Dope. #194

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What to watch this Weekend (Sept 12th - Sept 17th)

• FIA Rallycross. Action from France. Friday @ 10:30 - 11:30am (beIN Sports) replay
• Top Gear (UK). Marathon of past episodes. Monday @ 4pm - 11pm (BBC America/BBC America HD) great replays
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 5:30pm - 6pm (VelocityHD) replay
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 8pm - 9pm (VelocityHD) new
• Wheeler Dealers. Wednesday @ 7pm - 11pm (VelocityHD) replays

Enjoy your weekends.

Video courtesy of EVO.

Automotive Topic: Renovo Coupe: America's First Electric Supercar (XCAR)

In this third day of electric car week, XCAR is back at it to brings us a look at a new Electric sportscar called the Renovo Coupe. Built on a Shelby chassis, designed after the legendary Shelby Daytona Coupe, I'm really looking forward to some on road reviews of this new vehicle.


Video courtesy of XCAR.

Quick Vid: Audi A3 e-tron review (Autoblog)

The gang from Autoblog review the new Audi A3 e-tron. Talk about complicated transmissions.


Video courtesy of Autoblog.

Automotive Topic: Tesla Model S, Fully Tuned: Saleen FourSixteen (XCAR)

American pony car tuner and car builder, Saleen, take their talents to the electric car market to get ahead of the curve they believe is around the corner. Out of all the pure electric car bases to start with, they chose wisely with the Tesla Model S. Let's take a look at the Saleen FourSixteen.


Video courtesy of XCAR.

Dope. #193

Image courtesy of AP at Bimmerfest East 2014. Full-Res.

What to watch this Weekend (Sept 5th - Sept 10th)

• Pirelli World Challenge 2014. Sonoma. Friday @ 12:30am - 2am (MAVTV) replay
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Italy; from Autodromo di Monza, Italy. Practice. Friday @ 8am - 9:30am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Italy; from Autodromo di Monza, Italy. Qualifying. Saturday @ 8am - 9:30am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Grand Prix of Italy; from Autodromo di Monza, Italy. Race. Sunday @ 7:30am - 10am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Top Gear (UK). Marathon of past episodes. Monday @ 4pm - 11pm (BBC America/BBC America HD) great replay
• Motorweek. 2015 Lamborghini Hurrican. Tuesday @ 8pm - 8:30pm (VelocityHD) new
• Chasing Classic Cars. Waynes Amelia Island Trip. Tuesday @ 10pm - 11pm (VelocityHD) new
• Wheeler Dealers - Trading Up. Season 2. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (VelocityHD) new

The F1 season is in the final stretch and it's looking more and more likely Hams will not only need some misfortune to go Rosberg's way, but also some misfortune to go Ricciardo's way. Hamilton has another painful DNF, which to most onlookers at Spa, looked like Nico took him out of the race on the first lap after being bested on the start. Of course there's no telling whether a puncture will happen when a front wing touches another drivers tire and there have been plenty of Hamilton passes that have resulted in him touching other drivers with his front wing; the timing of it was horrible though and I believe that's where most of Nico's Spa podium boo birds were on about. While Hams is now 29 points back from Nico, Ricciardo took his third victory and has wedged himself securely in 3rd, 64 points behind Lewis. Vettel drove well enough in qualifying, but once again Ricciardo out raced him when it counted. Bottas continues to be consistent, putting himself on the podium in 3rd during this race, without a doubt taking the lead driver position in Williams over another sub-par drive from Massa. Lastly, Raikkonen looked the strongest in a Ferrari that he has all year.

Now that the smoke has cleared there are we seven races left. We have a double point final race at Abu Dhabi which could potentially put anyone in the top three on the driver's championship throne. Italy should be a wild one. Weather at Monza this time of year is usually mild and Ferrari is home to face the tifosi in person with all the hopes on Alonso and Raikkonen to make waves at home. Enjoy your weekends.

Video courtesy of InfinitiRedBullRacing.