Ayrton Senna archive
Button vs the best (F1 in numbers)
There’s a lot of discussion among F1 fans at the moment about how Brawn – and Jenson Button in particular – are dominating the championship.
So how far ahead are Button and Brawn? Are we set for the kind of one-sided seasons we’ve seen in the past? Let’s see how they measure up against F1’s greats. [...]
“Senna versus Prost” – read the review and win one of six copies
e’ve already had one new book on Ayrton Senna
to mark the 15th anniversary of his death – and here’s another.
But this one has a twist. Written after discussions with Alain Prost, “Senna versus Prost” tells the story of their infamous rivalry which dominated F1 from the moment they became team mates in 1988, until Prost’s [...]
Australian GP history 1985-1995 (Video)
F1 Fanatic guest writer Journeyer looks back on the history of the Australian Grand Prix.
It’s back! F1 2009 is about to get under way, and so are we! I’m back for the new season, ready to share with you the history of the sport. Let’s kick things off with the season-opener, the Australian Grand Prix. [...]
Hamilton to drive Senna’s McLaren
Lewis Hamilton will drive the McLaren-Honda that Ayrton Senna won his first world championship in at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The Earl of March announced today that Hamilton will be making his third visit to the festival and will drive a 1988 McLaren-Honda MP4-4. Senna scored his first of three world championships in the [...]
The five things that made me an F1 fan
It was pure chance that I happened across a live broadcast of the British Grand Prix on BBC Grandstand in 1989.
That first glimpse of Formula 1 captivated me, aged seven, and over the coming years the sport got under my skin.
How did I turn into an F1 fan? Here are the five things that first [...]
Michael Schumacher vs Adrian Newey, 1991-2008 (F1 in numbers)
Michael Schumacher’s biggest rival was not a driver but a designer: Adrian Newey.
So said K last week in the comments on an article about which driver won the most races. Journeyer suggested a graph showing how the seven-times world champion compared with the man who designed title-winners for McLaren and Williams.
“Ayrton Senna: An interactive voyage” (Christopher Hilton, 2009)
If there’s one thing my bookshelf isn’t short of it’s Ayrton Senna biographies. So what’s the cause for this new title as the 15th anniversary of Senna’s untimely passing approaches?
The idea behind this book, and the reason behind that “interactive voyage” tag, is that as well as a biography you get copies of various interesting [...]
Hamilton is top F1 driver on Facebook – but Valentino Rossi thrashes them all
For all the stick Lewis Hamilton gets on the internet, he’s not short of a fan or two as these stats from Facebook show.
But Hamilton would lose his status as most popular F1 driver on Facebook immeditaely if Valentino Rossi’s much-rumoured switch to Ferrari came true…
Ron Dennis at McLaren, 1980-2009
Ron Dennis arrived at McLaren in September 1980. The team that scored 11 points that year won a race within 12 months of Dennis taking control.
Since then they’ve added seven constructors’ titles and ten drivers’ championships with a roster of F1’s greats like Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna.
Now Dennis has announced he [...]
Ron Dennis on how the Hamilton-Alonso row compared to Senna and Prost
McLaren boss Ron Dennis gave the annual Watkins lecture at Autosport International yesterday. He was interviewed at length by veteran commentator Murray Walker for around an hour.
One of the most interesting moments came when he discussed how he managed the rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in 2007, and how it compared to the [...]
