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To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (632)	8/21/2000 2:57:20 PM
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F1's Golden Girl Drives Again A piece of history was re-enacted over the weekend at Laguna Seca when Formula One's first female driver took to the wheel of a Maserati 250/F at the tender age of 73. Maria Teresa De Filippis, who was born in Naples in 1926 made her F1 debut in the Maserati at Monaco in 1958, where she unfortunately failed to qualify, but did go on to contest 4 other Grands Prix - the highest placing being in 10th in Belgium. It was the golden age of F1 with the likes of Fangio Moss Hill all competing against the petit Neapolitan driver. De Filippis whose racing career includes over 200 races and an unequalled second place finish in the Italian championship in 1954-5, was taking part in the festival of motorsport along with various former drivers and champions celebrating Maserati's long and illustrious history uk.sports.yahoo.com

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (632)	8/21/2000 10:26:05 PM
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uk.sports.yahoo.com A LAP OF SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Jaguar driver, Johnny Herbert will be attending the Belgium Grand Prix this weekend for the last time as a Formula One driver. The Englishman loves the Spa-Francorchamps circuit and even though it is renowned for unpredictable weather conditions where it can be wet on one section of the track yet dry on another, wet weather doesn't dampen his enthusiasm. "Spa is one of my favourite circuits, and I enjoy it even when it rains! The first corner, La Source, is the slowest point on the circuit. Taken in first or second gear, you have a lot of tarmac on the outside, so there are varying lines. Some people chose a wider line using the entire tarmac, and some don't. It doesn't seem to make much difference, only in the wet, when it seems it's better to take a tighter line. From there you go down the hill to the best corner in F1, Eau Rouge. It's taken in sixth gear, you hold your breath as you go into it, and then you finish up at the top! It's an amazing corner, a flat-out left/right kink. When you're driving you don't really realise how steep it is, but when you stand there and actually see it, it's pretty amazing. It motivates you for the rest of the lap. You know if you've got Eau Rouge right you've got good speed down the straight to Les Combes. Through the left and right to Malmedy you're just trying to keep your speed up." "Rivage is a slow right-hander, and you need to keep as tight a line as you can. The important thing is the left going towards Pouhon, which is normally taken in fifth gear in qualifying. It's very quick and you turn in very hard. It's exhilarating, but not like Eau Rouge, which has more to it. The second part of it is taken very easily flat, no problem. Then there's the quick chicane at Fagnes, taken in third gear. It's a right and left, and you use the kerbs mainly on the exit on the right-hand side, just to keep the speed going." "Then there's a third gear right-hander, Stavelot. You've got to get it right, as you really want a high exit speed because from there it's flat all the way down to the Bus Stop. Blanchimont is very good, because although it's flat it's more difficult than it used to be when we used grippy, slick tyres. The Bus Stop is not as quick as it is on the PlayStation, where I can do it in fifth! It's actually taken in second. The first part is quite tricky, because although the car is bouncing you need traction through there. As you come out of the exit you use the kerb on the right, the kerb on the left, getting very close to the right-hand barrier. There's a little bit of a bump as well, and that normally throws you towards the wall, so it's quite tricky." "Also as it's the end of the lap the tyres have had quite a hard time, so it becomes very tricky. But Eau Rouge and Stavelot are the crucial corners on the lap because they dictate the speed you can achieve down the straights that follow."

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (632)	8/21/2000 10:33:18 PM
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sol.lu pics here f1net.org.uk video here

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (632)	8/23/2000 10:16:44 AM
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Guess my friend did not pay the top tick: "1966 Ex-Scuderia Ferrari Sets World Auction Record Price 8/23/0 10:0 (New York) By Vincent Sgro Bloomberg Lifestyles Pebble Beach, California, Aug. 23 -- A 1966 Ex-Scuderia Ferrari 330 P3 sold for $5.62 million at Christie's Pebble Beach, California, auction, setting a world auction record. The sale fetched a total of $26.5 million or 79 percent of the dollar amount the auction house had anticipated. Of 112 lots offered, 98 were sold. Another world record was set for the 1928 Maserati Tipo Grand Prix two-seater racing car, which fetched $1.66 million. ``The sale started with the Browning Collection of American classics which generated an electric atmosphere with bidding in every corner of the tent and several new world records were achieved,'' said Dermot Chichester, chairman of Christie's International Motor Cars. The collection was 100 percent sold and totaled $7.54 million, he said. The auction also broke records for attendance by collectors from around the world, Chichester said. Other highlights of the sale: 1932 Maserati 8C 3000 Grand Prix two-seater racing car, $1.08 million; 1997 Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Works Sports Racing Car, $1.05 million, a world record for the model; 1956 Jaguar D-Type sports racing car, $996,000; 1962 Ferrari 250 GT short wheelbase Berlinetta, $886,000; 1908 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost open drive D-fronted Landaulette, $858,500. --For more on arts/collectibles, see {ART <GO>}. (609) 279-4693 or sgro@bloomberg.net vcs Category news: {NI COLLECT <GO>} {NI AUCTION <GO>} People in the news: Dermot Chichester -0- (BLS) Aug/22/2000 15:56 GMT EOS (BLS) Aug/22/2000 11:56 85 -0- (BLS) Aug/23/2000 14:00 GMT