2010 April archive
Sunday in Shanghai – a fans’ view of the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix 21st April 2010, 12:58
Jeremy Sedley made the trip from Australia to Shanghai and watched a thrilling Chinese Grand Prix. Read his experience of visiting the Chinese round of the world championship and his thoughts on how successful F1 has been in attracting fans to the race. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
25 years since Ayrton Senna’s first F1 win: 1985 Portuguese GP flashback
Today is the 25 anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s first win in Formula 1. Despite atrocious conditions, which F1 cars would not be allowed to race in today, the Brazilian dominated and won by more than a minute.
F1 Fanatic round-up: 21/4/2010
With two-and-a-half weeks between now and the next race I’ve been planning what content is going to be up on the site between now and then. If you have any suggestions, please make them in the comments. Here’s the Wednesday round-up: Links Formula 1 stewards must be tougher, says Martin Brundle (BBC) “But the subsequent [...]
Claudioff wins round four as Predictions Championship closes up 20th April 2010, 11:56
Claudioff named the top four finishers in the Chinese Grand Prix and wins “The Lotus Story” DVD boxset for the best prediction this weekend. And there’s now just a single point between the championship leaders after the fourth round. See below for the full standings. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
2010 Chinese Grand Prix – the complete F1 Fanatic review
Find all the F1 Fanatic Chinese Grand Prix coverage in one place below – from Friday practice to the post-race review and our live comments on every session. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
F1 Fanatic round-up: 20/4/2010
Later today we should have the results of the fourth round of the F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship. Stay tuned to find out who are latest prize-winners are. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Lewis Hamilton ready to follow Jenson Button and let his head rule his heart (The Times) “Hamilton’s bravado and extraordinary success in two seasons [...]
Hamilton pushes Button to the end (Chinese GP team-by-team: McLaren) 19th April 2010, 23:47
The McLaren drivers ended up at the front of the field but each took very different routes there. Jenson Button repeated his Melbourne feat of calling the conditions to perfection. Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton once again found himself battling through the field to make up for lost time – and nearly made it all the way [...]
Rosberg leads Schumacher home again (Chinese GP team-by-team: Mercedes)
Michael Schumacher continues to struggle on his F1 return after finishing 52 seconds behind his team mate – despite the benefit of a mid-race safety car period. Nico Rosberg, meanwhile, goes from strength to strength and is now second in the world championship. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Ferrari deny Alonso-Massa rift
Ferrari insist their drivers have not fallen out after the Chinese Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso passed team mate Felipe Massa on the way into the pit lane during the Shanghai race. Ferrari claim quotes from Massa after the race were taken out of context by some media and used to present a false impression that [...]
Qualifying kings struggle in the rain (Chinese GP team-by-team: Red Bull)
Red Bull’s qualifying performance was clearly not affected by the FIA’s clarification about ride height control devices as they locked out the front row in Shanghai. But they can’t be happy about turning a one-two qualifying result into a six-eight finish. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
