In mid-2021, the “Cardboard Czechs” became an object of desire among fans of the Mexican driver and sports car racing. This peculiar standee is not only coveted by Mexicans and foreigners for what ExxonMobil, through the Mobil brand, presented the digital evolution of the famous “Cardboard Checos”, with the launch of the platform checodecartón.com The objective of the platform is scan “Cardboard Checos” in any of their presentations where the pilot is holding the Mobil 1 bottle to have the possibility of recording messages of support addressed to Sergio “Checo” Pérez. The “Scannable Czechs” are the continuation of this cultural symbol that became a trend. In addition to the launch of checodecarton.com, the ...
This Friday the sanctions that the FIA has imposed on the teams that failed to comply with the budget limit were known. They are Red Bull and Aston Martin. And the resolutions have been very different. The punishment for those of energy drinks has been much older. Fernando Alonso he can breathe easy ahead of his arrival at the team next year. The sanction to Aston Martin has been slight. A fine of $450,000 for breaching the spending ceiling for the season. “Aston Martin has incorrectly excluded and/or adjusted costs in the calculation of its relevant costs“, the FIA reported in its statement. In addition, it has determined that “there is no evidence” that the team has “at any time sought to act in bad faith, dishonesty or fraudulently.” In short, a p...
Updated Sunday, October 2, 2022 – 17:36 The Mexican took advantage of the error in the start of the Ferrari leader to achieve victory, on the day that Verstappen could only be seventh and Alonso left due to a mechanical problem. Prez ahead of Leclerc and Sainz at Marina Bay.AFP There was a point of cruelty in the victory of sergio prez about Ferrari in Singapore, where charles leclerc he wasted his pole Y Carlos Sainz He had enough to hold onto his position on the podium. After more than two hours, on a wet and treacherous asphalt, the Mexican resolved the situation with unprecedented ease, as if it were the very same Max Verstappen, relegated all night to positions away from the head. Neither in the absence of the next champion, nor under the sword of a sanction against Pérez -for a...
Few things in life are as annoying as taking care of your car, going out for it and see that someone has scratched you. This happens mainly because the average person has the spatial awareness of an elephant on an LSD trip. Or is it because you did something wrong, that you deserve to have rude words recorded on you. If you’re the victim of a scratch-related vendetta, fear not, it looks like BMW has a solution. The Bavarian house recently presented a patent for a scratch detection system capable of detecting a scratch. In principle, after knowing that the slim body has been damaged, it will sound an alarm and send a signal, which we assume would go directly to the owner’s mobile. In fact, BMW already has a robust digital key based on a smartphonewith which it could directly not...
The performance of the Mercedes of 2022 has nothing to do with that of 2021. The one of this season has not been able, far from it, to fight for the championship. Lewis Hamilton Yes, he could do it in the past, in which he lost the title to Max Verstappen on the last lap of the last race. But what is it like to drive this year’s car? The seven-time Formula 1 champion has made a curious comparison: “I described it to my engineers: imagine that you are trying to sneak up on a horse…” “Where is the line that, if you cross it, will give you a kick? And you know that when it hits you in the face it’s going to hurt”, comments the British pilot in the preview of the Mexican Grand Prix. “That’s one of the best ways to describe how it is, when y...
Updated Sunday, October 2, 2022 – 18:39 The Spaniard retired on lap 21 due to an engine failure on the day he was celebrating his 350th career in the World Championship. Alonso, with the A522, on Sunday at Marina Bay.EFE chronic Prez exasperates Leclerc and Sainz saves a podium World Cup 2022 Verstappen, virtual champion The double retirement, second in a row after Monza, did not make Alpine react in Singapore until more than half an hour after the end of the race. “We seek to identify the possible problems of the power unit in both cars”, communicated the French team after the withdrawal of Fernando Alonso Y Stephen Ocon. Terrible news for the Asturian, who was unable to celebrate his record 350 races in Formula 1 in Marina Bay. “Once again we have lost eight or 10...
