2010 March archive
Top ten… Home Grand Prix wins 23rd March 2010, 16:10
Over the years we’ve seen how performing in front of a home crowd can inspire greatness in racing drivers. Can Mark Webber emulate great drivers of the past like Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna by winning his home Grand Prix? If he does expect a reaction from the Australian crowd similar to [...]
Di Resta excited ahead of Force India debut
Force India test driver Paul di Resta says he is excited ahead of his F1 practice debut this weekend – but won’t be trying to set headline-grabbing lap times. The British driver will take the place of Adrian Sutil in the Friday practice session at Melbourne. Sutil was fastest in the first practice session of [...]
F1 Fanatic round-up: 23/3/2010
Jaime Alguersuari waves goodbye to teenager-dom today as he celebrates his 20th birthday. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Epsilon aims for F1 (Joe Saward) Could F1 get a second Spanish team? Blanchimont tunnel collapses at Spa (Autosport) “The Blanchimont Entry Tunnel, which is located just before Paul Frere Corner (formerly Stavelot), provides access from the outside [...]
Should blue flags be banned? (Poll) 22nd March 2010, 22:24
I mentioned the other day that I thought one way to improve racing in F1 would be to get rid of blue flags during races, which force cars that are about to be lapped to get out of the leaders’ way. There were some strong opinions for and against the idea, so I thought it [...]
Alonso gets Maserati GranCabrio (Pictures)
Ah, the perks of being a Ferrari driver. At Renault, Fernando Alonso used to drive a Megane. Now he’s joined the Scuderia he can have something a tad more elegant. As Ferrari and Maserati share the same owner, Fiat, Alonso has opted for this Maserati GranCabrio, finished to his specification in Grigio Granito (grey) with [...]
2010 Australian Grand Prix preview
Can Fernando Alonso bolster his championship lead with another win at Melbourne? Might Mark Webber finally get on the podium or even win his home Grand Prix? F1 heads into the first double-header event of the season with the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne followed by the trip to Sepang for next week’s Malaysian Grand [...]
Low chance of rain at Melbourne
We haven’t had a wet Australian Grand Prix since the event moved to Melbourne in 1996 and it looks set to stay that way for the 15th F1 race at the Albert Park track this weekend. There is only a slight chance of rain during the race according to the Australian Government Bureau of Meterology, [...]
F1 Fanatic round-up: 22/3/2010
Later today we’ll begin the build-up to round two of the 2010 F1 season with our Australian Grand Prix preview. In the meantime, here’s the daily round-up: Links Hamilton: Red Bull has big advantage (Autosport) Lewis Hamilton: “The Red Bull is ridiculously faster than anyone else’s car. It’s insane. The downforce they had on their [...]
Australian Grand Prix live TV Times 21st March 2010, 15:14
Here are the details of the BBC’s live video coverage of the Australian Grand Prix and the F1 Fanatic live blogs which will take place during all five sessions this weekend: Friday 26th March 2010 Australian Grand Prix Free practice 1 – 1.25-3.05am (BBC Red Button and online) F1 Fanatic live blog will run throughout [...]
Bahrain Grand Prix technical review
F1 Fanatic guest writer John Beamer casts his eye over the technical changes on the cars at Bahrain. Last year the leading cars were often within a few hundredths of a second of each other. But in the first race of this year Fernando Alonso’s fastest lap was a second quicker than anyone else’s and [...]
