Nintendo Game Boy

July 7, 2014

Last month, we reported Venturi F1 racer Bertrand Gachot’s alleged prowess on the Nintendo Game Boy. Last we heard, his best lap around Australia was a 37.3s. Caterham and Ferrari racer, and sometimes rock musician, Chris Rea has submitted photographic evidence of a new benchmark … 37.00s. We note, however, a degree of inconsistency in his lap times. There are those in the office who, jealous of such deftness of the right thumb, have alleged computer fraud. We’re prepared to take a more tolerant view, though we do have a couple of questions. Firstly, is there anybody out there lapping in the 36s bracket? Secondly, if It is possible to defraud the Nintendo, can anybody tell us how it’s done? We’d like to impress our friends…

Simon Arron

Editor-at-large

Intrigued by cars almost from birth, Simon was still at school when he persuaded a local newspaper editor that he really, really needed to run race reports from Oulton Park, Aintree and elsewhere. He has since followed the sport all over the planet and edited several titles, including Motoring News, Autocourse and this one (August 1991-October 1996).

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