Comments on: Principles of the Principality http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/24/principles-of-the-principality/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:33:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stefan Lombard http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/24/principles-of-the-principality/#comment-47080 Stefan Lombard Sat, 31 May 2008 23:41:20 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/24/principles-of-the-principality/#comment-47080 Two years ago I went to the Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca. If you've never been, and you are a racing fan, then you owe it to yourself to spend the third weekend of August there. To see people flogging Ferrari 250 SWBs and 1930s Bugatti grand prix racers around that scenic track is amazing indeed. And yet, despite all those vintage V12s and straight-8s and the dirty V8s of 1970s CanAm and TransAm racers, none of them matched the sound or the decibels of a lone Toyota T105 Formula One car and its scientific 2.4L V8. Test driver Ricardo Zonta drove the track maybe at six-tenths speed, maybe, and the shriek and roar were incredible. The confinement and echo of Monte Carlo must really be something when 20 of those suckers tear through it for all they're worth. Two years ago I went to the Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca. If you’ve never been, and you are a racing fan, then you owe it to yourself to spend the third weekend of August there.

To see people flogging Ferrari 250 SWBs and 1930s Bugatti grand prix racers around that scenic track is amazing indeed.

And yet, despite all those vintage V12s and straight-8s and the dirty V8s of 1970s CanAm and TransAm racers, none of them matched the sound or the decibels of a lone Toyota T105 Formula One car and its scientific 2.4L V8.

Test driver Ricardo Zonta drove the track maybe at six-tenths speed, maybe, and the shriek and roar were incredible.

The confinement and echo of Monte Carlo must really be something when 20 of those suckers tear through it for all they’re worth.

]]> By: Horatiu B. http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/24/principles-of-the-principality/#comment-47047 Horatiu B. Sat, 31 May 2008 07:52:10 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/24/principles-of-the-principality/#comment-47047 @<a href=�#comment-46907� rel="nofollow">Andrew</a>: Absolutely. Next year, my goal is to see the F1 race in Monaco @Andrew: Absolutely. Next year, my goal is to see the F1 race in Monaco

]]> By: Andrew http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/24/principles-of-the-principality/#comment-46907 Andrew Thu, 29 May 2008 23:12:05 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/24/principles-of-the-principality/#comment-46907 There's nothing like the sound of a screaming F1 car! There’s nothing like the sound of a screaming F1 car!

]]> By: Mark http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/24/principles-of-the-principality/#comment-46875 Mark Thu, 29 May 2008 17:53:58 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/05/24/principles-of-the-principality/#comment-46875 Sorry...as one of your images suggests, Monaco may meean the race..however to me, Monaco means gazillionaires in their many MASSIVE YACHTS!!!! Cheers, Sorry…as one of your images suggests, Monaco may meean the race..however to me, Monaco means gazillionaires in their many MASSIVE YACHTS!!!!

Cheers,

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