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Ayrton Senna movie preview

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, News | 1 Comment »

A trailer for the upcoming Ayrton Senna movie has been posted to YouTube. You can see the clip after the jump. The movie is sure to be compelling viewing and, as in life, the movie about Senna will most likely ...

Draft layout for new US Grand Prix track revealed

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | 3 Comments »

A draft layout for the new United States Grand Prix track has been revealed by Tilke GmbH (click the above image for a larger version). The course has a US$200m budget and will be located at Austin, Texas. The first ...

2010 Belgian Grand Prix in pictures

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Ferrari, Formula 1, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, Red Bull Racing, Renault | 1 Comment »

As expected the McLaren chassis was more suited to the high speed straights of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit compared to the Red Bull Racing machines. Also, as expected, rain played havoc with best laid plans and while the first three drivers ...

2010 Belgian GP - post-race press conference

Monday, August 30th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, McLaren, Red Bull Racing, Renault | No Comments »

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) won the Belgian Grand Prix overnight. Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing), who started the race from pole position, finished second. While Robert Kubica (Renault) capped off a great weekend for him with third place, although it could ...

Mark Webber drives virtual lap of Spa-Francorchamps

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Red Bull Racing | No Comments »

Formula One's mid-season break is almost over. That means it's time for the Belgian Grand Prix. Mark is also back to tell us about Belgian sausages, rain and, of course, one of the best circuits on the F1 calendar. For ...

Pirelli commences F1 testing for 2011

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | 2 Comments »

It's been a couple of months since Pirelli was announced as the sole tyre supplier for Formula One. As such they've extracted Nick Heidfeld from MercedesGP, put him in a Toyota TF109 and started testing in earnest prior to the ...

Leaping Webber goes viral

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Red Bull Racing | 6 Comments »

After Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix in July he celebrated on the podium with what now seems to have become his trademark crab-like leap. The crab-leap made a re-appearance at Hungary, too. In true internet stylez a few wags ...

Formula One: Now more popular in Australia than V8 Supercars

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Motorsports | 6 Comments »

Support for Formula One in Australia is currently riding a wave popularity, thanks largely to the exploits of local lad Mark Webber. The Australian, of course, is currently leading the drivers title race and is in with a real chance ...

The Flav tips The Aussie for The Title

Thursday, August 5th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Red Bull Racing | 2 Comments »

Last year Flavio Briatore found himself in a bit of a pickle. Fixing a Formula One race tends to do that, I guess. At the time Mark Webber stood by his man, declaring he would not seek another manager if ...

2010 Hungarian GP - post-race press conference

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | No Comments »

1. Mark WEBBER (Red Bull), 1h41m05.571s 2. Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari), 1h41m23.392s 3. Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull), 1h41m24.823s Q: Mark, a commanding win by the end of 70 laps. But it was probably the 43 you managed in your first stint that really set ...

2011 Formula One calendar leaked in Hungary

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | 3 Comments »

At last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix details of the 2011 F1 season were revealed, according to media reports. The leaked information shows a provisional 20 race calendar, with the inaugural Indian Grand Prix to be staged on 9 October. Bahrain maintains ...

2010 Hungarian Grand Prix in pictures

Monday, August 2nd, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Red Bull Racing | 5 Comments »

The 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix; Red Bull Racing's 100th GP, Mark Webber's 150th GP and his 6th career victory. The Aussie now leads the drivers championship and Red Bull have finally reached the top of the constructors tree. There's seven ...

Mark Webber wins Hungarian GP

Sunday, August 1st, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Red Bull Racing | 7 Comments »

Mark Webber has just won an extraordinary Hungarian Grand Prix, in doing so he has reclaimed the lead of the 2010 world drivers championship. It was a fortunate turn of events that, in the end, delivered Webber a comfortable win ...

Mark Webber drives virtual lap of Hungaroring

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Red Bull Racing | 2 Comments »

It's the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend, held just outside of Budapest. That means Mark is thinking of a tight twisty circuit, a long race and the ladeeez are easy on the optic nerve, too. Well, that's what Mark said. ...

Darren Heath Photographer

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1 | 1 Comment »

Darren Heath is a pro photographer who undertakes the enviable job of following the Formula One circus around the globe. I've been following him on twitter for a while now. After each race he's been updating a selection of his ...