Ken Block - Gymkhana 5. Just in case you've missed the latest instalment of Mr The Block's Gymkhana series here it is. Shot in sunny San Francisco & packed with his usual finesse plus some camera work that's pure sorcery(or CGI, I get them mixed up sometimes) along with some pretty tasty helmet-cam footage. Filed under #Responsible Hoonigan.
X Games - Hot Wheels Double Loop. Filed under #7g's@50mph
More X Games - Filed under #Ow that's gotta hurt and #That'll buff out
F1 and Throttlegate. If you've been following F1 you'll have heard a bit of controversy around Red Bull and engine maps/exhaust blowing. Here's a top article which manages to explain quite succinctly what all the fuss is, or rather was about - as of the Hungary round this weekend the loophole has been closed. It will be interesting to see how that changes effects all teams in what's so far been the most competitive F1 season in years.
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" If you can get the map to arrange the ignition timing so that with the accelerator pedal full to the floor, at a certain rev range the engine's throttle bodies are pumping air through the combustion chamber and exhaust after the mixture has already been ignited, then you will sacrifice some potential torque but you will gain flow through the exhausts which are positioned to direct the flow to the downforce-inducing rear brake ducts and the sides of the diffuser."
Jeeze, that's almost as competitive as the 587pp cars got...
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