Archive for February, 2005
Webber’s Williams woe
Williams may have won the final round at Brazil in 2004, but as Mark Webber is about to discover all is not well down at Grove
Mark Webber will be looking on his 2005 move to Williams as his big break. While there is no doubt that his move from Red Bull (formerly Jaguar) to nine-time [...]
Tilke’s tracks
Hermann Tilke takes some credit for eight of the current F1 tracks - but are they actually any good?
Looking at this year’s Grand Prix calendar there are few races that will provoke a diary clearance and the search for a secluded TV within reaching distance of a beer-stocked fridge. Spa and Monaco are obviously top [...]
The rules unravelled
The FIA have introduced a brace of new rules designed at making the sport more affordable (or, at least, a shade less astronomically expensive) and more entertaining.
And, as is traditional, it seems that many of the changes will do nothing positive, or nothing at all.
Engines must last for two races distances
This is intended to reduce [...]
Editorial: The best laid plans…
Welcome to F1Fanatic and welcome to the 2005 Grand Prix season! OK, I’m under no illusions, here - while the thought of a new 19-race calendar has kept me buzzing with anticipation for weeks I doubt that the approach of yet another new F1 site has had you all going in quite the same way.
So [...]
BAR’s big season
BAR were without doubt the revelation of 2004. When the all-conquering Ferraris left the opposition behind, the Brackley outfit stepped forward as the only team able to consistently run at something approaching the pace of the leaders.
And while Renault, McLaren and Williams were each able to pinch token victories, it was BAR who deservedly took [...]
2005 team-by-team
Who’s there and who’s nowhere heading into the new season - we break down what the ten teams have got going for and against them.
Ferrari
Drivers
Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello
Third driver
Luca Badoer
Strengths
(Deep breath) Lead driver is one of F1’s all-time greats, recent cars have boasted impeccable reliability and awesome speed. Tailor-made tyres and a well-drilled pit crew. [...]
Australian Grand Prix 2005 Preview
Not since 1999 has anyone beaten Schumacher to the driver’s championship - and on that occasion he missed half the season with a broken leg. Whatever his detractors say, his achievement of five successive championship victories eclipses even Fangio’s record of four in the ’50s.
All but the most blinkered Schumacher fan must concede that his [...]
“Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver” - Gerald Donaldson
Gerald Donaldson’s memorable biography of Gilles Villeneuve is tipped to become a film to hit cinema screens in 2007. It is a classic book on one of the sport’s most beloved drivers, that every F1 fan should read.
There have been many Formula One drivers who have impressed, astounded even, and tragically died, leaving behind [...]
