2010 August archive
F1 Fanatic round-up: 12/8/2010 12th August 2010, 0:01
Stuck for something to do in the F1 summer break? Head on over to the F1 books section and find some interesting reading material. You can find some of my top recommendations here: Best F1 books to read this summer More essential & cheap summer reads for F1 fans Share more of your great F1 [...]
Test driver Soucek leaves Virgin 11th August 2010, 13:13
Virgin test driver Andy Soucek has officially left the team. The Spanish driver cited a lack of opportunities to drive the VR-01 as being part of the reason for him leaving the outfit. Soucek’s departure leaves GP2 racer Luiz Razia as the team’s only reserve driver. A statement released by Soucek’s management said: Andy and [...]
Austin will be “amazing”, says Hellmund
United States Grand Prix promoter Tavo Hellmund has promised the track being built in Austin for the 2012 race will be “amazing”. Speaking in an interview with Bernie Ecclestone on F1.com Hellmund said: I have conveyed my ideas to Hermann Tilke and Peter Wahl who are the most established racetrack architects of our times. The [...]
New images reveal 2011 Indian GP plans
Four new pictures published by Hermann Tilke’s company show what the Jaypee Group Circuit will look like when it hosts the first Indian Grand Prix in 2011. The images show the pit buildings, the grandstand along the main straight and part of the pit lane. A track layout was revealed last November. At that the [...]
F1 Fanatic round-up: 11/8/2010
We’ve already got F1 Fanatic T-shirts on sale and soon they should be followed by F1 Fanatic mugs too – have a look at this picture of an early prototype by Luke of Unlap. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Practice Makes Perfect – McLaren’s Pitstop Team at MTC pre-European Grand Prix (Youtube) Splitters Explained (Scarbsf1′s Blog) [...]
Should engines be equalised? (Poll) 10th August 2010, 9:32
Red Bull continue to claim they are at a disadvantage because their Renault engine produces less power than the Mercedes or Ferrari V8s. The championship leaders want F1′s engine development ‘freeze’ restrictions lifting so that engine power can be equalised between the teams. Should they be allowed to? Share this article with your friends: Tweet
F1 Fanatic round-up: 10/8/2010
Yesterday I added a new statistics section to the site I’ve been working on. As always if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see on F1 Fanatic please post your suggestions in the comments. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Lotus’s radical £650k F1 track special (Autocar) “The Lotus T125 is aimed at wealthy private buyers [...]
New-look statistics section 9th August 2010, 16:22
The 2010 F1 statistics page has been overhauled to make it easier to find the most useful data on the season so far. The page includes a new results index which shows each driver’s qualifying and race finishing positions for this season in one table. Find it here: F1 2010 statistics You’ll also find a [...]
Who will be the new F1 drivers in 2011?
With no movement on the 2011 F1 driver market so far, it looks as though there might not be very many spaces for new drivers next year. But with a 13th team potentially being announced soon and a fresh crop of graduates from GP2 and beyond looking for a way in, we could still see [...]
F1 Fanatic round-up: 9/8/2010
Hope you all enjoyed your first Formula One-free weekend – let us know what you got up to below. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Domenicali: “The brain does not stop working on holiday”(Ferrari) “We will be on holiday, but that does not mean our brains will stop working,” said Domenicali. “Maybe one can even find fresh [...]
