return To The Ducati Fold: Will Field Niccolo Canepa As EVO Entry In 2014 WSBK Campaign
The Althea Racing team is to switch back to Ducati from Aprilia for the 2014 World Superbike season. After their split with Ducati over development of the Panigale at the end of 2012, the Italian team are to return to the Bologna factory fold and race the Panigale in 2014.
They will do so on a different footing to their previous relationship with Ducati, however. Next season, Althea will race the Panigale 1199R as an EVO entry in WSBK, the subclass set up to allow a more affordable entry into World Superbikes. With WSBK looking set to switch completely to EVO rules in the next few years, having a strong partner to help develop the Panigale within the restrictions set by the EVO rules - basically, a Superstock-spec engine in Superbike-spec chassis - will help Ducati prepare for the future. Given how well the Panigale has performed in Superstock form wherever it has been able to use the Ducati ECU, the bike should suit the EVO rules well.
The signing of Niccolo Canepa to race the Panigale with Althea is indicative of how close the cooperation with Ducati is likely to be. Canepa has a long history with Ducati, having functioned as a test rider for the Italian factory for a number of years, and having won the Superstock 1000 title on a Ducati in 2007, and raced Ducatis for the majority of his career.
Monday
Looking Back At 2013 With Scott Jones, Part 2: MotoGP, Texas Style
Red, white and blue. With red, orange and black.
Stefan Bradl, ready for Texas
Alex Rins, Maverick Viñales and Luis Salom would dominate the Moto3 championship in 2013
Sunday
Top Tips For The New Jeep Wrangler Owner
So, you bought a Jeep Wrangler? Congratulations! You might be now a member of a rather select group of humankind: those who were actually smart and adventurous enough to test something a bit different than the econoboxes and minivans most of us drive all around in. If you are a new Wrangler owner or are […]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/595-top-tips-for-the-new-jeep-wrangler-owner.html
Saturday
Red Bull loses key engineers to Mercedes
After McLaren raided Red Bull’s aero department Mercedes has now head hunted two key engineers from the Milton Keynes team. Mark Ellis is to be Performance Director, while Giles Wood will be Chief Engineer, Simulation and Development. Both will join … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/12/19/red-bull-loses-key-engineers-to-mercedes/
Keith Andrews Elio de Angelis Marco Apicella Mбrio de Araъjo Cabral
A Ramble on Tires, Push and the Future
As the season reaches the halfway point the future of indycar is starting to look quite bright. Something as simple as an in-depth look at the odd link between downforce, pushy racecars and tires, a bone of contention in their … Continue reading 
Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/a-ramble-on-tires-push-and-the-future/
Friday
Rosberg tyre was prototype, says Pirelli
Pirelli says that the tyre that failed on Nico Rosberg’s car in Bahrain today was a prototype ? and won’t be used again. Rosberg reported on Twitter that he’d spun on the straight after the failure. Although he quickly deleted … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/12/19/rosberg-tyre-was-prototype-says-pirelli/
Jaime Alguersuari Philippe Alliot Cliff Allison Fernando Alonso
Thursday
MotoGP Rules Update: Penalty Points Now Valid For A Year, Moto3 Chassis Price Capped
At its final meeting of 2013, the Grand Prix Commission has agreed changes to the regulations for the three Grand Prix classes, mostly minor, but a couple with much wider implications. Changes were agreed to the penalty points system, to the procedure for restarting interrupted races, for protests and wild cards. But the biggest changes made were to the Moto3 class. The loophole which allowed manufacturers to charge what they wanted for chassis has been closed, capping prices in Moto3 even further.
The biggest change to the sporting regulations is the extension of the penalty points system, to allow penalty points to be carried across between seasons. In 2013, the first year the system was used, penalty points accumulated during the season were only valid until after the final race of 2013 at Valencia was over. This posed a problem for Race Direction, as Mike Webb explained to MotoMatters.com in an interview at Valencia. It meant that any points awarded at the final races of the season had less effect on rider behavior than those early on in the season, and points awarded in the final race were completely meaningless. In his interview with this website, Mike Webb had already suggested giving points a limited lifetime, allowing them to be carried over from one season to the next.
