Dope Vid. #342

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Orbital Dreams: Our Biggest Transformation EVER!? $100,000 Porsche GT2 RS Customisation (TopazDetailing)

The Topaz gang completely redo an already insane 991.2 Porsche GT2 RS. Grab a snack.

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Collector Car Feature: Canepa shop tour with Bruce Canepa (CanepaMotorsport)

 Bruce Canepa gives a tour of the legendary Canepa compound. Grab a snack.

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Dope Vid. #328

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Enthusiast Topic Feature: World’s Greatest Drag Race 10 I Presented by Tire Rack (MotorTrend)

Johnny, Randy and MotorTrend bring us the worlds greatest drag race, 2020 edition. 

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Enthusiast Topic: NEW Toyota GR Yaris LOVES The Snow! (CarsWithLuke)

Luke shakes down the new Toyota GR Yaris on the snowy roads of Switzerland.

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Car Pron Feature: evo Car of the Year 2020: part 2 (EVO)

ECOTY 2020 concludes with part 2.

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Track Pron Feature: evo Car of the Year 2020: part 1 (EVO)

ECOTY 2020 part 1, anyone? Grab a snack.

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Enthusiast Topic: Porsche Cayman GTS vs Alpine A110 S - hot coupe shootout (AutoExpress)

Steve compares the new Cayman GTS 4.0 against the Alpine A110S, for a key mid-engined sports car matchup on a damp track.

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Automotive Topic: The Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo SV is a 1900hp racecar with a MASSIVE wing (Drivetribe)

The Jaguar Vision Grand Tourismo SV was created for the video game, however it was built in real life. And while we're at it, Mike also looks at some of Jaguars other concepts.

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What to watch this Weekend (Dec 18th - Dec 23rd)

• Bitchin Rides. Mon/Tues/Wed @ 5pm - 6pm (MotorTrend) replays
• Auto Mundial. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (MotorTrend)
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (MotorTrend) 
• Wheeler Dealers. Tuesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrend) new
• Bitchin Rides. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrend) new

Enjoy your weekends.

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Enthusiast Topic: TopGear.com Awards 2020: 18 amazing winners, 1 GOLD Defender! (TopGear)

 Top Gear pick and award their best cars of 2020.

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Enthusiast Topic: Crazy 500HP AMG A45 S - Faster than a Ferrari 458! Mercedes Benz | BOTB (JoeAchilles)

 Joe checks out a lightly tuned Mercedes-AMG A45S. Fast daily says what?

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Enthusiast Topic: Porsche 911 Carrera S 992 | Technical Brain Damage (Savagegeese)

Mark and Jack get their hands on the 992 Carrera 4S. 

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Neo-Vintage Motorsport Feature: The 10 fastest time attack laps of Goodwood SpeedWeek 2020 (GoodwoodRoad&Racing)

The fastest action from this years' Goodwood Speedweek.

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What to watch this F1 Weekend (Oct 31st - Nov 3rd)

• Formula 1 - Romagna Grand Prix; from Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. Practice 1. Saturday @ 4:55am - 6:30am (ESPN) live
• Formula 1 - Portugal Grand Prix; from Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. Qualifying. Saturday @ 8:55am - 10am @ (ESPN2) live
• Formula 1 - Romagna Grand Prix; from Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. Race. Sunday @ 7am - 9am (ESPN2) live; replay @ 
• WeatherTech Sports Car Championship. Qualifying. Season finale from Laguna Seca Raceway. Sunday @ 11:25am - 12:35pm (IMSA.TV) live 
• WeatherTech Sports Car Championship. Race. Action from Laguna Seca Raceway. Sunday @ 6:30pm - 9:30pm (NBCSN) same-day delayed airing 
• Garage Squad. Mon/Wed @ 6pm - 7pm (MotorTrend) replay
• Bitchin Rides. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrend) new

Pretty packed weekend with the WeatherTech Sports Car Championship at Laguna Seca and F1. It's been a busy week on this end, so I'll mainly leave F1 to the replay below -- crazy opening lap, but in the end Hams has taken the top spot in race wins after foiling Bottas not once, but twice in Portugal, nipping him on Saturday to take pole and running away from him on Sunday. Some strong performances from the usual mid-pack suspects, Leclerc made magic happen in the Ferrari finishing 4th and Gasly had another great showing taking 5th ahead of Sainz in the McLaren and Perez in the Racing Point. The mid-pack continues to shuffle and based on his strong showing so far this season, Gasly has officially been brought back for the 2021 season for Alfa Tauri. Vettel took the final championship point in tenth, which is significant given Ferrari is pretty deep in the standings currently. This weekend in Imola will be relatively short in terms of action as there is only one practice day scheduled, on Saturday ahead of qualy. This should be another entertaining weekend where Ferrari will look to have another decent showing in front of their home fans.

