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Formula One 2012 Season Review: the Teams
The 2012 season draws to a close and Sebastian Vettel wins his third consecutive World Drivers' Championship in a car that has taken its third consecutive World Constructors Championship, Red Bull-Renault. Kimi Raikkonen said earlier this year in what was one of his best quotes of the year: “The winner is the one who scores […]
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HRT put up for sale
Ever since HRT entered the world of Formula One as Hispania in 2010, the team has been in almost constant financial difficulty. In the three years it's been active in F1, no less than three companies have tried to turn the fledgling racing outfit into a successful one. It now seems, though, that HRT might […]
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Abu Dhabi GP Report
Joe Barron is a Freelance Writer and an avid racing gamer. He has written sim & wheel reviews for GameSpot.com, CItizenGame.co.uk and HookedGamers.com. He's also a massive Ferrari fan! It's been a dramatic few weeks for Ferrari in Formula One. Two shocking DNFs for Fernando After such an incredible run of results, it was always likely […]
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To Tweet or Not to Tweet
The one driver in Formula One people across the world either love or love to hate is Lewis Hamilton. No one can deny he is one of the most talented drivers in the world and, in the current breed of F1 drivers, sits alongside Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. Yet his life away from F1 […]
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Monisha Kaltenborn becomes first female F1 team principal
It has been widely speculated that Monisha Kaltenborn, the CEO of the Sauber F1 team, would eventually take control of the whole Sauber Formula One operation once founder Peter Sauber decided to retire from his position at the Swiss racing outfit. Well, today that speculation has morphed into reality: with Peter Sauber's step-down to President of […]
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Lewis Hamilton � Best of Luck in the New Job!
In 1995, a soon-to-be double world champion announced he had signed a long-term agreement to drive for Ferrari from 1996. His name was Michael Schumacher. Ferrari had not won a championship since 1983, and their only win was at Canada in 1995 with Jean Alesi. Ferrari was not seen as the team to go to, […]
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Tapas or F1?
So just how long should an F1 race be? Twice half its length. Witty, i know. Anyway, it’s a Tuesday afternoon, and I am sitting just outside Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain at 3:32pm according to my iPad. Just had a great, albeit interesting roast duck cannelloni and about to have a third glass of […]
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Formula One IS a Sport!
It is quite rare that I read something and for it to elicit such an emotional response, but when coming across a blog recently accusing the sheer stature of Formula 1 not being considered a sport it was not something I could simply ignore. The Oxford English Dictionary defines sport as: An activity involving physical […]
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Hamilton moving to Mercedes? What a load of poppycock!
Formula One is no stranger to the rumour mill – over the years, we've had speculation that Michael Schumacher would be racing for Brawn GP in 2009, Sergio Perez pinching Felipe Massa's seat at Ferrari at some point, Robert Kubica returning to the sport in 2014, and so on. The latest speculation to hit the […]
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F1 medic Sid Watkins passes away
Professor Eric Sidney 'Sid' Watkins, the world-renowned F1 medic who was instrumental in the pursuits to improve driver safety in the sport, has passed away after suffering from a short illness, aged 84. Affectionately known by his peers as the 'Prof', Watkins was one of the major medical practitioners in the sport for over thirty […]
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Ferrari Perspective: Belgium and Italy 2012
F1 came back from its five week break with Ferrari and Fernando Alonso looking to defend their 40-point championship lead in the second half of the season. Belgium The weekend at the legendary Spa circuit began with an honest, if slightly negative assessment of Fernando’s chances, straight from the man himself. He reiterated his belief […]
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The Kids of Today…Time to Grow Up
Another thrilling Belgian Grand Prix comes to an end, and despite a fantastic result for Jenson Button the headlines tomorrow will be the almighty – and scary – first corner smash and resultant penalties associated with it. Pastor Maldonado has a 10-place penalty for the next race and Romain Grosjean has been handed a one-race […]
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Ferrari Perspective: German 2012
At the last race, Webber’s win closed the championship gap to Ferrari’s main-man, Fernando Alonso. This weekend at Hockenheim in Germany was shaping up to be very similar to that last Grand Prix at Silverstone; wet and miserable, but with a dry race. Throughout all three Practice sessions there was very little running from the […]
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Ferrari Perspective: European & British 2012
Last time out at Montreal, this was how I concluded my Ferrari F1 blog post:”Next time out at Valencia, it’s a home race for Fernando. Perhaps, with what the team has learned in Canada, he can win the European Grand Prix in front of his adoring Spanish fans.” For Fernando Alonso, the 2012 European Grand […]
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Ferrari Perspective: Canada 2012
During the last couple of Formula One seasons and particularly so far this season, I have been very critical of Ferrari’s tendency to lean towards conservative race strategies. It was super exciting to see the team really go for the win in Canada, but on this occasion they actually pushed too hard. The race started […]
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Ferrari Perspective: Monaco 2012
The Monaco Grand Prix: the jewel in the F1 crown. Coming into the weekend, Ferrari was in surprisingly good shape. Despite the speculation about the ability and future of Felipe Massa, the Scuderia have been performing significantly above fans’ expectations after an awful start to the year. Fernando Alonso was joint leader of the Drivers’ […]
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