Not wanting to be left out of all the fun and frolics of that big sporting event happening in the capital city, ESM decided to get on board with the Olympic spirit. Whilst EngageSportMode wasn’t at the opening ceremony/Victorian Farm the Musical which happened last night, it can at least add some tenuous related car-based…
2012 German Grand Prix – Was Vettel Made An Example Of?
EngageSportMode won’t lie about being a fan of Red Bull and, in particular, Sebastian Vettel when it comes to Formula 1. Ever since that victory for Toro Rosso at a rain-drenched Monza, it has been clear the young German is an extremely talented racer. But his penalty following yesterday’s German Grand Prix smacks a little too much…
Kenny From The Block
ESM cannot help but notice that over on YouTube a LOT of people are talking about a certain video. No, not the one ESM featured last week, or even the baby monkey riding on a pig. The internets are currently very into this one: Over 21 million viewers (as of today) can’t be bad surely?…
“Some say he’s wanted by the CIA, and that he sleeps upside down like a bat…
…all we know is he’s called The Tame Geek” Along with being a technology and gizmo expert, he’s also rather good at being Jeremy Clarkson. Take a look at this video he submitted with this review of the Range Rover Evoque: Uncanny isn’t it. And on that bombshell, goodnight!
Tame Geek Review – Range Rover Evoque
Tonight ESM would like to bring you a review from another member of the blogosphere, and good personal friend, The Tame Geek. In the same way that Top Gear has a “tame racing driver” the internet has its own Tame Geek. But along with liking all things techy and shiny, he does also have a…
To All New Arrivals
ESM has noticed, through the rather handy WordPress statistics feature, that readership numbers have started to rapidly increase here. To put it into perspective, yesterday (Friday 06/07/12) ESM had more views on one day than for the whole of March. This is seemed is a good opportunity to point out the ways you can interact, follow and get…
Editorial – Who Is The GFoS Really Aimed At?
A week on from the Festival of Speed and I have had the time to reflect on my experience at Goodwood. By now the magazines and websites have published their glowing reports of how it was the greatest event on the planet, offered unrivalled access and gave (journalists at least) the chance to drive iconic…
ESM – Goodwood FoS Video Blog #1
As promised, here at the video highlights from EngageSportMode’s weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. I’m no Ron Howard, and was only using either an iPhone or fairly basic digital camera to record these. As such, the quality is not HD, but I feel it does still capture the noise and fury of the…
ESM – Goodwood FoS Photo Blog #3 Saturday
Following a wet night, and resulting wet tent, ESM set off for a third day at Goodwood. Naturally, being the weekend, Saturday was far busier than the preceding two days. Whereas earlier access to cars was pretty much unfettered, Saturday meant queuing up to try to get photos or see things. ESM took a tactical…
ESM – Goodwood FoS Photo Blog #2 Friday
Friday is the first main day of the actual Festival of Speed. ESM spent the vast majority of it taking the long walk from the bottom of the paddock all the way to the rally-stage at the top of the hill. This is what we encountered along the way. So that is Friday’s action covered….
ESM – 2012 Goodwood FoS Photo Blog #1 Thursday
Whilst the Festival of Speed “proper” doesn’t begin until Friday, Thursday plays host to the Moving Motor Show event. Designed to let the public get up close and personal with a range of new cars from Skoda and SEAT to Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari. Of note were the BMW M5’s which seemed to rev and crackle…
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012 – The ESM Review
Now that my hearing has started to recover, the sunburn has begun to fade and the numerous pictures and videos have been uploaded, I can now begin to make sense of the previous four days. For the uninitiated, the Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) is an annual event which first began back in 1993. The…
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