Wednesday
From the Marbles Video Taste Test: The Shake ?n Bacon Brew
By now you've heard of the bacon beer milkshake being sold this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Black lager, vanilla ice cream and bacon maple syrup blended up and topped with whipped cream and bacon bits.
Having expectations for a flavor combination like that was almost impossible. I've never had the three before, so I didn't know what to expect. And it pretty much tasted like all three flavors in one.
So is the Shake 'n Bacon Brew any good? Watch the video!
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Tuesday
A Ramble on Tires, Push and the Future
As the season reaches the halfway point the future of indycar is starting to look quite bright. Something as simple as an in-depth look at the odd link between downforce, pushy racecars and tires, a bone of contention in their … Continue reading
Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/a-ramble-on-tires-push-and-the-future/
Piero Carini Duane Carter Eugenio Castellotti Johnny Cecotto
Monday
Cup Start-And-Parks Dwindling
The practice of starting-and-parking has been a much discussed topic over the last couple of years. If you aren’t aware, starting-and-parking refers to a system in which teams enter a race and pull into the garage after only a few laps with a perfectly good race car in order to collect prize money. Teams can [...] 
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Danica Patrick dressed up as a showgirl at the ACAs Tuesday night
If you sat through the American Country Awards last night, you got to see Danica Patrick dressed as a showgirl. You weren't expecting that were you?
Patrick hosted the ACAs along with country singer Trace Adkins. And she did a fine job. The writing was predictably poor and many of the skits and jokes were not laugh out loud funny by any stretch, but she did well with what she had to work with. That's definitely saying something.
And now you want to know what other NASCAR drivers would look like dressed as a showgirl, right? Let's see what we can do.
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Saturday
It?s Your 2013 Exit Interview: No. 21 Juan Pablo Montoya
Welcome to From the Marbles' 2013 driver reviews. Here, we're going to critique, praise and bloviate about the top 30 drivers in the 2013 NASCAR season. It may be our final time to reminisce about the jet dryer incident. Oh heck, no it won't. We're never going to get tired of it.
Juan, we'd like to thank you for your service to NASCAR. While we can say that it wasn't the most successful of ventures, there were some positive moments, and man, was it an eventful career.
You started your NASCAR career with a fireball that few people may remember. It was in the Nationwide Series in 2006. It would be overshadowed, understandably. But we'll get to that.
First there was a win in your rookie season at Sonoma, which probably set the expectations above where they would have been otherwise. Then, two years later, you made the Chase for the only time in your career thanks to 18 top 10s in 36 races. You'd never come close to making it again.
That season ends up looking like an outlier -- you followed it up with a finish of 17th, but no other finish was inside the top 20 in points. Whatever magic combination that you had in 2009 disappeared. And that probably stings a little bit given what Jamie McMurray accomplished in 2010.
We're not sure exactly how not winning an oval race will define your NASCAR career. It's not like you didn't come close -- the top 10s in 2009 are an example of that, and you had legitimate chances that just didn't go your way this season like at Dover and at Richmond. In the latter race, you were damned either way because of that late caution.
But that's going to be a footnote to what happened at Daytona. It's only human nature. People remember the crazy things, and you'll always be remembered as the jet dryer fire guy every year. Not a Daytona 500 will go by without that replay being shown, and if it does, a television producer has not done his or her job. It's something that's still unbelievable today. And we were there to see it in person.
Enjoy your time in IndyCar, Juan. Go win a championship or two. We'll always remember you. It'll just be for that.
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Previous Reviews: No. 23 Denny Hamlin, No. 24 Casey Mears, No. 25 Mark Martin, No. 26 David Gilliland, No. 27 Danica Patrick, No. 28 David Ragan, No. 29 Tony Stewart, No. 30 Dave Blaney
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