THE CAR dubbed “the most beautiful Ferrari ever built” could be yours – for an eye-watering price of £29million. RM Sotheby’s is selling off the rare “Pontoon Fendered” 250 Testa Rossa race car at auction late next month. 5 The rare “Pontoon Fendered” 250 Testa Rossa race car is set to be sold at auctionCredit: RM Sotheby’s … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik Since time immemorial (or at least since the invention of the automobile), car-obsessed kids have put up posters on their bedroom walls that feature their dream cars. I’d be shocked if even a single Jalopnik reader didn’t have at least some sort of car art. Iconic examples of poster cars include any … Read more
Half of life is spent dealing with details: the numbers, the paperwork, the dozens of discussions upon which any shared activity, professional or private, is based. (The other half of life is dealing with the results.) Many filmmakers leave such practicalities behind, feeding escapist desires with alluring realms of fantasy. The better ones understand that … Read more
In his review of Ferrari, Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson points out that, like Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, Michael Mann’s latest is a “heavily accented film about a great Italian house of industry.” Adam Driver plays titular titans of business in both movies, as Maurizio Gucci and Enzo Ferrari. That said, Driver would like the … Read more
The story of sparkling wine in motorsport tends to start in the same place: with that first accidental champagne spray by Jo Siffert on the podium for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and then Dan Gurney following suit intentionally the year after. That, though, is only part of a story that had spanned decades … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik It can be hard to convince the non-car enthusiasts in your life to spend a few weekend hours at a car show, especially if it’s one that starts before 9 a.m. (even I have trouble with that). As enticing as the boozy brunch with friends afterwards might be, the thought of spending … Read more
Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP (Getty Images) In a previous life, we used to be lucky to get a good racing movie, documentary, or TV show every few years. Now that Netflix’s Drive to Survive has proven that people care about watching race car drivers on the big screen — and Hollywood has delivered. This year saw … Read more
Photo: Ferrari The Ferrari Roma Spider is, by most accounts, a good-looking grand tourer. With more than 600 horsepower and a zero-to-60 time in the low three second range, it’s undeniably quick, and apparently, it’s quite fun to drive. What it is not, however, is a sexy, curvaceous Italian that’s finally gone topless. Talking about … Read more
Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari in “Ferrari.” Lorenzo Sisti If you were online a month ago, and you’re lying if you say you weren’t, you remember the clip: Actor Adam Driver is sitting up on a stage at the 2023 Camerimage International Film Festival in Torún, Poland. He’s unscrewing the cap off of his water … Read more
Last week the FIA announced its compliance department was looking into a potential conflict interest between a team principal and FOM employee, amid dubious allegations that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and his wife Susie, who runs the F1 Academy for FOM, had exchanged confidential information. Less than 48 hours later the matter was dropped as … Read more
