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F1 videos: The running of the Red Bulls in Pamplona


DC and Seb Bourdais chase some Spaniards

On current form, we’re surprised that Coulthard didn’t crash into anything, or anyone.

But as F1 PR stunts go, we concede that this one is pretty damn good - the donuts in the bull ring are especially cool.

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Posted: June 30th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

How not to stop a rally car (with video)


Apply the brakes when I tap the dashboard

The driver might want to think about getting his car’s brakes checked. That’s some fierce stopping power right there.

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Posted: June 30th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

Rally star Sebastien Loeb takes Diego Maradona for a spin


Rally world champ takes football legend for Sunday drive

Did Seb let the fabled Hand of God touch his gearstick? We need to know.

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Posted: June 27th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

The sports-car wheel with a life of its own


Adventurous wheel reinvents itself as race car

This clip made us chuckle, but then we’re easily pleased. And what are the chances of the rogue tyre ending up on top of a pile of white tyres?! “Ebony and ivory, side by side on my racetrack, oh Lord, why don’t we…”

As one YouTube commenter says, so lyrically: “Holy crap, that’s amazing!”

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Posted: June 26th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

Owned! Car vs motorbike video


Four wheels beats two wheels. Surprised?

Lessons we have learned on the road: if you’re riding a crappy motorbike, it’s not a good idea to attempt to cut up a car. A child, yes; a bicycle, yes; a car… no.

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Posted: June 26th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

Custom car culture: Monster bass on wheels


Bass… the final frontier

Stick four 18-inch sub-woofers in the back of your car - who needs passengers anyway? - and you have yourself a mobile noise machine capable of kicking out 20,000 thunderous watts.

Click below to watch another monster bass vid, in which the bass is so deep that a woman loses her glass eye (yep, you read that right):

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Posted: June 26th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

F1 videos: Murray Walker vs Bernie Ecclestone


We’re in the mood for some classic Murray today

Probably one of the best one-line comebacks to any Murray Walker question. Loving Bernie’s Seventies’ shades too.

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Posted: June 25th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

Toyota Euro 2008 ad implies Dutch footballers like to dive


They mean the Portuguese, surely?

As revenge for this clever ad, the Dutch should play a reserve team this evening, lose to Romania and therefore dump the French out of Euro 2008.

It would have been funnier if the “diving” car was in Portuguese colours, but we understand that Arjen Robben and his team-mates have earned a rep for going to ground at the slightest contact.

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Posted: June 17th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

Wildcard rally driver crashes, says “sorry”


It’s the least he could do…

Sorry I can’t stop and tend to your wounds, but I’ve got a race to win…

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Posted: June 13th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

Hit-and-run victim ignored by fellow Americans


Get out of the road, I’m driving here!

Hartford, Conneticut: Police are very keen to identify the driver who’s obviously been playing way too much Grand Theft Auto recently; not to mention the drivers and passers-by who did absolutely nothing when confronted by the sight of some poor guy lying crumpled in the road.

God bless America!

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Posted: June 6th, 2008 by Ollie Irish