Strict “One Move” Rule On the Horizon
This is really difficult to swallow. Not only penalizing drivers for racing incidents, Charlie Whiting and the FIA now want to memorialize the “one move” rule as a formal offense. Read More …
Tag: shunts
F1A&G posts tagged shunts
Force Air India
Force India Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella of Italy flies through the air at turn 10 during practice for the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at Marina Bay circuit, 27 September 27 2008. Read More …
When F1 Was Really Life or Death
Fifty years ago, when “Taffy’ von Trips died during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in 1961, nobody had thought of stopping the race. Were people more callous back then? Read More …
The Killer Years
An appropriately named, four-part documentary by the BBC on the 1960s and early 1970s in Grand Prix racing. Watching this will enlighten newer Formula One fans why F1A&G’s profile of the Six Best F1 Crashes starts with one essential criterion — that the driver walked away (relatively) unharmed — a result all too infrequent in the tragic early decades of F1. Read More …
Imola 1994
The full race video of the tragic San Marino Grand Prix of 1994, with commentary from the BBC’s Murray Walker (joined by John Watson and Jonathan Palmer) is available from StreetFire.net. It is still difficult and very troubling to watch after 17 years on. Read More …
Ralf Schumacher Airborne
Ralf Schumacher discovered he needed vision correction following a road car accident before the 2002 Formula One season. After the start of the 2002 Australian Grand Prix, one may have wondered if Ralf had been driving with contact lenses or not. Read More …
Scheckter’s Woodcote Pile-Up
One of the most infamous accidents in Formula One history occurred at Woodcote corner during the 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was before the passage through Woodcote had been slowed by chicanes. It was a fast and difficult right hander, which Jackie Stewart once described as “without doubt one of the most important corners in the F1 world.” Read More …
Lewis Hamilton’s Petulance
McLaren driver and former World Champion Lewis Hamilton was penalized three times in two days in Monaco when he attempted impossible overtaking moves that led to inevitable shunts. Afterwards he called the drivers he punted out of the race — Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado — “stupid” and said of the penalties, “It’s an absolute frickin’ joke, just ridiculous.” Read More …
Remarkable Vettel On Monaco Pole
Another remarkable pole drive by Sebastian Vettel, which placed him at the front of the grid for the fifth time in six attempts this season, was overshadowed by a serious crash involving Sauber’s young Mexican driver, Sergio Pérez. Read More …
No Red Faces at Red Bull This Time
Mark Webber and F! champion Sebastian Vettel will make certain there are no red faces at Red Bull in Turkey this weekend after an embarrassing double-shunt in 2010. And we all learn much more from mistakes, of course! Read More …