As part of its strategy towards full electrification, the division “R” ofvolkswagenwill become the sub-brand of high-performance electric models in the next decademore specifically from 2030. As with the current Golf R, T-Roc R, Tiguan R, Touareg R and Arteon R, the future of this division lies in creating more refined and energetic versions of the main models of the German firm. Volkswagen has already revealed GTX versions faster than the ID.4 and ID.5, but since they have the same spirit as the internal combustion GTI models, there is still room for the R versions to sit above these. As with the company’s current range of performance models, these will be developed on the track, with Volkswagen drawing on its record-breaking ID.R race car to design the new models. By 20...
Netflix has announced through its social networks the renewal of ‘Sacred Family’ for a second season. The series created by Manolo Caro As part of its exclusivity contract with the platform, it premiered on October 14. After two weeks on air, fiction accumulates more than 27 million hours of viewing and is the second most viewed of the ranking of non-English speaking series. Starring Najwa Nimri in the role of Gloria Román and set in a luxurious residential neighborhood in Madrid, the series is about motherhood, identity, loss or grief. It is an addictive thriller that begins by showing the seemingly perfect lives of several families. The arrival of new neighbors in the neighborhood will destabilize the delicate balance of neighborhood relations and will reveal the secrets that...
If something characterizes the 2022 Formula 1 season for Carlos Sainz is his misfortune. The Spanish it has had to withdraw six times this year, either due to accidents or problems with the reliability of the ferrari. The last incident was when at the start of the US GP, George Russell touched him in the first corner causing damage to the radiator, causing him to quit. “It was certainly one of the hardest moments of the season. And very disappointing. After making a perfect weekend so far, having your career ruined by something that is out of your control it’s really hard,” he says. sainz. He hopes that all the bad luck he is having this year will not be in 2023: “And it seems that this year, Everything that could happen to me is happening to me. So I hope I can tak...
Madrid Updated Monday, October 3, 2022 – 03:04 The two-time champion now has four retirements, twice as many as last year, and has lost 56 points due to mechanical problems alone. Alonso, with the A522, on Saturday at Marina Bay.ALPINE F1 chronic Prez exasperates Leclerc and Sainz saves a podium World Cup 2022 Verstappen, virtual champion On September 13, just a few hours after the Monza debacle, Alan Permaine was quick to announce that Alpine would be fitting a new floor for the Singapore GP. An innovation that would mean a “great advance in downforce” and that would return the A522 to where it “should be”. Alpine’s sports director considered that double zero in Italy as an “isolated event” and did not see the need for Fernando Alonso premie...
Born in 1976 and six years after the debut of the current generation, theFord Fiestawill cease to existbeing indirectly replaced by an electric variant of the Puma built in Craiova, Romania, when it ends its life cycle in 2023. Fortunately, the Fiesta ST will remain in the model line-up for another year as the high-performance flagship in small dimensions. . In an official statement, the president of Ford Europe, Martin Sandersstates: “At Ford Europe we are accelerating our efforts to commit to electrification with our all-electric passenger cars by 2030and all of our lineup by 2035. As we prepare for the transition to an electric future, we will discontinue production of the S-Max and Galaxy in Valencia, Spain, in April 2023 and production of the Fiesta in Cologne, Germany, at end of June...
Updated: Oct 28, 2022 | 11:05 Oct 28, 2022 | 10:58 Fernando Alonsoat 41 years old and competing in the elite of motorsports since his debut with minardi in 2001, he will prolong his adventure in Formula 1 from the hand of Aston-Martin from 2023… and with a view to continuing more years in the ‘Great Circus’. One of the great rivals he has had throughout his career, Lewis Hamiltonis at a crossroads similar to the Asturian was not long ago. At 37 years old and with seven F1 crowns behind him, the Briton wants to continue in the category alongside Mercedesas explained to ‘Auto motor und sport’. In said interview, Lewis has gone further and has explained what differentiates him from Alonso. Far from talking about physique or talent, Hamilton has influenced the pro...