Another Grand Prix and another win for Button. He may have lost a place to team-mate Barrichello at the start, but the Brit got his head down and gave us another remarkable display of driving and getting the most out of the car and tyres. A large shunt at the… Read more
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Spanish Grand Prix summary
May 10th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 6 Comments
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Chinese Grand Prix summary
April 20th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 13 Comments
The Chinese Grand Prix was another soaking affair, yet this weekend it wasn’t Brawn GP scoring a one-two but Red Bull. Sebastian Vettel, who proved his prowess in the wet at last year’s Italian Grand Prix, once again drove faultlessly to score a maiden victory for the team.
1st: Sebastian… Read more
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Brawn GP gets the all-clear
April 16th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 5 Comments
After the whirlwind of action over the past few weeks in Formula 1 the dust is finally settling.
Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams found a loophole in the regulations regarding the rear diffuser. They took it and at the pre-season tests they were considerably quicker than the other cars. The… Read more -
America’s heroes who stumbled in F1
Dear Nigel,
With the launch of USGPE hitting the headlines over recent weeks, a lot is going to be made of potential driver talent coming from the US. If only this had happened 20 years ago, we could have had Michael Andretti and Al Unser Jr driving at their peak in F1.Given the right circumstances, I believe both could have been Grand Prix winners. This was a great rivalry that I think F1 fans really missed out on. What are your thoughts?
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The two sides of Mansell
Dear Nigel,
I wanted to ask you for your recollections of Nigel Mansell. Having witnessed much of the ‘Nigel-mania’ in the ’80s, I wondered why he has been mentioned so rarely in the past few years.Do you think he was only interesting in those few years of spectacle and not worthy of being remembered as an important personality in Formula 1? Silly behaviour and all, but he was a very strong and spectacular racer for several years, and his fight with Piquet was quite spicy on and off the track.
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Some predictions for F1 2009
February 4th, 2009 | Rob Widdows | 33 Comments
It is truly remarkable just how many people love to watch motor racing. Almost everyone I meet knows something about the forthcoming Grand Prix season. Many have plans to go to at least one race. Many have their favourite drivers.
They all have opinions, both negative and positive, about the… Read more -
Escaping the winter blues
January 26th, 2009 | Rob Widdows | 4 Comments
Sitting in my little office down by the sea in the south of England, it occurred to me that this is becoming a very interesting winter.
I have been watching documentaries about elephants. I was astonished to learn that a large African elephant may have up to 42,000 moving parts.… Read more
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Grand Prix Special – Monaco – Practice 1 and 2
May 22nd, 2008 | Ed Foster | 2 Comments
The Formula 1 circus has come to Monaco and so far, apart from a few gentle brushes with the walls, the whole grid has managed to complete the opening two practice sessions.
The forecast is for rain and what better race to have it at than Monaco, when none of… Read more -
Calling all mechanics
May 14th, 2008 | Rob Widdows | 10 Comments
Monte Carlo, Monaco, May 18 1958. Roy Salvadori, Cooper T45-Climax, retired, and Jack Brabham, Cooper T45-Climax, 4th position, talk to a mechanic.
The eagle-eyed amongst you will know that I am writing a series of stories for the magazine called ‘Mechanics’ Tales’, which is exactly what the title suggests. These… Read more -
Grand Prix Special. Turkey – Practice 1 and 2
May 9th, 2008 | Ed Foster | No Comments
So here we are in Istanbul, Turkey. The sun isn’t quite shining, but it certainly looks like we’ll be in for a good race on Sunday – this being one of the Formula 1 tracks where it is actually possible to overtake.
As expected the Ferraris seem to be roughly… Read more
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