F1A&G posts tagged circuits
Last October we posted a great photo from Red Bull Racing of the 2011 RB7 (with special ride-height adjustments) navigating the 18,380 ft-high Khardung La pass in the Himalayas. Here’s the official Red Bull video to go along. Read More …
Argentina is the latest country to show interest in hosting a Grand Prix after ground was broken for a new circuit 80km outside Buenos Aires. The South American country last held a GP race in 1998 and has a long history in F1 as the opening round of the season for many years. Read More …
Peter Gethin drove a V12 Yardley BRM to slipstreaming victory at a pre-chicane Monza in the 1971 Italian GP, in what is still the closest finish ever for a Formula One race. Gethin passed away, age 71, this week. Read More …
This is what Turn 1 of the new Buddh International Circuit, home of the upcoming inaugural Grand Prix of India, looked like exactly one year ago. Courtesy of Ubaid Parkar via Twitpic. Read More …
Racing driver Neel Jani took a Red Bull Racing Formula One show car up the world’s highest driveable road, the 18,380ft-high Khardung La pass in India. Read More …
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 …
The folks at the audaciously named “Circuit of the Americas” have released this time-lapse video of construction at the site of their planned F1 circuit, scheduled to debut in the 2012 season. Given where they are, it seems Austin may look a lot like Korea on opening day, if they get there at all. Read More …
An unusual angle for the Nouvelle Chicane at Circuit de Monaco, courtesy of @alexjsnell (Alex Snell) and his F1 Fan’s adventures blog memorializing and incredible 2010 season in which Alex saw every Grand Prix in person! Read More …
We knew this was coming. If Bernie Ecclestone thinks US taxpayers will finance Grand Prix events like the governments of Malaysia, China and Abu Dhabi, he’s sadly mistaken. Read More …
Red Bull Racing drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel over the weekend took a break to celebrate the reopening of the racetrack known previously as the Österreichring and the A1 Ring — now re-named the Red Bull Ring — in Spielberg, Austria. Read More …