News in brief
Rally legend Walter Röhrl has just added to his fund of great stories
Driving at the Ring recently in a Ferrari 599 GTB (Porsche had it for appraisal), he found himself gradually gaining on a black car in the distance. Eventually he is a metre from the back bumper of what turns out to be another 599. Into one of the last corners, its driver makes a mistake and Röhrl dives up the inside. Later the black car draws alongside, its window winds down and the driver calls Röhrl a ‘lunatic’. Mind, Michael Schumacher never was a good loser…
SPYKER Cars has announced that its F1 team has been sold to the Orange India Holdings consortium for 88 million euros. Spyker will continue to develop its C8 line and its forthcoming ‘Super SUV’.
