Season Review 2011 (Official)
Re-live all the thrills and spills of the 2011 Formula One World Championship with the just-released official FIA/Formula1.com DVD. It’s bigger (5 1/2 hours) than ever, but is it better? Read More …
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2011 FIA Prize-Winning Gala
One of two official FIA videos just posted commemorating this season’s awards ceremony for the 2011 Formula One drivers and constructors’ World Championships. Read More …
Sid Watkins Retires From F1
Professor Sid Watkins, who has been at the forefront of safety in Formula 1 for more than 30 years, has ended his full-time involvement in motorsport. The neurosurgeon has stepped down as president of the FIA Institute, but will continue in an honorary role. Read More …
Ferrari Chief Again Urges Rule Changes
Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has once again voiced his unhappiness with the current technical regulations and testing rules, as well as the limit of two cars per team, and warned that his team won’t hesitate to pull out of the sport if changes are not made. Read More …
Qualifying Changes For 2012
Formula 1 is reportedly considering an increase in the tire allocations for qualifying in 2012, following controversy about cars not running in Q3 this year. Read More …
Agreement or Not?
After last weekend’s controversy, not knowing what the results are is just as bad as not knowing what the rules are. Which is it, Eurosport? (Note, both stories from 11 July). Read More …
Blowing Hot (Or Cold) Air
A dreary Friday practice at the British Grand Prix was enlivened by a public row between McLaren’s Martin Whitmarsh and Red Bull’s Christian Horner, disputing the rights and wrongs of the latest ruling the FIA on off-throttle blown diffusers. Read More …
Seb’s Stats
Six out of eight race wins to start a Formula One season. Seven poles. No classifications lower than 2nd. Sebastian Vettel is having a hell of a year. Better than Niki Lauda in 1976 (five wins of first nine, three poles). Better than Jim Clark in 1965 (six wins of fist seven, four poles). Better than Aryton Senna in 1991 or Nigel Mansell in 1992. Better even than Michael Schumacher in 2002 or 2004. Read More …
Gunning For Red Bull
Let Charlie Whiting and the FIA go gunning for Red Bull Racing with technical rule changes. It probably won’t make a difference. And it shouldn’t. Read More …
F1, Not As We Know It
Formula One has stepped into the void with DRS, KERS and all the new 2011 technical rules. It’s F1, just not as we’ve ever known it. Read More …