Shocking crash in F1 support race

Let’s hope tomorrow’s F1 race enjoys a cleaner start than the GP2 race that followed qualifying did (see video below).
First of all front row ISport team mates Timo Glock and Andreas Zuber drove straight into each other - Zuber’s car passing frighteningly close to Glock’s head.
But much worse came a few corners later as Venezuelan [...]

French Grand Prix 2007 qualifying: Massa back on top

Ferrari bounced back in France with Felipe Massa breaking McLaren’s run of pole positions.
The Brazilian will have the chance to resume his battle with Lewis Hamilton from earlier in the season as the Briton joins him on the front row.
But Fernando Alonso’s hopes of responding to Hamilton’s recent victories were thwarted by gearbox failure in [...]

Grand Prix stamps

The Royal Mail is issuing six Grand Prix stamps to celebrate one hundred years of UK motorsport and the 50th anniversary of Stirling Moss winning the British Grand Prix.
The six stamps feature Moss’s 1957 Vanwall, Graham Hill’s 1962 BRM P57, Jim Clark’s 1963 Lotus 25 Climax, Jackie Stewart’s 1973 Tyrrell 006/2, James Hunt’s [...]

F1 in the blogs 33: Boring?

This week in the Formula 1 blogs - why F1 isn’t boring. And, if you’re brave enough, a truly stomach-churning photograph of Flavio Briatore.
And a top F1 journalist turns blogger and discovers the joys of being flamed…

F1 in the news 41: Renault revival?

In the F1 news this week Renault believe they’ve gotten on top of their problematic start to the season.
Plus another possible new venue for the Australian Grand Prix and more retro F1 fun.

Renault’s gorgeous 30th anniversary livery

So Renault can design good looking race car liveries after all!
This gorgeous yellow and black design commemorates 30 years since their F1 debut in 2007.
Surely everyone can agree that it looks infinitely better than the yellow, blue, orange and white mess that covers their 2007 cars?

Perfect sporting moments

The Daily Telegraph recently compiled a top 50 sporting moments and two F1 highlights featured in the list. They were:
#31 - Fernando Alonso passing Michael Schumacher, Japanese Grand Prix 2005
#33 - Michael Schumacher winning the San Marino Grand Prix after the death of his mother, 2003
Memorable moments no doubt - but I can think of [...]

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Grand Prix flashback: France 1988

The inter-McLaren battle between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton is already being compared to the great McLaren rivalry of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.
Hamilton is cast in the role of new boy Senna - Alonso is a two times champion just as Prost was in 1988.
But at that year’s French Grand Prix Prost sprang a [...]

Ten videos Max Mosley should watch

I am sure Max Mosley is an extremely busy man. And sometimes I wonder if his packed schedule keeps him from noticing things might might make F1 a lot better if they were sorted.
Like stewards failing to implement basic rules, the frequent lack of overtaking caused by Mosley’s own rule changes, and the problems with [...]