GREAT !!! Audi S1 group B on full song !

BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet's 2012 season video

BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet’s Superbike team in 2013 will be BMW’s official squad with Marco Melandri and Chaz Davies, but to remember their 2012 season that saw the Italian team with Ayrton Badovini and Michel Fabrizio each taking a stunning and unexpected podiums at Silverstone and Sylvain Barrier win the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup championship title in the final round at Magny-Cours, they have released this highlight video for fans to enjoy.

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Casey Stoner getting closer to Supercar decision

Even before Casey Stoner officially retired from MotoGP racing at the end of the 2012 season, his name was linked to race for Triple Eight Racing in in the Dunlop series in 2013. Both parties denied the allegations that they already had a deal in place, but today the two-time MotoGP World Champion is behind the wheel of Jamie Whincup’s two-time championship car, for a test at the Queensland Raceway.

Stoner has yet to announce if he’s going Supercar racing, but this test under the guidance of driver Craig Lowndes and team manager Adrian Burgess, may persuade the Australian to make a final decision on undertaking a new career, even if he previously said he’d like to chill out a couple of years and watch his daughter Ally grow.

“He’s doing a great job at the moment and has acquitted himself well,” Burgess toldSpeecafe.com “He’s in the 1 minute 11s after three runs. We’re going through a range of spring changes, bar adjustments and letting him feel what a real V8 Supercar is like with a proper engine. We haven’t turned it into a big 25 people ‘super test’. It’s a DVS (Development Series) style test, keeping it realistic for him.”

Burgess admitted that the test is to allow Stoner to make a ‘balanced, educated assessment of where he’s at’ so he can decide if he wants to take up the commitment.

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The Truth Is Out There: Treehotel in Lapland

If meeting Santa Claus and his reindeer doesn’t quite do it for you, not to worry. The Swedish ‘Treehotel’ is set to top off your Arctic adventure and take your childhood fantasies to the next level – literally. Here the simple concept of a tree house has been elevated to new heights, offering accommodation beyond your wildest imagination.

Yes, many hotels around the world offer you the opportunity to reconnect with nature, but only ‘Treehotel’ – located in the far north of Sweden, 60km below the Arctic Circle – allows you to become one with it. The curious hotel consists of five rooms, each uniquely designed and with an individual theme. And that’s not all; the rooms are perched high above the ground in pine trees, deep in the Scandinavian wilderness.


Meanwhile, guests can choose to climb into bed in such peculiar constructions as a natural-looking bird’s nest dangling from a treetop, or a lightweight aluminium box with entirely mirrored walls. The astonishing ‘Mirrorcube’, which stands four metres high and four metres wide, offers not only a 360-degree view over the snow-covered landscape, but also a taste of what life as one of our feathered friends might be like. Take note, though, you’ll need a head for heights, as the only way up is either by a ramp or a steep, retractable staircase.


The most impressive of these quirky modules has to be ‘the UFO’, which appears to be floating in the midst of the ancient pine trees. Inside, star patterns adorn the interior and porthole windows pour daylight into the ‘spaceship’. Even if it’s just for one night, you can finally live out your Star Trek fantasies and imagine yourself abducted by aliens.
We are told that all rooms are built according to sustainable principles, balancing ecological values with modern comfort and design. Apparently, the extra-terrestrials care enough about our planet to have jumped on the eco-friendly bandwagon. However, an out-of–this-world experience seldom comes cheap, ‘Treehotel’ being no exception. A night will run you a good £400 – close encounter with E.T. not guaranteed.

For more information: Treehotel website www.treehotel.se.

Text: Laura Leivo
Fotos: Treehotel
From Classic Driver.com