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Time travel
The Beaufort scale is used to measure wind speed, so it’s no surprise that the de Beaufort family also has a natural affinity for racing. Cornelie Petter-Godin de Beaufort was the timekeeper and team manager for her brother Carel, one of the last true amateurs in international racing. We visited her at her family estate in the Netherlands—and brought along a 718 RSK Spyder that Carel had driven in hill-climbing races in the late 1950s.
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Easy Rider
“My friends all drive
Future
Innovation and Preliminary Development Management—it’s an unusual department title in the world of
Code P
Code P—we explain the origin of the model designations at
Flip
Lui Chen lives fast. He flies over obstacles—skating and filming as he goes. He defines freedom as a luxury, including the freedom of ground clearance. Which brings us to the
Sense of control
Superior ergonomics, outstanding grip, multiple variations, and a magic button. With the new steering wheel generation,
Robby Naish, LDB 343
He’s ridden them all. The small, the big, and the biggest of all. Robby Naish is the king of the waves in Hawaii. But outside his element, he’s shy. Naish’s favorite board for the road: a
P 21
It’s all a matter of perspective—design takes shape in the eye of the beholder. Michael Mauer’s style is making its mark on the contours of twenty-first-century
A Quantum of Power
It’s happened again:
West End
Stefan Bogner’s automotive travel guides have created a new dimension of quality. You won’t find a single straight road in Curves magazine. A drive through California with photographer Stefan Bogner reveals why his pictures of curves are so unique. They are purist in the extreme. They allow but one thing beyond the roads and the backdrops—the new 911.
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Return of the Racers
The stag lives on: A reunion after more than forty years. Eckhard Schimpf has brought together the most important cars from Jägermeister Racing—the team that sent greats like Graham Hill, Niki Lauda, Stefan Bellof, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Jochen Mass, and Jacky Ickx to the start from 1972 to 2000. He recently acquired a highlight from the United States: the legendary
355.860 km/h
8/9/1975 – The day Mark Donohue set a new world record, knowing that he could have driven even faster.
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Racing is Life...
… everything else is just waiting. Hardly any other GT car embodies this quotation of Steve McQueen in the movie Le Mans as much as the