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Around the Tracks: AMG, Ferrari 333 SP, Formula 1

Plus, a Suzuki Jimny with a difference.


Darcy Foster • When we’re not creating it ourselves, the CarAdvice team spends a lot of time finding and consuming motoring content from all over the world.
Here’s a handful of the articles, videos and social media posts that most caught our eye last week. Some of them are brand-new, others have been online for a while.

Enjoy them – just not too much, okay?



These Are 14 of AMG's Most Interesting and Unusual Cars - Chris Perkins/Brian Silvestro, Road and Track 

From the profoundly illogical R63 AMG to the incoming Project One, Mercedes-AMG has built some of the most outlandish and remarkable vehicles to grace the road.


6 laps OnBoard a Ferrari 333 SP at Circuit Paul Ricard with its screaming V12! - 19Bozzy92, YouTube

Marking Ferrari’s return to sports car racing in over twenty years, the 333 SP was a hugely successful, winning the FIA Sportscar Championship’s drivers title four times consecutively from 1998 to 2001.

It was powered by a modified version of the engine found in Alain Prost’s Ferrari 641 Formula 1 car; a 4.0-litre naturally-aspirated V12 rated at 478kW.


2019 Brazilian Grand Prix: Race Highlights - Formula 1, YouTube

Though Lewis Hamilton wrapped up the Driver’s Championship in Austin two weeks ago, the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix still had the potential to be a cracker after Max Verstappen put his Red Bull-Honda on pole position.

And boy, what a race it was. Highlights included a titanic drive from Verstappen, McLaren’s first podium since Australia 2014, and Ferrari shooting itself in the foot… again.



Hand yourselves in, the Suzuki Jimny police car is here - Stephen Dobie, Top Gear 

Freeze, crims! The Italian Carabinieri (the one’s who deal with domestic policing) have unveiled the latest edition to its fleet. And no, it isn’t another Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. It's the lovable, huggable, CarAdvice-favourite, Suzuki Jimny!

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