Ferrari Nose Best
Richard Williams reminds us that in 1968-69 wings on race cars were universally panned as ugly, so we perhaps should take the hideous stepped noses of 2012 a bit more graciously. Read More …
Category: Technology
Since the ground-breaking Cooper and F1 Lotus teams, Grand Prix racing technology has developed at a furious pace over the decades.
Caterham Reveals 2012 Car
The rebadged Caterham Formula One team has released a picture of its new CT01, thus becoming the first team to show how the new F1 technical regulations have affected the 2012 cars’ design. Read More …
Formula 1 Explained
This is the first in a series of technology-oriented video posts featuring the BBC and commentator (now Sky Sports) Martin Brundle demistifying the world of Formula One. They are excellent for novices but still interesting for enthusiasts. Read More …
Canadian GP 1991
In 1991, driving a plainly inferior McLaren-Honda MP4/6, Ayrton Senna started the season by recording four consecutive poles and wins. The season’s turning point was the Canadian GP at Montreal, were the “active” Williams FW14 failed Nigel Mansell on the last lap. Read More …
F1 Gearbox Technology
Formula One cars use semi-automatic sequential gearboxes with six or seven forward gears and one reverse gear. This video clip explains the technology involved. Read More …
More Talk of Infiniti-Red Bull Performance Street Car
For those who think the Infiniti sponsorship of Red Bull Racing in Formula One has thus far amounted to nothing more than sticker-engineering, things may be changing. Read More …
The Tide Turns Against Red Bull
BBC Formula One commentator Martin Brundle says the F1 “tide” is turning towards Ferrari and McLaren. He’s right, obviously. Yet that’s a common inflection point in many Formula One seasons. 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 …
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 …