The Motor Medics keep you entertained and help you understand your cars and. Under The Hood showĪ fun Call-in show blending entertainment and car news with repair advice. Play Listen on Add Links Get Email Contact 3. moreĥ67.2K 42.4K 1 episode / week Avg Length 36 min You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest. Car Talk PodcastĪmerica's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Dia. Play Listen on Add Links Get Email Contact 2. The podcast by the people who obsessively cover the auto industry.ġ.5M 445.5K 1 episode / week Avg Length 63 min Mar 2006 ![]() Word to the wise: if you want to check them out – comparing colour combinations, shapes, formatting and finishes – be sure to do it as they line up before they all turn into blurs hurtling around Albert Park Lake at three hundred kilometres an hour.Autoblog brings you New Cars, Used Cars for Sale, Car Reviews, and Car News. ![]() Not long now before the 2017 F1 liveries take centre stage. In a sport where the difference between starting first or last can be measured in tens of thousandths of seconds, is it any wonder that even car paint is scrutinised? In the past, Red Bull was suspected of gaining some aero advantage because of a matte coating they began using on their cars.Teams will ‘flash off’ the paint finishes under infra-red lights to cut the drying time from six hours to one. Those that dry more quickly can be all the difference between having a new front wing ready for the next race or not. During the season, paint must be applied in between races, and depending on the maintenance required, a full car can be repainted in around three to four days.While, at the beginning of the race at least, the cars practically shine with colour, it’s the lacquers and clear coats that are applied at the end of the application process that give the paint its sparkle or lustre.This year, Aussie Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull racing helmet features the Southern Cross beneath the visor and the Honey Badger on its rear. ![]() Each driver must have a helmet consistent with the team branding but teammates’ helmets must also feature distinctive markings.The team’s name or emblem must appear on the nose of the car as well as the driver’s name. Each team runs two cars and both must be presented in substantially the same livery at each event.When Durex sponsored the Surtees team in 1976, there was an outcry from broadcasters who felt it reduced the moral tone.Cigarette company logos used to feature heavily on the cars until bans on tobacco sponsorship in motorsports began being phased out.The liveries are usually changed every season – with many teams going for consistency like the red colour of Ferrari, which has its origin in a shade of red known as Rosso Corsa, the national racing colour of Italy.After that, when the costs of competing at the highest level began rising, the role of sponsors became much more important and influential in their presentation. Prior to 1968, Formula 1 cars were coloured in accordance to the teams’ national colours. ![]() While the car liveries are arguably not a factor in the cars’ performances (stay tuned for more on that), they play a crucial role in the identity and identification of the sport and its teams and as a result draw a lot of attention to their history, use influences and application. It is the apex of motor racing, where the best of the best drivers, engineers, manufacturers, technicians, marketers, and business brains come to play. It wouldn’t be the symbol of excellence that it is without fanatical attention to both technical and aesthetic design. In the Formula 1 racing world, design is king. This makes today- the eve of the Formula 1 season and of the Melbourne Grand Prix - the perfect time to pay homage to the livery of the most precisely designed little speed demons on the planet. Dressing up vehicles and making them look impressive is kind of our thing. Even more than what’s inside them and how fast they go, we love how they look.
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