Keke Rosberg articles on F1 Fanatic archive
F1 news review: Alonso looked at Renault move in March 22nd February 2008, 7:00
In the F1 news this week Fernando Alonso first approached Flavio Briatore about returning to Renault in March of last year after just one round of the championship. Plus Ralf Schumacher comes clean about his claims of having an F1 seat for 2008, Kimi Raikkonen hints at his eventual retirement, and Bahrain International Circuit takes [...]
F1 circuits history part 10: 1985-9 14th January 2008, 7:00
In the late 1980s it often seemed like good tracks were dropped for safety reasons, and less good tracks found their way onto the calendar because money talked. How else could you explain a circuit like the awful Phoenix street track holding three Grands Prix? Or why the slow and dull Hungaroring remains on the [...]
F1 circuits history part 8: 1975-8 12th January 2008, 7:00
Tracks being altered to include slower corners became commonplace in the second half of the 1970s. Silverstone’s flat-out blast was rudely interrupted by a crude chicane at Woodcote. The other super-quick circuit – the Osterreichring – was also slowed, although both tracks retained much of their essential character. And two tracks we are familiar with [...]
Ron Dennis doesn’t want a seat filler in 2008 5th December 2007, 7:00
I’ve read a lot of remarks by people who think that Ron Dennis will just stick any old driver in the second McLaren seat next year. The assumption seems to be that he’s already got Lewis Hamilton and all he needs and wants to do is stick a loyal but not super-quick number two in [...]
Top ten… Brazilian Grands Prix (Video) 18th October 2007, 11:00
What better place to finish the season than Brazil? The country’s drivers have won more championships than any other nation bar Britain. And the South American atmosphere and punishing track is guaranteed to produce a great race. Here’s ten of the best Brazilian Grands Prix.
1986 Australian Grand Prix flashback
The last time three drivers headed into the last race of the year fighting for the championship it produced one of the most astonishing races ever seen. A string of chance occurrences harpooned Nigel Mansell’s title hopes and left Alain Prost a somewhat fortunate – though not undeserving – winner. Here’s how that sensational race [...]
Top ten… Most notorious backmarkers 11th October 2007, 7:00
Kazuki Nakajima makes his Grand Prix debut this weekend. Long time Grand Prix fans will remember the one occasion his father made a decisive move at the front of the field – by taking Ayrton Senna’s front wing off during the Brazilian Grand Prix while Senna was lapping him. But that’s by no means the [...]
F1 Racing’s driver rankings look familiar… 22nd July 2007, 11:52
I opened up this week’s F1 Racing magazine to discover their rankings of the drivers’ performances so far this year look pretty similar to my own that I posted last week. F1 Racing polled 28 top F1 personalities on their opinions to compile their list, including Martin Brundle, Flavio Briatore, Keke Rosberg, Jody Scheckter, Pat [...]
1985 European Grand Prix flashback 19th July 2007, 13:00
Twenty-two years ago Britain was comfortably supporting two Grands Prix – never mind struggling to run one. Star attraction was home hero Nigel Mansell who took his first Grand Prix win at the European round at Brands Hatch in 1985. It was an incident-packed race that saw the crowning of a new champion and a [...]
Top ten… F1 scandals 12th July 2007, 10:00
The eyes of the F1 world are fixated on the twists and turns of the Ferrari-McLaren espionage scandal. Less than three weeks ago I started a thread about it on an F1 forum – and it now has almost 3,000 posts. F1 is no stranger to controversy – here’s ten of the juiciest from recent [...]
