Welcome back to the special year-ender where I jot down some of the top 40 things I learned throughout the year 2018 not just in news but also in cars, television, video games, sports, everything based on my interests.
Let's get on to numbers 20 to 11 of the list. Ready? Okay, let's go!
20) Mercedes bids DTM goodbye - After over three decades of dominating the Deutsche Touring Meisterschaft, Mercedes-AMG bids Europe's popular motorsport series goodbye and what better way of giving the carmaker a proper sendoff is by having Gary Paffett dominating the season, which is also his last following his announcement that he'll be taking part at this season's ABB FIA Formula E. With Mercedes' departure from DTM, the remaining carmakers Audi and BMW are bracing for next season's turbo era as well as a joint race between them and the Super GT machines.
19) 4-peat and 4-game-sweep - Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers made history again as for the first time in NBA history, these two teams faced each other at the NBA finals for the fourth time in the row. No rival teams ever attempted this and with the teams became history makers but the biggest history maker of the NBA finals is the Golden State Warriors made a four-game sweep against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
18) Kings of the Ring - The Nurburgring made two headlines this year as the new Lamborghini Aventador SVJ smashed the production car record at 6:44.97, while the 919 Hybrid Evo set the fastest ever lap time of 5:19.55. Period.
17) FK8 Civic Type R vs. the world - The FK8-spec Honda Civic Type R made some headlines by smashing front-wheel drive lap records in Silverstone, Magny-Cours, Hungaroring, Estoril, even Spa-Francorchamps.
16) Carlos Ghosn arrested - Carlos Ghosn, the man who saved Nissan from the brink of bankruptcy and formed the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi alliance , made headlines of the world of motoring this 2018 for he was arrested by Japanese authorities over suspected under-reporting of his corporate salary by several hundreds of millions of yen. His arrest led to Nissan and Mitsubishi ousting him from his post and days later, he was arrested again for recent allegations of aggravated breach of trust earlier today, diminishing chances of his impending release on bail.
15) Roselia replacing two members - 2018 has been proven to be a tough year for one of the girls band from the BanG Dream! franchise, Roselia. Following last year's announcement that Yurika Endo will be retiring from her seiyuu career, her role of Lisa Imai will be succeeded by her replacement, Yuki Nakashima. Moments later, Satomi Akesaka announced her retirement as well from her Rinko Shirokane role due to hearing problems, therefore at the Vier concert, her replacement, Kanon Shizaki, was named.
14) 2018 US Midterm Elections - The 2018 midterm elections in America has been heavily dominated by female candidates who are either with or against the Trump administration following numerous issues facing America such as the migrant caravan, the troops pullout, the environmental rollbacks, the trade wars, the Mueller probe, every single issue that rocked the great nation. In the end of the midterms, Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives while Republicans retained their control of the Senate.
13) Toyota wins Le Mans for the first time - History has finally made at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans race, which is part of the 2018-2019 WEC Superseason as Toyota Gazoo Racing proudly waved the Japanese flag by honoring their first ever Le Mans win in history. The #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050, piloted by Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso, Formula E driver Sebastien Buemi, and Kazuki Nakajima, made a historic victory at Le Mans while the #7 TS050 managed to place 2nd place with a lap behind it. This marks the second time a Japanese carmaker won Le Mans since the legendary Mazda 787B and the first time a Japanese driver became part of the Le Mans-winning team.
12) Ken Block's last Gymkhana ride - Celebrating ten years of the Gymkhana videos that burnt the internet like rubber, the latest installment of the Gymkhana video series, titled Gymkhana TEN: Ultimate Tire-Slaying Tour, sees Ken Block in his farewell tour by ripping the world in five different machines, including the new Hoonitruck, in five different locations from Sweden, Detroit, Mexico, Texas, and Los Angeles. Although this epic Gymkhana video is Ken Block's last, word from the mouth that the Gymkhana clips will move on at the hands of its new driver as demonstrated at the end of Gymkhana TEN.
11) Porsche's 70th anniversary celebration - 2018 marks Porsche's 70th anniversary and to commemorate this epic celebration, the German sports car maker went through exciting ways and means to demonstrate the best of Porsche such as taking the 919 Hybrid Evo for a spin round the world, bringing Porsche fans together, the Rennsport Revival at Laguna Seca, leading to the unveiling of the new generation Porsche 911 (992).
