The Chip Ganassi team’s form is ominous for their rivals ahead of next month’s Indianapolis 500. Dan Wheldon dominated the Kansas 300 and Scott Dixon would surely have made it a Ganassi one-two but for a careless pit lane infraction. Hacing started fourth Wheldon immediately made his way to the front. He sliced past both … Continue reading IRL Kansas: Dominant Dan wins again
Day: 29 April 2007 articles archive
F1 on the Nurburgring Nordschleife wallpapers
Posted onNick Heidfeld became the first driver in 31 years to lap the Nurburgring Nordschleife in a Formula 1 car on Saturday. The track last staged a Grand Prix in 1976, when Niki Lauda crashed at Bergwerk sustaining serious burns from which he almost died. The circuit was swiftly declared too dangerous to race on, because … Continue reading F1 on the Nurburgring Nordschleife wallpapers
A1GP Brands Hatch Feature: Hulkenberg’s last hurrah
Posted onA1 Grand Prix’s second season ended on a high as the Brands Hatch feature race produced a thrilling duel between Germany’s Nico Hulkenberg and Britain’s Robbie Kerr. Hulkenberg held Kerr off to the flag after making a fractionally better getaway than the British driver at the start. The two raced wheel-to-wheel halfway around the first … Continue reading A1GP Brands Hatch Feature: Hulkenberg’s last hurrah
A1GP Brands Hatch Sprint: Home win for Kerr
Posted onRobbie Kerr became the first ever driver to win his home round of the A1 Grand Prix championship by coming home first in the sprint race at Brands Hatch. Kerr made a clean getaway from the rolling start while Hulkenberg squeezed the Team France car of Loic Duval on the approach to Paddock Hill bend. … Continue reading A1GP Brands Hatch Sprint: Home win for Kerr
“Ken Tyrrell: The Authorised Biography” (Maurice Hamilton, 2002)
Posted onShould teams be allowed to buy chassis from other constructors and race them in Formula 1? It’s one of the most divisive arguments in F1 today and it’s not a new debate. Up until the early 1980s it was entirely commonplace for teams to race customer chassis. Those in support of it today maintain that … Continue reading “Ken Tyrrell: The Authorised Biography” (Maurice Hamilton, 2002)