From May 13 to 21, Automobile Barcelona 2023 opens its doors, the 42nd edition of the Barcelona Motor Show, which this year coincides in its first four days with the Motorcycle Show. The event occupies two pavilions of the Fira (1 and 8), as well as surrounding areas, and in it with the participation of 31 brands from the sector. An important representation although there are some notable absences, such as the Stellantis Group. The 11th began with a conference dedicated to professionals and the press and we went there to learn about 14 new products (11 Spanish and three worldwide). We have been counting them almost live on Twitter and Instagram and here we are going to review them all, in the order that we got to know them: Mercedes Its stand has about twenty models, with all types of prop...
Logan Sargeant has been one of the great disappointments at the start of the 2023 season. The American, who came to Williams after having a great season finale in Formula 2 last year, is being beaten by his teammate, Alex Albon. Although the Thai has only managed one point, he is far superior to Sargeant in race pace, and managed to get into Q3 at the Australian Grand Prix. Also, Sargeant is, along with Nyck deVries, the only driver who has not yet managed to score points in 2023. For this reason, according to various German media, the Grove team I would have given him an ultimatum: or improve the results in the next races, or run out of seat. In fact, the British team would have already decided on the name of his successor, and the chosen one It’s Mick Schumacher. The German, who ra...
Tremendous scare in the Moto2 race in it French GP, on the Le Mans track. With 21 laps remaining to the end of the test, a brutal accident caused a red flag after up to three Spaniards crashed on the French circuit. Albert Arenas was the first to fall. After meeting his motorcycle, Manu González and Arón Canet could not avoid it and they flew away. The sequence of this part of the race, which we could see on ‘DAZN’, it’s real scary. Luckily, everything was left in a fright and everyone those involved are aware, and the race was able to continue normally after the red flag. Then, Pedro Acosta also went to the ground when he was chasing Arbolino, Moto2 leader, when there were 10 laps left by the end of the test. The victory was for him, what makes him strengthen your first ...
The Aston Martin DBX707 needs no introduction. Is he SUV more powerful and performance today, with an exemplary power level and extraordinary behaviour. But Gaydon’s firm could not leave things like that and, taking advantage of his presence in Formula 1, he has launched a special edition of that copy. We talk about Aston Martin DBX707 AMR23 Editionwhich wears the colors of Fernando Alonso’s team and a series of specific elements that complete its endowment. The DBX707 already acts as a Medical Car in Formula 1 with a special livery and this edition is based on it. It has the colors of Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One team, which has already been on the podium several times this season and is second in the manufacturers’ standings. To celebrate these successes, t...
Aston Martin He has stoped to be a surprise. After five races, the revelation team, the author of the great miracle of F1 in recent years, is second in the Constructors’ World Championship and third with Fernando Alonso in the Drivers’ Championship thanks to the great results of the Asturian driver. Total, four podiums and a fourth place barely six tenths off third place in Charles Leclerc in Azerbaijan. And that is saying a lot, because a year ago, when we were in May 2022, the team could barely surpass Williams. They barely reached Q3. They barely scored. Now everything is completely different. It is thanks to the signings. At the arrived by Fernando Alonso, to that of Dan Fallows and Eric Blandin. It is precisely under his direction that everything is coming, and now, in wor...
There are cars that go down in history because they succeed in sales, others because of their level of reliability and others precisely for the opposite. He NSU Ro 80 It was a sedan that came out at the end of the 60s and that was always involved in controversy. The German manufacturer that was the forerunner of Audi wanted to do something truly revolutionary and at first managed to surprise the public. It was presented at the 1967 Frankfurt Motor Show with enormous expectation, although with the passage of time would end up being forgotten due to a series of misfortunes. The NSU Ro 80 got its name from the combination of “rotary piston” and the product designation number. That is because it moved thanks to a wankel rotary engine dual-rotor engine that defined its existence. Th...
a race appears marked in red in the calendar by Aston Martin. One of the most mythical, because Monaco may well be the place of victory number 33 by Fernando Alonso in F1. The reason? That DRS and top speed don’t matter there, and everything will be a matter of aerodynamics and hands… and there the team and the two-time world champion they are left over However, there are also three other weekends that have been noted. And no, not for the same reason as that of Monaco but for the complete opposite. Because The Aston Martin keeps on slacking off As far as Red Bull is concerned, in top speed and in DRS efficiency. That makes tracks with long straights… There are three tests. One, of course, is Monza. The temple of speed is not called like that for no reason, and it is that ...
