Just messing with some macro photography… a handheld shot of a 2005 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Formula 1 Hot Wheels model. Taken with a Nikon D100 and Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 macro lens. I forget the scale of this model, but it’s actually only 4 inches long. Click on the pic (and then “All Sizes”) to see the full-size image.

Here’s a link to some of my pics of the 1:1 scale model.

[2005 Formula 1 - US Grand Prix]

First they form a partnership with Intel and now they’ve been banned from Google, a.k.a the “Google Death Penalty”! I love their cars and motorcycles, but I’m not sure about all of this.

From what it looks like, the German websites of car maker BMW have been kicked out of the Google index. BMW.de at this time has a PageRank of 0. A search for BMW Germany, which only days ago yielded BMW.de as a top result, now doesn’t show any sign of BMW.de at all. Instead, BMW.com – BMW’s international site – is on top for this search.

[via Google BlogoScoped]

I love high-tech! I wonder which is the “Fahrvergnugen” button (at least on Schumacher’s wheel!).

As recently as 1992, the steering wheel on a Formula 1 car was a relatively plain, straightforward piece of equipment, round in shape, with a metal plate at the centre to attach it to the steering column, and generally no more than three buttons – one for selecting neutral, one for releasing liquid through a tube in the helmet for the driver to replenish his fluid levels and one for the radio.

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