Turkish Grand Prix 2006 Preview

The three-week summer break came at a pivotal moment in the 2006 championship.
Fernando Alonso was within 19 laps of dealing a major blow to Michael Schumacher’s recovery in the title battle at the Hungaroring. But an errant wheel nut – the first mechanical failure in a race for either of the championship protagonists this year [...]

Trackside: Mansell at GP Masters

This week’s Trackside was on Nigel Mansell’s much-vaunted return to Silverstone with Grand Prix Masters. It may have been a disappointment for Mansell and fellow British driver Derek Warwick, but the ex-F1 pilots still gave us a fantastic race.
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Autotrader.co.uk: Trackside – Hero’s homecoming is damp squib (external)

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Toyota prepare for hybrid F1

Toyota appear to be resigned to the future direction of Formula One engines being homologated power plants mated to more environmentally-aware technologies.
This week they quit their place in the Grand Prix Manufacturers’ Association (which had been fighting Max Mosley’s engine homologation proposals). Now they are sounding the fanfare about their GS 450h (Lexus) endurance race [...]

“Inside Formula One” – Nigel Roebuck

For many followers of F1, Nigel Roebuck is foremost among journalists of the sport. More than just a writer, he is a fan of the sport whose firm allegiance to it is unwavering, even when its tragedies and controversies have put it to the test.
He is most well-known for his close friendship with Gilles Villeneuve [...]

It’s the Dave & Eddie show!

David Coulthard and Eddie Irvine are to appear in a new Sky TV programme in which they coach celebrities on race car driving.
The Race will air in Sky’s autumn season and be presented by Denise van Outen, who appeared at the launch of Tyrrell’s last ever F1 car in 1998.
The celebrities participating in the challenge [...]

F1 06 (PlayStation 2)

SCEE have released the annual update to the only official Formula One game. As ever, it’s exclusive to the PlayStation, and decidedly ‘arcade’ style rather than a detailed simulation.
It has all the latest teams and drivers – but is it actually any good?

F1 winners don’t use drugs

The height of the summer sporting season is passing and once again two sports are left to rue another year spoiled by drugs scandals.
In cycling, Floyd Landis faces being stripped of his Tour de France victory after testing positive for excessive and unnatural levels of testosterone. In athletics, world and Olympic 100 metres champion Justin [...]

Three great first laps

When you think of great first laps in Formula One you inevitably bring Ayrton Senna’s at the 1993 European Grand Prix to mind. But last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix saw a pair of scintillating starts – and I reckon one of them was better than Senna’s.
Let’s take a look at all three in detail.

Could BBC open ‘Grand Prix’ archive?

The BBC’s web chief Ashley Highfield spoke in an interview with The Independent today about how he wants to open the BBC’s archives via the Internet.
Of greatest interest to Formula One fans would be the archives of Grand Prix, the BBC’s Formula One coverage programme which ran from 1978 to 1996.
The two most likely obstacles [...]

Trackside: Jenson Button, of course

No prizes for guessing what this week’s Trackside was about…
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Autotrader.co.uk – Trackside: Button first among equals

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