STEPHEN BAYLEY

THE AESTHETE

LAST WEEK I WAS INVITED to a convivial Sunday breakfast in Belgravia with some car types. Obviously a good idea, but then the host good-naturedly explained that my 2015 nine-speed car with paddleshi, voice recognition, collision avoidance system and driver assists to keep you alert even a er several bottles of Morey-Saint-Denis, would not be welcome. So would I park it around the corner and join the others as they scattered brioche crumbs over the lovingly assembled collection of less effeminate Cobras and E-types? I decided that my problem was sourced in contemporary motor racing and its broken connection to the cars we use. Once upon a time, motor racing produced sporting heroes with a synoptic genius for expressing the human dilemma. I love it, for example, that Mario Andretti once…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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