Back from an eventful long weekend at Indy. Saw a lot of friends at the annual Memorabilia Show and at the Speedway.
Lots of great comments on our display of 1/18 models by Tecnomodel at the Show.
Race day, we waited until 2pm to leave our hotel, drove right in and got to our seats in time for the driver introductions. Newgarden made his last lap pass right in front of us in Turn 3. Felt for Pato. He’ll drink the milk some day. Got back to our car around 9pm. Took about 2 hours to get back to the hotel. The huge crowd and darkness made traffic a bit more difficult than usual. The ‘second front’ arrived around 10:30 with hail, lightning and heavy rain.
Cudos to Doug Boles. The people he consulted nailed the timing of the two storms and saved the day.
Still getting unpacked from the Show. Also dealing with two separate shipments from Spark Model and preparing for a shipment of Tecnomodel, TopSpeed and TSM due to land later this week.
We’ll update you when (if?) things return to normal.
Highlight of today’s 1/18 and 1/43 Announcements from Tecnomodel are the 1/18 McLaren M8Bs of Bruce McLaren and Denis Hulme, undefeated in the 1969 Can Am Championship. There will also be a third works M8B as driven by Dan Gurney at Michigan International Speedway.
The trio lapped the field and finished 1-2-3 that day.
The 1970 McLaren M8D will also be modeled in 1/18 scale, featuring drivers Dan Gurney, Denis Hulme and Peter Gethin after the tragic death of Bruce McLaren at Goodwood shortly before the season opener.
Our next Tecnomodel shipment will arrive right after Memorial Day weekend. Some great stuff, including the BRM P160 of Siffert and Rodriguez (seen above), Fangio and Farina Alfa Romeo 158s, a Carroll Shelby Ferrari 410S and the Porsche 356SL 75th Anniversary Limited Edition (below).
Only 1 piece remains unsold for each item. Click HERE for the list.
Minichamps has announced that they will produce the Lando Norris 2024 Miami Grand Prix winner in both 1/43 and 1/18 scale resin. Click HERE for details. Orders due ASAP!!!
Evro’s decade-by-decade series covering all Formula 1 cars and teams moves into the new millennium.
The first half of the decade brought the strongest domination in F1’s history from Michael Schumacher and Ferrari, with five consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ titles. Then came a changing of the guard when young new stars — Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button — claimed championships.
Teams also reshuffled in the decade’s second half, as Renault and McLaren prospered again, and newcomers like Brawn and Red Bull came through, although major manufacturers such as Toyota and Jaguar always struggled. As ever, the cars became faster and technology moved on apace, such that regulations had to be tightened to rein them in, bringing smaller engines in 2006 and considerable aerodynamic constraint in 2009. F1 extended its worldwide reach with new races in Bahrain, China, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
Year-by-year treatment explores each season in fascinating depth, running through the teams — and their various cars — in championship order.
Ferrari: Michael Schumacher finally delivered Ferrari’s first drivers’ title for 21 years in 2000 and reigned supreme for four more years, culminating with an unprecedented 13 wins in 2004; another title followed in 2007 for Kimi Räikkönen.
Renault: after taking over Benetton, Renault broke Ferrari’s grip when, in 2005, Fernando Alonso became the youngest champion the sport had seen, and repeated his success the following year.
McLaren-Mercedes: the team won races throughout the decade but 2008 was the big season with Lewis Hamilton’s title, a year after ‘Spygate’ inflicted a record $100 million fine and exclusion from the constructors’ championship.
Brawn: arising from the ashes of Honda’s withdrawal, Ross Brawn’s eponymous team was a one-year wonder that gave the decade a feel-good finale when Jenson Button became champion.
Other winning makes picking up crumbs were Williams-BMW, Honda, BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso-Ferrari and Red Bull-Renault.
This authoritative and comprehensively illustrated book, which contains over 350 color photos from the world’s best Formula 1 photo archive, shows every type of car that raced during the decade, presenting a comprehensive survey.
