On this feature, Petrolicous looks at MZR Motorsports out of the UK. They restore, rebuilt and customize Datsun 240Z to spec, making them more reliable, modern, luxurious and perform better than the originals. Think Singer-esque for those who love the original Z car.
Short week, but Mexico was a wild one. Montezuma's revenge ran through the pit, no pun intended as I experienced similar on my last trip to Mexico, Verstappen had some bad luck during Q3 that cost him the pole he earned, then he had to run about 70 laps on hards during the race after getting a puncture early, taking it to 6th. Albon had another solid drive, along with Valteri and Seb, and Leclerc, who ended up inheriting pole position ended up fourth after his two stop strategy ended up not panning out, given the hard tires were way more resilient than anyone expected. Hulk got torpedoed on the last turn of the last lap, by Kvyat, but with penalty he ended up taking 10th. Hams took the win, but is still 4pts away from sealing his 6th chip. Back to back and the USGP is this weekend, should be another exciting race late in the year. We may soon see the Driver's Championship decided.
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It's a short week so no major recap, but in sadder news, the motorsport community lost a young racing driver named Anthoine Hubert last Saturday, racing under Renault's F2 junior team in his rookie season. He succumbed to injuries suffered during a bad accident which ended up ending the F2 race at Spa. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. On a more positive note, Leclerc gets his first victory in F1, dedicating his win to his friend Anthoine, just barely hanging on with Hamilton chasing him down late in the race with bad tires. Monza will be another exiting race weekend where Ferrari will be trying to claw their advantage over Red Bull back and improve their season result.
On this episode of Hoonigans Bonus, Larry Chen interviews the owner (Tyler Powell) of a pretty nutty build which takes a C6 Z06 V8 drivetrain and mates it to a early 70's Datsun 240Z. Meet the Fairlady Z06.
This feature looks at Kevin Doran, owner of Doran Motorsports and more importantly owner of one of Paul Newman's old race cars -- a Datsum 280ZX that his team restored to perfection. Those wheels doe.