Sebastian Vettel Still no team. Without a team in F1 and without a team in any other motor competition. The German, four-time world champion and former Red Bull, Ferrari and of Aston Martin, He was indeed tempted by Formula E to join a world in which not a few Formula 1 drivers they have finished testing. However, it looks like he might have other plans. It seems, even, that he could have “a job” already for the future. This is what Alejandro Agag, head of Formula E, has stated in words for ‘talkSport’. “Yes, I tried to convince Vettel to to come to Formula E, but…” it begins. “But he’s busy. from what i heard I think he already has a job for the future”, Agag drops on the reason for Vettel’s ‘no’. And he explain...
Fernando Alonso he is the number 1 fan by Adrian Newley. The Asturian, who has already left more than one phrase to praise the guru of Red Bull, has once again shown what he thinks of the great work of one of the big names in the energy drink brand, and possibly the one who is largely responsible for the team’s successes and the World Cups won by Sebastian Vettel and by Max Verstappen. Because Newey is one of those who know. He, and also his ‘apprentices’, because the work of Dan Fallows in Aston Martin, In a team that was ninth in the World Cup a year ago and is now second only to Red Bull, it has been simply spectacular. And it is that the Red Bull guru is one of those who knows the most in F1. One of those who turns everything he touches into gold. That is something th...
max verstappen addition two Formula 1 World Cups. The Dutchman, with permission by Sergio Perez and by Fernando Alonso, he is on his way to the third, but like the first there is none. One that arrived in 2021, after many years of drought, and after a course in which he dueled with lewis hamilton It was epic. It was so epic that it was decided on the last lap of the Abu Dhabi GP. Yes, in 2021. In one that will be part of the history of the pilot’s career from Red Bull. Which was marked by its controversies, by the great controversy at the end with the ‘safety car’ that came out after the incident Nicholas Latifi with the Williams. This is how the course ended, and now, a year and a half later, Christian Horner looks back to speak of the ‘after’. To tell what h...
The Ferrari crisis is getting bigger and bigger. The Italian team has signed this 2023 his worst start to the season since 2009, barely achieving a podium in the first five races. The ‘Prancing Horse’ team is the fourth team on the grid, with only 78 points, behind Aston Martin and Mercedes and 146 points behind the championship leader, Red Bull. By this time last season, Ferrari was leading the constructors’ championship and Charles Leclerc led Max Verstappen by 29 points in the drivers’ championship. This drop in Ferrari performance is on everyone’s lips in the paddock. The last to talk about it has been Fernando Alonso. The Asturian is one of the greatest beneficiaries of the bad form of the Italians, since Aston Martin has snatched the second position that...
Nyck de Vries’ seat is hanging by a thread. The Dutch driver, who was one of the most coveted men on the driver market last season, has completed a very poor start to the season, being a long way from his AlphaTauri teammate Yuki Tsunoda. De Vries is, along with Logan Sargent, the only pilot who still has not scored after five grand prix, which has caused a big disappointment in the dome from Red Bull. Over the past few weeks, rumors have spread around the paddock that de Vries could lose his seat in the coming weeks. Now, Helmut Marko, Red Bull adviser and head of the energy drink team’s pilot program has confirmed the rumors and has given the Dutchman a deadline to react. “Nothing will happen in the next three races. We have spoken with Nyck and he has the same opinion:...