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2012 Nürburgring 24 Hour with Falken Porsche Europe

April 21, 2012

As per my Porsche Supercup in Bahrain post, I attended last year’s Nürburgring 24-hour with Falken Tyres and their Porsche 911 GT3 R. It was a great event from start to finish, so I’m delighted that Falken Tyres Europe is supporting new Ferdinand magazine by taking us out there again. Last year was fun, resulting [...]

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BBC Radio 4 interview on Ferdinand Porsche airs today

April 13, 2012

The interview I recorded in London with BBC Radio 4 airs today at 16:00 hrs UK time. The piece will appear on Last Word: Radio 4′s obituary show. I think the session went well, but you never know how these things will turn out in the edit. I’m hoping it will come across as interesting, [...]

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Time for a New Porsche

August 31, 2011

Got my ticket through the email for this Porsche Panamera Scotland trip next week. I’m quite looking forward to driving the diesel, hybrid and Turbo Panameras on some open country roads, and soaking up some Scottish light. I’m also liking that I don’t have to write about it for any magazines, so I can run [...]

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Swiss Hillclimb 911 Video: RSR vs 935

August 15, 2011

A great orange RSR hillclimbing video has been doing the rounds of the ad-packed ‘German Car Scene’ blogs lately. It shows the Porsche 911 of Swiss hillclimb driver, Willi Jenni, competing on a number of national championship rounds. This is it: My orange 911 Carrera 3.0 came from Switzerland, and was maintained out there by [...]

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Orange Porsche Day

June 22, 2011

Not been out in a Porsche since I got back from the USA, so thought I’d better fix that. I grabbed some keys and got out in the fresh air. Finally got the Tangerine 1972 Porsche 911 T I have for sale booked into Tuthills for a service and a suspension set up: ride heights [...]

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Porsche in Monaco

May 29, 2011

I spent this afternoon watching the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix. It was an absolute cracker. Every time the cars came through Massenet and into Casino Square, I was reminded of the 2010 R Gruppe Bergmeister Tour, and the three days our ten cars spent in Monte Carlo. Watching the F1 drivers blast at 120 mph [...]

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