200m from the finish line of the 2024 Rás na mBan, Ireland’s premier women’s stage race, it could be anyone over the line first. Here out in front is Netherland’s Noor Dekker. Hot on her heels is Great Britain’s Lucy Lee with Canadian, Anabelle Thomas on both their tails. Three’s a crowd, and their can […]
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Before I ever thought about watches, I wanted a stopwatch! I tried my hand at swimming competatively as a child and that hallowed silver object with its white dial and its accusatory hands would make or break me every time it was used. On race days it was amazing to see someone standing at the […]
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‘It stands in the air like it just don’t care!’ With the track closed due to an incident, in came the Huracan to wait it out. The moment it came to a stop and that growling engine cut, a shot of compressed nitrogen to the four inbuilt jacks lifted the beast into the air. With […]
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There is a very good reason why my chest is bruised blue and yellow and yet I still can’t wipe the grin from my face… Last Saturday I got to experience 20 minutes in this extraordinary, audacious piece of machinery completely giving all trust to a driver who now has my respect for life. My […]
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What do Austrian and Australian formula one drivers Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo have in common aside from the fact that they both drive for Red Bull? And my answer is … ‘Austr__ia’. Being an Austrian Australian I find this play on words somewhat amusing and on the odd occasion a source of confusion when […]
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