2010 September archive
F1 Fanatic round-up: 18/9/2010 18th September 2010, 0:01
I see James Allen is running a competition on his website with a very exciting prize. Entry is via nomination and D Winn and Jasper have very kindly put my names down for it – thanks very much to them! There are loads of people who post in the comments here who I’d like to [...]
Heidfeld hopes Singapore bumps are eased 17th September 2010, 14:08
Nick Heidfeld says he’s looking forward to getting back to racing in next week’s Singapore Grand Prix. But he hopes the race organisers have eased the street track’s notorious bumps: Two years ago this race immediately became one of my favourites. Even for a city circuit it is quite demanding. It will be interesting to [...]
Button: “Singapore will reveal title destiny”
Jenson Button expects the Singapore Grand Prix to give a strong indication of who will win the 2010 world championship: The Singapore Grand Prix will be a very interesting weekend because I think it’ll give us a clearer idea of the destiny of the world championship. The last time we were at a low-speed, high-downforce [...]
“F1 2010″: The Formula 1 game made by F1 fanatics (Interview, Part 2)
Here’s the second part of my interview with the men behind the new official Formula 1 game. They explained how F1 Fanatic played a role in the creation of “F1 2010″, why Anthony Davidson told them “rFactor” isn’t realistic enough, and what they’ve got planned for “F1 2011″. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
F1 Fanatic round-up: 17/9/2010
The second part of the Codemasters interview on “F1 2010″ will be on the site today. Don’t miss it – they had some very interesting things to say about what’s in the game, what they think of other racing games, and their early thoughts on “F1 2011″. I’m planning to have a full review of [...]
Pirelli swap Heidfeld for Grosjean in test “to avoid favouring any individual team” 16th September 2010, 15:29
Romain Grosjean will take over Nick Heidfeld’s role testing tyres for Pirelli. The change follows Heidfeld’s move to re-join Sauber, announced on Tuesday. Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery said the change of drivers to Grosjean was “in order to avoid favouring any individual team”: Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Senna film set for June 2011 UK release
“Senna”, the documentary film about the life of Ayrton Senna, will be released in June 2011 in the UK. The film opens in Japan next month to coincide with the Japanese Grand Prix. It is being screened at Suzuka on the weekend of the race. The earlier release date for the Japanese market reflects the [...]
“F1 2010″: The Formula 1 game made by F1 fanatics (Interview, Part 1)
The eagerly-anticipated official F1 game by Codemasters goes on sale next week. I played the finished version of the game for the first time yesterday and talked to two of the game’s designers – and self-confessed F1 fans – about what’s gone into the first new F1 game for major formats in four years. Share [...]
Hamilton: “I could have done some passing”
Lewis Hamilton think his low-downforce set-up for the Italian Grand Prix might have paid off had he not crashed out on the first lap of the race. Writing on his official website he said: You can look at the numbers forever, but, at some point, you’ve just got to get in the car and drive [...]
Sutil: “I was in the wrong place everywhere”
A dreadful start for Adrian Sutil saw him fall from 11th to last on the first lap at Monza. He explained what happened: I was just in the wrong place everywhere! The start was not particularly good, and in the first corner I think it was Rubens Barrichello who went a bit wide, and I [...]