Enjoy your motorsport weekends.

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Neo-Motorsport Feature: 70 year of F1 celebrated at Goodwood | Full demo (GoodwoodRoad&Racing)

70 years of F1 celebrated at Goodwood. Turn it up.

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What to watch this F1 Weekend (Oct 9th - Oct 14th)

• Formula 1 - Eifel (German) Grand Prix; from the Nuerburgring in Nuerburg, Germany. Practice 1. Friday @ 4:55am - 6:30am (ESPN2)) live 
• Formula 1 - Eifel (German) Grand Prix; from the Nuerburgring in Nuerburg, Germany. Practice 2. Friday @ 8:55am -10:30am (ESPN2) live
• Formula 1 - Eifel (German) Grand Prix; from the Nuerburgring in Nuerburg, Germany. Practice 3. Saturday @ 5:55am - 7am (ESPN2) live
• Formula 1 - Eifel (German) Grand Prix; from the Nuerburgring in Nuerburg, Germany. Qualifying. Saturday @ 8:55am - 10am (ESPN2) live 
• IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship. Racing action from Charlotte Motor Speedway. Saturday @ 8pm - 10pm (NBCSN) live
• Formula 1 - Eifel (German) Grand Prix; from the Nuerburgring in Nuerburg, Germany. Race. Sunday @ 8am - 10:30am (ESPN2) live, replay @ 4pm - 6:30pm (ESPNNEWS) same-day delay
  
• DTM. 2020 Action from Zolder. Sunday @ 9pm - 11pm (CBSSN) same-day delay
• Bitchin Rides. Mon/Tues/Wed @ 4pm - 5pm (MotorTrend) replay
• Garage Squad. Mon/Tues/Wed @ 6pm - 7pm (MotorTrend) replay
• Auto Mundial. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (MotorTrend) 
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (MotorTrend) 
• Garage Squad. Tuesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrend) new
• Wheeler Dealers. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrend) new

Russia was another interesting race with some unexpected results for unexpected reasons. Hamilton took pole again and was poised to taking his 91st GP win, starting from the front and getting clear of Bottas who qualified third behind a very quick Verstappen. However, things didn't quite shake out that way once FIA handed him not one but two 5sec penalties (and two points on his super license which were later withdrawn) were applied to Hams after he did some practice starts too far out of the pitlane after his pit told him he was good to do so. This effectively put him in mid-field after the penalty was served, which was even rougher since he had to qualify on softs in Q2 after losing his lap time on his first run for going beyond the line on the final corner then Seb putting his car into a wall bringing a red flag with two minutes to go and Hamilton on a flyer. He barely made the cutoff to start a qualy lap and already had too much distance on his mediums since they would be race tires. In other Merc news, Bottas was an opportunist and used this chance to get as many points as he could over Lewis, which ended up being a delta of 11 points; he managed fastest lap and Hams finished 3rd behind Verstappen. Outside of this top three there were some important result and critical news. Renault looked extremely strong, with Ricciardo taking 5th after getting a 5sec penalty himself and Ocon taking 7th. Sergio took 4th in this installment of the 'give me a seat for 2021' tour. Leclerc took 6th, performing much better than anyone from Maranello expected, but notably, positions 8 through 10 were two AlfaTauri's and Albon brining up the rear, in tenth. The reason this is important is because these three cars, along with P2 Verstappen, are all Honda powered -- Honda just announced they were pulling out of F1 after the 2021 season. This is going to have big implications as Red Bull and Alfa Tauri will need to either get Renault power-plants again or go Ferrari on either one or both teams. Red Bull and Renault are like Alonso and McLaren in some ways. With the smoke cleared, the Driver's Championship standings are as follows: Hamilton, Bottas (-44), Verstappen (-77), Norris (-140), Albon (-141), Ricciardo (-142). Bottas' and Verstappen's point delta to the driver they're behind is quite the coincidence and there's a virtual free for all from 4th back.

This weekend we're heading back to the Nurburgring for the first time since the early 2010's and you know Merc is looking to show out at home. Bottas is feeling good about himself and Hamilton is trying to correct the blemish that was Sochi, so I'm sure he'll be on it to finally match Schumi and get this milestone behind him. Ricciardo is still trying to get a tattoo on Cyril and McLaren is looking to bounce back after an awful weekend in Sochi.

Enjoy your motorsport weekends.

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Current Events: FIRST DRIVE: New VW Golf GTI Mk8 2020: In Detail, Interior, Full Driving Reivew (TopGear)

Jack checks out the new Mk8 VW GTI.


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Dope Vid. #308

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