Ayrton Senna
October 15th, 2011 by NZ Classic Car
R3 – Race Rally Road is proudly 100 per cent Australian owned and all its apparel is designed, printed, labelled and packaged in Queensland, Australia and is of the highest quality available. Fabrics selected will always be 100 per cent cotton as R3 feels that natural materials provide the best comfort, durability and appearance.
All shirts have been pre shrunk and are constructed using double stitch seams for durability. All shirts come with a sewn-in woven R3 neck label listing care instructions. The sizes are generous and range from small to XXX large.
Featured here are just a few T-shirts from the range – Aston Martin DBR1, Porsche 956/962 and Senna Legend.
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August 8th, 2011 by NZ Classic Car
In the world of Formula 1, a new year means a new set of cars to start the season. This means there are a long line of old racing vehicles left behind as the F1 road show keeps rolling on. Some of these cars are split up for parts, if the car won the championship it is usually kept as a show piece. But not all of them, and not this very special racing machine.
Following Ayrton Senna’s famous win of his third and final title in 1991, McLaren decided against keeping his car in its museum and dismantled it and sent some of the parts to an artist named Jay Burridge. The artist then transformed his pieces of the famous car into the art installation pictured above. Designed to look like a giant model kit, it would be a striking piece of art regardless of what donor car was used, but its more impressive for its famous heritage. Read the rest of this entry »
May 14th, 2009 by NZ Classic Car
Rumours of a future on-screen connection between Brad Pitt and the late Steve McQueen have been floating around for some time. Earlier reports stated that Brad Pitt was set to reprise the legendary Steve McQueen’s role in the classic car film Bullitt, but new reports have now emerged saying that Pitt is contracted to play the much admired actor/racer in an upcoming biographical film of McQueen’s life.
The as-yet-untitled McQueen biopic is reportedly being produced by Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters, and the film is said to begin production next year. Together with upcoming biopics on Phil Hill and Ayrton Senna (read news item), it looks like classic racing fans have a lot to get excited about.
May 6th, 2009 by NZ Classic Car
There are too few great racing films around. Steve McQueen chipped in with some goodies but the range of motorsport movies is set to grow over the course of the next couple of years. Recently we heard that Toby McGuire signed on to play the late Phil Hill in biopic ‘The Limit’. Now recent reports have emerged of another potentially great racing film scheduled for creation.
Although details are scarce at this stage, the as-yet-untitled documentary on the life of Ayrton Senna is scheduled for release some time next year. The film is being driven by British director Asif Kapadia, produced by Working Title Films (famous for contemporary success with Smokin’ Aces and Frost/Nixon as well as several of the Coen brothers’ films) and benefits from the full cooperation of the Senna family and the Ayrton Senna Institute. Most interestingly the film will be constructed from original footage, including some never-seen-before reels of the champion.
