Senna’s Magnum Opus
Ayrton Senna could clinch the 1988 Formula 1 World Driver’s Championship at Suzuka Circuit no matter what McLaren teammate Alain Prost did. Read More …
Tag: overtaking
F1A&G posts tagged overtaking
Move of the Year 2011
Perhaps the best overtaking of the 2011 F1 season was a series of moves by Red Bull’s No. 2 driver Mark Webber on Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari. Read More …
An Outspoken Mark Webber
F1 has tried for years to figure out how to encourage overtaking. This year they have found the most successful formula yet — with the moveable rear wings and the power boost button — and yet every time there is a failed attempt to overtake, one driver has to pay for the failure with a debilitating penalty. Read More …
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 …
Curva Grande Bravery
Sebastian Vettel’s brilliant pass of Fernando Alonso on the outside of the Curva Grande during the 2011 Italian Grand Prix at Monza (video). 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 …
Overtaking Stats 2011
If you thought there was more passing in F1 this season, you’re right. And it’s not all due to KERS, DRS and backmarkers. Read More …
Lewis Threatens To Quit
Lewis Hamilton has warned he will turn his back on Formula One if he is denied the opportunity to race in his own inimitable style by the stewards. That still begs the question whether Hamilton’s daredevil displays are too gung-ho or if they will be heralded later, like Senna, as manna from heaven for the sport. 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 …
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 …