Vettel Poised To Join Greats Who Mastered Japan
The young German sensation has both been on pole and won in Japan for the previous two years, and betting against a hat-trick would be unwise. Read More …
Category: Legends
Profiles and vignettes of some of the legends of Formula 1 Grand Prix motor racing.
Heidfeld At the Nordschleife
Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld takes on the famed “Green Hell” of Nürburgring’s Nordschleife (“North Loop”), driving a modern F1 car, in this excellent, but brief, video from the team. Read More …
Gilles & Enzo
A remarkably tender photograph of Il Commendatore himself, Enzo Ferrari, affectionately kissing his “High Prince of Destruction” Gilles Villeneuve, circa 1981. Courtesy of Peter Windor’s The Race Driver blog. By Ercole Colombo—”Dear Gilles.” Read More …
Another Stunner From Seb Vettel
Sebastian Vettel’s daring outside pass of Alonso’s Ferrari at Monza’s incomparable Curva Grande is already the stuff of legend. Anyone who says there is no more overtaking in modern Formula One is now, officially, a Luddite. Read More …
It Was 20 Years Ago
Michael Schumacher will be celebrating his 20th anniversary in Formula One at the next venue, the Belgium Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in ten days time. Read More …
Senna in Australia 1989
An absolutely fabulous amateur shot of Aryton Senna in perhaps his most beautiful racecar, the McLaren Honda MP4/6, Australian GP at Adelaide, 1989. Courtesy of © .Stpuix via Flickr. Read More …
Monaco Grand Prix 1976
A wonderful vignette “not as a record of historical fact, but an impression of the speed and sound that is the Monaco Grand Prix.” Niki Lauda won in the Ferrari 312-T2. Read More …
Hungarian Grand Prix 1936
This year marks 25 years since the Formula One circus first went behind the former Iron Curtain for the Hungarian Grand Prix. However, you have to go back another 50 years for the first race of that name. 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 …
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 …