Posts Tagged ‘overtaking’

There will be lots more to ponder about teammates and team orders in Formula One after Sebastian Vettel took out pole sitter Mark Webber from P1 in Istanbul today. Crash with Teammate Sebastian Vettel Ruins Mark Webber’s Hat-Trick | Herald Sun. The result of this interesting GP was a season Full Article...

As most fans now know, Michael Schumacher was penalized 20 seconds (and pushed out of the points) for passing Alonso at the final corner of the last lap at Monaco.  It’s weird, since the F1 safety car had pulled into the pits, but the track had not gone green, caution lights were still on Full Article...

The display of outright blocking by Lewis Hailton at the Malaysian GP was unsporting. That’s a term not much used these days, and it doesn’t translate well to the world of today’s F1. Let’s look first at the rules. They’re in the FIA’s Sporting Regulations for Full Article...

John Leicester in USA Today writes that “more than rain” is needed to make Grand Prix races exciting. The underlying problem with F1 remains that it is still too difficult under normal circumstances for drivers to pass each other. That is mostly because of the way F1 cars are designed Full Article...