redwash
n.— «Everyone came to the Circuit de Catalunya expecting the red cars to do what they had done in San Marino two weeks ago, but when only four-tenths of a second separated Rubens Barrichello, Nick Heidfeld, Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard and Jenson Button on Saturday morning, hope stirred cautiously. Perhaps, just perhaps, it wasn’t going to be a Ferrari redwash.» —“Schumacher earns the last laugh with irresistible punch line” by David Tremayne in Barcelona Independent (U.K.) Apr. 28, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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