Ben and Louis discuss the release of the cars for the TCR Virtual series, the Fanatec’s new GT World Challenge bundle, the interesting NASCAR 21:Ignition gameplay, and take a special look at the second round of the Le Mans Virtual Series race.
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Joe Bradley talks to the ultimate race engineer, Rob Smedley. Rob talks about his early days working for Pilbeam, his amazing first encounter with a very young Fernando Alonso, what it was like working for Ferrari, his relationship with Sir Frank Williams and how he cried uncontrollably when Felipe Massa lost the 2008 World Championship on the last corner of the final race.
The team discuss the outcome of last week’s meeting of the World Motorsport Council, Tim Gray previews the Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally, and Shea Adams has the latest sportscar news from the US. Plus which F1 driver wants to be James Bond, who is Batman, and who is Ted?
John Hindhaugh goes behind the scenes at the watch brand with a passion for motor sport.
Richard Craill has the latest from down under and John Hindhaugh talks to Chris Tolman about his return to British GT. Plus Nick Daman’s team by team review of the Turkish Grand Prix.
This month the team looks at those heady days before WW2 when the Silver Arrows arrived in England for the Grand Prix only months before war was declared. Paul Jurd found an old copy of Chris Nixon’s book ‘Racing the Silver Arrows in his local secondhand book shop and it got him thinking about some of the ‘what might have beens..’ There is always that debate when it comes to whether racing cars belong on a Concours lawn or whether they should really only be seen on a racetrack. The HRN team is no different from any other group of enthusiasts when it comes to this discussion! Lots of different viewpoints. In ‘Corridors of Power’ this month the hot debate is about ‘The Greatest Single Seater Rivalries’. Ayrton Senna appears more than once but so do some very unexpected names. Paul Jurd, Jim Roller and Joe Bradley state their cases and Paul Tarsey tries to keep order.
Ben Constanduros reviews Rally Finland, while Nick Daman has the latest F1 news, and Jeremy Shaw tells us about this year’s winners of the Team USA Scholarship. This week’s Big Interview is with Andy Kilcoyle of Kelly Moss Road and Race.