Eddie Irvine archive
Hamilton joins Senna, Prost, Schumacher and others who had F1 wins confiscated
Lewis Hamilton will have to hand over his Belgian Grand Prix winner’s trophy to Felipe Massa (appeal pending).
It will be small comfort to him that plenty of other drivers have had wins taken off them in the past. Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and others have lost race wins after the chequered flag. More encouragingly for [...]
100 F1 race winners part 9: 1993-2001
David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello, who scored their first wins in 1995 and 2000 respectively, are the first active drivers in this series looking at F1’s 100 race winners.
Plus two famous one-hit wonder of the mid-90s: Jean Alesi and Olivier Panis.
Video: Monaco GP history 1974-2008
Guest writer Journeyer concludes his two-part guide to the Monaco Grand Prix.
If you thought part one yesterday was great, then you’ll love part two!
This covers some of the more recent Monaco magical moments from the 1980s up to 2007:
The richest men in motor racing
I’ve just had a look through the Sunday Times’ annual list of the 1,000 richest people in Britain to see who they reckon the richest Britons in motor racing are.
Here are the ones I was able to find – do let me know if you think I’ve missed any. No prizes for guessing who came [...]
Speeding Hamilton joins Fisichella, Button, Montoya…
Lewis Hamilton has had some unwanted negative publicity after being caught speeding in France.
Although I can’t condone speeding, nor can I say ‘I’m holier than thou’ – I picked up a ticket of my own this year. Ironically enough I was returning from the Goodwood Festival of Speed at the time…
Hamilton is not alone – [...]
20 day wait for Raikkonen’s title confirmation
The watching world will have to endure a 20 day wait to learn whether Kimi Raikkonen really has won the 2007 world drivers’ championship.
To me this seems an unacceptably long amount of time to wait for such an important decision. Howls of criticism have been hurled at McLaren for choosing to appeal, but I think [...]
Ferrari score their 200th Grand Prix victory
Kimi Raikkonen’s victory in the Chinese Grand Prix was the 200th Grand Prix win for Ferrari.
The great Italian team is the only outfit that was present in the first ever championship Grand Prix still competing in Formula One.
Until 1988 the team was headed by founder Enzo Ferrari. But it has won more races since the [...]
Grand Prix flashback: Belgium 1999
Keeping two ruthless, competitive and fast team mates happy is something both McLaren and Ferrari have to manage this year.
For an example of how one team has quite a bit more experience in the matter than the other, turn the clock back eight years to the Belgian Grand Prix of 1999.
The McLaren drivers fought over [...]
The feeder formula champions (p2/4)
GP2 is the ultimate category for young drivers looking to get into F1 – and before that was F3000.
But no driver that won the F3000 or GP2 championship has then won the F1 title.
In this four part series we take a look at the 22 champions – and what became of their F1 careers.
The Old Rumour Mil – September
Eight years ago Rubens Barrichello’s move to Ferrari was confirmed.
He happily gave the press quotes about how he would definitely be allowed to race Michael Schumacher, which later proved to be not entirely true…
