by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) on Jan 27th 2011 at 2:28PM
Le Mans the film
Everybody loves Mad Men. It's a hit TV show that has something for everyone. Heck, it even features some nice old cars, like the pimpin' Lincoln that Betty Draper inherited from her father, and discussions around the office on marketing import cars for the first time in America. But what the series really needs – well, what we really need, anyway – is some good ol' classic racing action. Enter Hollywood producers Ridley and Tony Scott.
The British brothers' production company Scott Free just signed on to a project called The Drivers. It's based on Wallace A. Wyss' book "Shelby: The Man, the Cars, the Legend," which was optioned for the screen and is reportedly being turned into a television drama.
The series is set to follow the daring drivers from the U.S. and Europe who raced the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 1950s and 1960s – one of the most exciting periods in racing history with plenty of material to draw on. There's no telling at this point when the project will begin filming, let alone air, but the notion of a Mad Men-style show set at La Sarthe has got our TiVos twitching already. Thanks for the tip, Peter!
bmwracer wrote:
There'd be a stampede at the box office. :hehe:
Hehe. :hehe:
That reminds me of my first visit to New York when I was a kid. I went with my parents. We went to visit the the World Trade Center (RIP) and we went up to the observation deck to catch the astounding view. In any case after we came back down we stopped to question someone for directions out of the building.
The guy pointed to the onslaught of people all heading in one direction and simply said, "Follow the cattle."
That reminds me of my first visit to New York when I was a kid. I went with my parents. We went to visit the the World Trade Center (RIP) and we went up to the observation deck to catch the astounding view. In any case after we came back down we stopped to question someone for directions out of the building.
The guy pointed to the onslaught of people all heading in one direction and simply said, "Follow the cattle."
GENOA, Italy (AP) — Robert Kubica will need up to a year to regain full use of his right hand, according to the surgeon who operated on the Formula One driver after his rally car accident on Sunday.
The 26-year-old Kubica spent seven hours in surgery after suffering serious injuries in a high-speed crash Sunday while competing in the Ronde di Andora Rally.
Kubica's Lotus Renault team said doctors were "reasonably satisfied" with how the operation went, and the driver was in a serious but stable condition in an induced coma. He was expected to be woken Monday morning.
Lead surgeon Igor Rossello, a hand specialist, said it would take "about a year" for Kubica to recover functionality in his badly damaged right hand.
"It has been a very important and difficult operation," Rossello said in a team statement. "Robert Kubica's right forearm was cut in two places, with significant lesions to the bones and the tendons. We did our best to rebuild the functions of the forearm.
"At the end of the operation, Robert's hand was well vascularised and warm, which is encouraging."
Rossello said he expected the driver to recover "enough functionality for him to resume his activity."
"It was a very complicated procedure and there was the risk he would lose his hand," Rossello told Sky Italia, adding that the surgery team had worked on "setting the bones and reattaching veins, tendons and muscles."
Rossello said, however, it will take a few more days to understand the full extent of the injury. He said Kubica had lost a lot of blood before arriving in the operating room.
Kubica injured the same arm in a road accident in 2003 when he had titanium bolts inserted to support the bones.
Despite the positive outcome of Sunday's surgery, the Polish driver appears highly unlikely to be able to race for his Lotus Renault team this year. The new season begins March 13 in Bahrain.
Kubica was taken to Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure after suffering multiple fractures to his right arm, leg and hand in a collision.
Fellow F1 driver Fernando Alonso of Ferrari reportedly paid a brief visit to the hospital later on Sunday.
Lotus Renault team principal Eric Boullier said he would travel to Italy on Monday with Kubica's teammate Vitaly Petrov to visit Kubica and "tell him that we are impatiently waiting for his return."
"We have been really impressed with the way the doctors looked after him today and we would like to thank the whole team of the Santa Corona Hospital for their professional approach and dedication," he said.
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