The Green Hell
This 2017 movie about the Nürburgring’s famed Nordschleife, narrated by legendary BBC commentator Murray Walker, looks marvelous. Please comment it you’ve seen it! Read More …
Tag: Fangio
The Silver Arrows Return
In typically poetic fashion, NBC Sports Network’s Sam Posey narrated this excellent video collage celebrating the triumphant return of Mercedes to the Formula One championship with its 2014 cars, harkening back to the marque’s last (and until now, only) F1 winning season with the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio 60 years ago. Read More …
Vettel Takes Place Among the F1 Legends
By winning the Indian GP at Buddh yesterday, Sebastian Vettel vaulted himself into the realm of Schumacher, Fangio and Prost as one of now just four drivers to win four F1 World Championships. Read More …
Who Is the Best F1 Driver Of All Time?
You can debate this topic until the cows come home, with no resolution. We try a bit with our Top 15 All-Time Drivers statistical comparison, but this nice video piece from CNN Sports illustrates the challenge. Read More …
Belgium 1955
Juan Manuel Fangio driving a Mercedes to victory, with Sterlng Moss second, at the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix on the original, 9.3 mile Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
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Monza 1955
Juan Manuel Fangio winning the 1955 Italian Grand Prix in his Mercedes “Silver Arrow” on the now-obsolete banked oval (Pista di Alta Velocità) at Monza. Read More …
Six Top F1 Qualifiers
Putting your car on the front row, P1, has never been harder in Formula One than today, but it’s always been a difficult undertaking. Here are the best qualifiers of all time, including a current Read More …
France Aims To Resuscitate Its GP
French prime minister Francois Fillon is keen to get the Grand Prix of France — the oldest of them all — back onto the Formula One calendar. The last race on French soil was won by Felipe Massa for Ferrari in 2008 at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, but ut the appellation “Grand Prix,” indeed the entire concept of motor racing itself, date to France at the turn of the 20th century. Read More …
Monaco 1956
An excellent and rare full-color photo of Stirling Moss, on his way to winning the 1956 Monaco Grand Prix, which he led flag to flag — beating Fangio decisively — in the gorgeous Maserati 250F. Read More …
Schumacher “Past It” Says Stirling Moss
Stirling Moss does not share Ross Brawn’s view that Michael Schumacher is struggling to challenge at the front of the grid because his car is in need of improvement. Read More …