...to be continued in PART 4.
20) Mercedes bids DTM goodbye - After over three decades of dominating the Deutsche Touring Meisterschaft, Mercedes-AMG bids Europe's popular motorsport series goodbye and what better way of giving the carmaker a proper sendoff is by having Gary Paffett dominating the season, which is also his last following his announcement that he'll be taking part at this season's ABB FIA Formula E. With Mercedes' departure from DTM, the remaining carmakers Audi and BMW are bracing for next season's turbo era as well as a joint race between them and the Super GT machines.
19) 4-peat and 4-game-sweep - Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers made history again as for the first time in NBA history, these two teams faced each other at the NBA finals for the fourth time in the row. No rival teams ever attempted this and with the teams became history makers but the biggest history maker of the NBA finals is the Golden State Warriors made a four-game sweep against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
18) Kings of the Ring - The Nurburgring made two headlines this year as the new Lamborghini Aventador SVJ smashed the production car record at 6:44.97, while the 919 Hybrid Evo set the fastest ever lap time of 5:19.55. Period.
17) FK8 Civic Type R vs. the world - The FK8-spec Honda Civic Type R made some headlines by smashing front-wheel drive lap records in Silverstone, Magny-Cours, Hungaroring, Estoril, even Spa-Francorchamps.
16) Carlos Ghosn arrested - Carlos Ghosn, the man who saved Nissan from the brink of bankruptcy and formed the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi alliance , made headlines of the world of motoring this 2018 for he was arrested by Japanese authorities over suspected under-reporting of his corporate salary by several hundreds of millions of yen. His arrest led to Nissan and Mitsubishi ousting him from his post and days later, he was arrested again for recent allegations of aggravated breach of trust earlier today, diminishing chances of his impending release on bail.
15) Roselia replacing two members - 2018 has been proven to be a tough year for one of the girls band from the BanG Dream! franchise, Roselia. Following last year's announcement that Yurika Endo will be retiring from her seiyuu career, her role of Lisa Imai will be succeeded by her replacement, Yuki Nakashima. Moments later, Satomi Akesaka announced her retirement as well from her Rinko Shirokane role due to hearing problems, therefore at the Vier concert, her replacement, Kanon Shizaki, was named.
14) 2018 US Midterm Elections - The 2018 midterm elections in America has been heavily dominated by female candidates who are either with or against the Trump administration following numerous issues facing America such as the migrant caravan, the troops pullout, the environmental rollbacks, the trade wars, the Mueller probe, every single issue that rocked the great nation. In the end of the midterms, Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives while Republicans retained their control of the Senate.
13) Toyota wins Le Mans for the first time - History has finally made at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans race, which is part of the 2018-2019 WEC Superseason as Toyota Gazoo Racing proudly waved the Japanese flag by honoring their first ever Le Mans win in history. The #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050, piloted by Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso, Formula E driver Sebastien Buemi, and Kazuki Nakajima, made a historic victory at Le Mans while the #7 TS050 managed to place 2nd place with a lap behind it. This marks the second time a Japanese carmaker won Le Mans since the legendary Mazda 787B and the first time a Japanese driver became part of the Le Mans-winning team.
12) Ken Block's last Gymkhana ride - Celebrating ten years of the Gymkhana videos that burnt the internet like rubber, the latest installment of the Gymkhana video series, titled Gymkhana TEN: Ultimate Tire-Slaying Tour, sees Ken Block in his farewell tour by ripping the world in five different machines, including the new Hoonitruck, in five different locations from Sweden, Detroit, Mexico, Texas, and Los Angeles. Although this epic Gymkhana video is Ken Block's last, word from the mouth that the Gymkhana clips will move on at the hands of its new driver as demonstrated at the end of Gymkhana TEN.
11) Porsche's 70th anniversary celebration - 2018 marks Porsche's 70th anniversary and to commemorate this epic celebration, the German sports car maker went through exciting ways and means to demonstrate the best of Porsche such as taking the 919 Hybrid Evo for a spin round the world, bringing Porsche fans together, the Rennsport Revival at Laguna Seca, leading to the unveiling of the new generation Porsche 911 (992).
...to be continued in PART 4.
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