In conditions that were desperately wet at times a crowd of 15,000 watched Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso post the fastest time in the first day of testing at Mugello overnight. The two-time world champion set his time of 1:22.444 in the morning session which was mildy moist, to steal a Top Gear phrase. In the afternoon [...]
This fairly crappy JPG is our first glimpse at the marketing material for Ron Howard’s F1 biopic Rush. It’s way too early to tell if Howard will deliver an authentic and believable recreation of the fight between James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One season. However, all indications so far show that [...]
According to reports in the Spanish media Mark Webber will continue in F1 next season, albeit no longer with Red Bull but in a red Ferrari suit instead. While no claims of concrete contracts are being made, El Confidencial reports they have been told, “It’s done.” While El Mundo Deportivo claims Webber has signed a [...]
Official in-season testing is about to return to Formula One for the first time in four years. Interestingly the Mugello Circuit in Italy has been chosen for the testing, a venue that has never seen an F1 race. It’s a nice free flowing and fast track, which is all very well, but with 16 races [...]
Pitpass brings word that planning for the 2013 Grand Prix of America in New Jersey is well underway. This should help ease rumours that the quasi-New York GP could be deferred until 2014. The above pic shows a tailored Porsche Cayenne fitted with a camera rig that has reportedly been sent out on the roads [...]
Bernie Ecclestone showed Kimi Raikkonen before the Bahrain Grand Prix that he still has a very firm grip on the control of Formula One. But he is 81-years-old now and that grip won’t last forever. So what happens when Bernie retires? Will the sport be better off without the cantankerous old so and so? More [...]
If nothing else this year F1 has delivered variety. And so it was at a mostly trouble-free Bahrain Grand Prix. Four different race winners, from four different teams in the opening four races. It’s also the first time Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean have stood on the podium this year. Indeed, it’s the [...]
Sebastian Vettel has returned Red Bull to winning form by taking a start to finish victory today in Bahrain. It’s the fourth race of the year and Vettel is the fourth man, from the fourth team, to win a race in the 2012 F1 season. Either way a new driver/team combo was going to be [...]
If you’re trying to make sense of the political controversy surrounding the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix here’s a special report from the Al Jazeera program Inside Story. It goes for around 25 minutes and perhaps you could watch this in place of the pre-race coverage on your local broadcasts. Introducing the debate, the program begins: [...]
Tom Cary from the UK’s newspaper The Telegraph has kept a diary of his week so far in Bahrain. He landed on the troubled island on Tuesday: “Tear gas and Molotov cocktails are exchanged. I file my report from the rooftop of a ‘safe house’ as explosions ring out below.” Wednesday: “Head to another protest [...]
After qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix we learn that Red Bull has found some much need Saturday form. Sebastian Vettel claimed his 31st career pole position, finishing two tenths ahead of teammate Mark Webber, who was quicker than Vettel in Q1 and Q2. The pair were split by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton. There were a [...]
Regular F1 correspondent for Reuters, Alan Baldwin, is in Bahrain for this weekend’s grand prix and he brings word of what its like on the ground in the troubled Gulf state. Grabbing the headlines are two Force India employees who have asked to return home to Britain after being caught up in a petrol bomb [...]
No doubt you’re now well versed on the troubles in Bahrain and the fact thousands of protesters are taking to the streets to promote their cause to the watching global audience. Happily, on two fronts, we can report that the protests so far this week seem to have been peaceful in their nature and the [...]
At last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix Red Bull ran different spec cars. Mark Webber was driving a chassis with the latest updates, including a revised exhaust layout, while Sebastian Vettel was using the RB8 matching pretty much what we first saw back in pre-season testing. Results from the three races to date go almost exclusively [...]
Most weeks Nico Rosberg posts a video blog about his race or even what he’s been up to in the off season. It’s an effective way to connect with fans and bring us all a bit closer to the thoughts of a modern day F1 driver. But, well, let’s face it, nobody likes hearing excuses; [...]