F1

Cars

This Model F1 Car Kit Is Actually A Real Car

11:40PM August 8, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This may look like an ordinary model car kit to you, but it’s actually 1:1. In fact, it’s Ayrton Senna’s 1991 F1 championship-winning McLaren MP4/6 converted into a model for some yuppie in the ’90s. Read the story at Jalopnik.

Cameras

How To Shoot An F1 Car In 3D

3:48AM October 29, 2010 | The Image Hunter

3D photography requires precision, tons of equipment and heroic jury-rigging. Shooting a vintage Ferrari requires all of this plus serious balls. The Image Hunter shows us how it’s done. More »

America’s Most Elaborate Slot Car Track

1:20PM October 20, 2010 | Matt Hardigree

The White Lake Formula 1 Ring is a slot car track, in a basement, built by someone with a lot of spare time. But check your bias at pit row, because this scale track is better than most real ones. More »

Toshiba’s Thin F1 3DTV Upscales To 3D

12:53AM September 1, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

If there’s one thing Toshiba’s always lacked, it’s a bit of style. Sex appeal. Visual “oomph”, which their neighbour Sony does so well. This could be why they’ve collaborated with Danish designer Jacob Jensen for this slim F1 3D TV. More »

Entertainment

This Full-Scale F1 Simulator Is Insane

1:13AM August 21, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

If you are tired of your Motion Pro II and want to upgrade to the best thing after a real Formula 1 car, here’s the BRD 06, a 1:1 scale F1 with a fibreglass and carbon fibre composite monocoque chassis. More »

Gaming

4Star Formula 1 Simulator Looks Awesome, Lacks Info

1:41PM June 8, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Despite looking like a homemade engineering marvel, there is next to no information about this 4star Formula 1 Simulator. Which sucks, because it looks fantastic. More »

Entertainment

Dubai’s Ferrari World Roller Coasters: Please, Please Don’t Break

11:20AM March 18, 2010 | Brian Barrett

OK, Dubai. Your largest building gets shut down for “electrical problems”. Your 7.5 million litre shark tank sprang a leak. So what do you do to bounce back? Build the fastest roller coaster ever. This is terrifying. More »

F1 Lounge Chair Looks Slippery Even When Dry

11:00PM February 3, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

As strangely sleek and prettynaff this fibreglass F1 lounge chair is, I can’t believe the designer – Hungarian Alexander Christoff – missed the opportunity to make it wheeled. What’s wrong with you, Alexander? More »

Gadgets

What the Shit?

12:48AM February 12, 2009 | Mark Wilson

What is this? A clock? Steering wheel? The final, gruesome bout of sponsorship an F1 driver is subjected to before he dies? We’re so confused and oh so cold. [Yab Design via Nerd Approved]