Archive for September, 2007
Timo Glock wins GP2 title
BMW test driver Timo Glock boosted his chances of getting an F1 drive next year by sealing the GP2 title in the final round at Valencia today.
Glock, who drove four F1 races for Jordan in 2004, has been linked with a race seat at Toyota replacing Ralf Schumacher.
He beat Lucas di Grassi to the title [...]
Embarrassment for Red Bull as drivers collide (updated)
Mark Webber angrily criticised Sebastian Vettel after the collision between the Red Bull stable mates under safety car conditions in the Japanese Grand Prix.
Webber was running third when Vettel ran into the back of him on lap 46, putting both out.
Vettel later apologised but a furious Webber called him a “kid with no experience”. The [...]
Ferrari hopes in tatters after tyre blunder
Ferrari harpooned their own drivers’ championship hopes with a major mistake at the start of today’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Following an instruction to all teams from the race stewards that they must start the race on full wet weather tyres, both the Ferraris began the race on intermediate rubber.
But even without the stewards’ order, surely full [...]
Championship standings after the Japanese GP (updated)
Lewis Hamilton can win the drivers’ championship at Shanghai next weekend after taking a 12-point lead in the Japanese Grand Prix.
But Felipe Massa’s title hopes are over as he fell over 20 points behind in Fuji.
Here are the championship results in full.
Japanese GP 2007 review: Mighty Hamilton takes crucial win (updated)
Atrocious conditions a the Fuji Speedway and a collision with Robert Kubica failed to put Lewis Hamilton off his stride.
The rookie put in a performance worthy of a ten-year veteran, triumphing in pouring rain in Japan to score a magnificent - and vital - victory.
A crash ended Fernando Alonso’s race and dropped him 12 points [...]
“Fangio: The Life behind the Legend” (Gerald Donaldson, 2003)
Five world championships, 24 wins from 51 starts - benchmarks that for decades the Formula 1 fraternity thought un-surpassable.
They have been beaten now, but his victory strike rate and sheer total of championships won - second only to Michael Schumacher - will remain etched in the pages of history.
But anyone who came to the sport [...]
‘Minor men’ star in wet qualifying
A wet qualifying session can often be relied upon to mix up the usual running order and give drivers of slower cars a chance to impress.
There were no major shocks in this morning’s wet qualifying session at the Fuji Speedway but two of the drivers from the back of the grid did pop up in [...]
Japanese GP 2007 qualifying: Hamilton scores vital pole
Lewis Hamilton scored the fifth and surely most important pole position of his short F1 career as he bids to become the sport’s first rookie champion.
The four championship contenders will line up in the top four positions with both McLarens leading the way into tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix.
A wet session saw a couple of surprise [...]
F1 in the blogs 43: Visiting Fuji
Want to find out what the Fuji Speedway is like to visit? Check out this week’s top post.
Plus, David Coulthard is wearing Colin McRae’s helmet as a tribute - check out the design, Stepneygate the film and history repeating itself in Macau.
What Dennis’s remark to Alonso really meant
Since the espionage hearing details came to light we know just how bad things have been between Ron Dennis and Fernando Alonso since the Hungarian Grand Prix.
It makes it very interesting to look back on some of their remarks made between Hungary and the World Motor Sports Council Announcement.
Here’s what Dennis said to Alonso when [...]
