One Picture Is Worth…
Jenson Button’s dramatic victory at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, passing Seb Vettel for the lead and win on the last lap, was epic. This photo tells the story of the remarkable race better than a thousand words. Read More …
Month: June 2011
Out With the Old, In With the New — The Youngest-Ever F1 drivers
At the 2009 Hungarian GP, Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersauri became the youngest driver in Formula One history to start a Grand Prix race. In this vignette, Formula1 officially takes a look back through the history books to profile other youngsters to have graced the F1 grid over the years…. Read More …
Schumacher: Will He, Won’t He or Should He Even Stay?
The famous, record-setting seven time Formula One World Champion driver is now quickly nearing a crossroads. Whether he stays in the cockpit or not is something open to speculation, including that of Schumacher himself. Read More …
NASCAR vs F1
Lewis Hamilton and NASCAR’s Tony Stewart will switch cars today in a promotional event at Watkins Glen. Who’ll win? Read More …
A Canadian Comeback For the Ages
Jenson Button captured his first F1 victory of 2011 in a sensational Canadian Grand Prix that had five safety car periods, a two hour rain delay and lasted for nearly four hours. Button made six trips through pit lane, including one for a drive-through penalty, was dead last at one point and overtook Sebastian Vettel for the victory on the final lap of the race. Read More …
Lauda Says Hamilton Must Be Sanctioned
Three-time F1 World Champion Niki Lauda says McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who tangled with Mark Webber and race winner Jenson Button at the Canadian Grand Prix, is “completely mad” and someone will get killed if Hamilton not sanctioned. Read More …
Canada — Now or Never to Halt Red Bull Rampage?
While Sebastian Vettel is now on a tear, what a difference a year makes. This would be the same young German who at this point last season was being written off by many as a mistake-prone, not ready for prime time under-achiever. Read More …
Team Protests Doom Bahrain Grand Prix
The Bahrain Grand Prix now looks dead for the 2011 season after Bernie Ecclestone conceded the race cannot be rescheduled without the consent of the F1 teams. Ecclestone had supported moving the race to 30 October after the season opener had originally been postponed because of political unrest in the country. Read More …
Max Mosley’s Morality And the Bahrain GP
Max stands on the right side of history, saying that reinstatement of the Bahrain Grand Prix is inappropriate because F1 “is being used by the regime in order to further its aims, so it almost becomes an instrument of the regime oppressing the people.” Read More …
Lewis Threatens To Quit
Lewis Hamilton has warned he will turn his back on Formula One if he is denied the opportunity to race in his own inimitable style by the stewards. That still begs the question whether Hamilton’s daredevil displays are too gung-ho or if they will be heralded later, like Senna, as manna from heaven for the sport. Read More …