As part of our expansion into other areas, we’re going to produce some (near) off track features in 2012. After all, motor racing is not all we do… we do all kinds of things. The honour today belongs to one of Botero’s mighty sculptures which […]
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Annus 2011 in Photus
Now’s the time to put together a gallery of my favourite pics from 2011 (click here) and I had to expand to 25 instead of 20 last year. Why not? Maybe next year it’ll be 30! Seriously, we had a great time in 2011; if […]
V de Very Nice: Estoril Blog
It’s that time of year again and Uncle Iberian knows exactly what it means: V de V Sports comes to town. Obviously (Schum’s favourite word), I’ve been to this wonderful event before, but happy to say I got it absolutely right at my 3rd attempt […]
V de Very Nice: Video Impressions
Here’s a small video from V de V 6 Hours of Estoril 2011: just follow this link. I’m working on the full picture gallery but it’s hard to chop some images I really like and can’t include due to my self-imposed limit of 50 best […]
V de Very Nice: Teaser Images
Until I put together a proper gallery, here are some basic images from V de V race weekend in Estoril (20/11/2011)…
Pleasures of Corporate Sponsorship in Formula 1
Not so long ago I penetrated Vodafone’s main offices in Lisbon in order to cancel my mobile broadband service (it was getting narrower and narrower) and was somewhat pleasantly surprised to discover a Formula 1 car (the shiny silver McLaren of course, Ferrari marketing people […]
Monsanto F1 Circuit Then – A Note from Dan Gurney
Last week I promised to dig out an interesting story related to the 1959 Portuguese F1 Grand Prix at Monsanto circuit and (to my huge surprise and what a pleasant surprise it was!) Dan Gurney was kind enough to send me a brief note with […]
Monsanto F1 Circuit Now and No Then
I’m exiled in Lisbon until the end of this year, not sure whether it’s a blessing in disguise or a curse; naturally, my curious mind led me to some interesting discoveries. I always knew about 1959 Monsanto F1 circuit’s remains right in the heart of Lisbon’s Monsanto […]

