{"id":2519,"date":"2014-10-13T15:50:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2021-07-07T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T15:58:27","slug":"imola-for-those-who-like-to-live-in-the-fast-lane-solidor-imola-composite-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/imola-for-those-who-like-to-live-in-the-fast-lane-solidor-imola-composite-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Imola \u2013 for those who like to live in the fast lane : Solidor Imola Composite Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corseclienti.ferrari.com\/2011en\/2011\/06\/ferrari-corse-clienti-brings-historic-f1-cars-to-imola\/\">Imola \u00a0Ferrari Clienti day 15<sup>th<\/sup> June<\/a>\u00a0 2011<\/p>\n<p>Think red \u2013 think Ferrari: think green (British Racing Green) \u2013 think Jaguar: think blue think Renault:\u00a0 think (French Grey) Silver \u2013 think Mercedes \u2013 the colours of the livery of some of the biggest names in motor sport and equally as important they are some of the vast range of colours in the superb Solidor Italia Collection of doors as supplied by Timber Composite Doors.<\/p>\n<p>There used to be a time when Formula 1 team liveries were predictable, the Italian teams ran in \u2018rosso corsa\u2019 racing red, the British outfits in a stately racing green, the French in a Gallic blue and the Germans in white \u2013 or bare-metal \u2018silver\u2019, as Mercedes\u2019 \u2013 but how did this come about a question we have often wondered. \u201cGordon Bennett\u201d a term of colloquialism that has crept into the English language used to express astonishment provides the answer \u2013 but also the name of a millionaire who sponsored the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gordon_Bennett_Cup_(auto_racing)\">Gordon Bennett Cups<\/a> a series of six motor touring races between 1900 and 1900 \u2013 as the teams came from all over Europe and USA to distinguish them they all had to select a colour for their cars \u2013 colours which are still broadly recognised today.<\/p>\n<p>One of the forgotten cities of Grand Prix racing where the cars proudly carried those colours is that of Imola a city in Northern Italy,\u00a0 the home of the\u00a0<a title=\"Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autodromo_Enzo_e_Dino_Ferrari\">Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari<\/a>\u00a0the track which \u00a0formerly hosted the\u00a0San Marino Grand Prix from 1981 \u2013 2006, the race was named after the nearby independent republic of\u00a0San Marino as Monza was already established as the home of the Italian Grand Prix. This was a track much favoured by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Schumacher\">Michael Schumacher<\/a> who won seven of his numerous wins on this track, unfortunately it also had its share of misfortune claiming the lives of drivers Ayrton\u00a0 Senna of Brazil and Roland Ratzenberger\u00a0 of Austria at the tragic 1994 event.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Schumacher at Monza in 2002<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The circuit is no longer used for Formula 1 events but is still used for numerous other events, most recently hosting the final race in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/news\/report.php\/id\/116325\">Formula 3 European Championship <\/a>\u00a0on Oct 12<sup>th<\/sup> of this year.<\/p>\n<p>One other place where the magic of Imola lives on is in the <a title=\"The Italia Range\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/range\/the-italia-range\/\">Solidor Italia Collection<\/a>, the door that carries this illustrious name is definitely just a little bit different \u2013 unkindly referred to as \u201cThe upside down door\u201d by some because of its reversal of the normal positioning\u00a0 of glazed panels. This is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> the way we at Timber Composite Doors see it this is a door that does not compromise on style it quite simply screams live life in the fast lane and dare to be different.<\/p>\n<p>If you want a new front door that\u2019s just a little bit different the Imola could be the door for you particularly if you want to live life in the fast lane.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-13-at-16.45.30.png\" alt=\"Solidor Imola Composite Door\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imola \u00a0Ferrari Clienti day 15th June\u00a0 2011 Think red \u2013 think Ferrari: think green (British Racing Green) \u2013 think Jaguar: think blue think Renault:\u00a0 think (French Grey) Silver \u2013 think Mercedes \u2013 the colours of the livery of some of the biggest names in motor sport and equally as important they are some of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"loftocean_post_primary_category":0,"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":1188,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_single_site_header_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header_style":"sticky-scroll-up","tinysalt_single_site_footer_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_footer":"0","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[851,852],"tags":[1014,1015,855],"class_list":["post-2519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-news","category-timber-composite-doors-news","tag-imola","tag-solidor-imola-composite-door","tag-timber-composite-doors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6936,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions\/6936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}