Max Biaggi breaks record with pole position at Nurburgring

Whether it was Aprilia’s updated electronics package that Alex Hofmann tested at Misano last week or the presence of the Roman Emperor’s long time girlfriend - and mother of his two children - in his pit garage in this German round, or both. Max Biaggi looks like he has had a big boost of confidence and has been very fast straight out of the starting block this weekend.

He took today’s Superpole - his fifth in his Superbike career - and broke the circuit record with Tom Sykes just 0.049s slower - the Italian admitted that his race pace is still lacking something compared to title rivals Sykes and Marco Melandri, but the question won’t be only race pace, but tire management which will be an issue especially it the weather stays hot.

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Land Rover Range Rover 'Classic' Classic Velar Prototype

With the fourth-generation Range Rover just making its international debut, we spent some time in one of the very oldest originals, an early development prototype not even carrying the Range Rover badge...

The superb Davos White car – kindly loaned by Classic Driver dealer Graeme Hunt – is a ‘Velar’. Watch the video and see how the car got its name, and find out what it’s like in town, and around. 


With grateful thanks to Graeme and Bettina Hunt. To see all Graeme Hunt's cars in the Classic Driver database, please CLICK HERE. 

Text: Steve Wakefield
Video: Simon Clay