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PPS - Hemsworth actually drove the McLaren M23 for some scenes in the film, so reality begs to differ.

Wrong giant robot series, bro. Lexus have said before that the LFA's design was directly inspired by Gundam, and given that a halo model's design tends to filter down to the rest of a company's designs, I'd say this is a Gundam we're looking at.

Looks fantastic, but they've gone overkill on the bloom. What is this, 2004?

Actually (as GeeHalen says) it was Marlboro Project Four, Project Four being the name of Ron Dennis's racing team which bought out McLaren and adopted its name. In reality, the team we call 'McLaren' today owes much more to Project Four than to Bruce McLaren's team – Dennis just bought the team and took its name,

The McLaren P1, because circuits camouflage.

Is this where we start making out?

But I'm Welsh.

Enzo approves.

I'm also not sure why England's relevant, given that Bruce was from New Zealand and McLaren race under a British flag. But whatevs

Even today, the McLaren logo is a stylised Marlboro chevron, as you can clearly see from the evolution of the logo. Although that doesn't stop some people from claiming (without any basis) it's a stylised kiwi.

What kind of mental Union Flag is that? The red stripes are all wrong.

Adam Tudor-Lane? Where was he when we were trying to find the best British car journo names?

Correction: Perez is the one who rams the other car rejoining the circuit, not the driver who intentionally parks on the other dude's head.

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Not just an obnoxious driver, but an obnoxious racing driver. McLaren F1 driver Sergio Perez, competing in Formula BMW in 2006. He makes contact with another driver, who appears to intentionally ram him when rejoining the track. His response? Intentionally parking his car on top of the other driver's helmet.

Interestingly, the same is true in nature: hunting insects tend to be aerodynamically unstable because it makes it easier for them to catch their prey, while non-predatory insects are usually aerodynamically stable.

How much was the P1 compromised to make it work around the 12C's monocoque? Huge fan of your work – can't wait to see the P1's ring time!

Back in the late '80s when Nelson Piquet (possibly the biggest douche ever to win the world championship) was racing Senna, Piquet tried to get under Senna's skin by telling the media Ayrton was gay. Ayrton responded by saying he'd slept with Piquet's wife before the two of them married.

The only things that bother me are that Wi-Fi uploads are slow, and it doesn't always play nice with AirPlay. Despite those issues, it's my default media player now.

Too damn slow, Steve, too damn slow!

Is there a chance the track could bend?