Monte-Carlo archive
Stewards take hard line on turn one
The stewards at the Monaco Grand Prix have set an important precedent ahead of Sunday’s Grand Prix by giving eight GP2 drivers 25-second penalties for cutting the first corner on lap one.
The tough penalty has played havoc with the finishing order of this morning’s feature race. Lucas di Grassi, Nico Hulkenberg, Javier Villa, Roldan Rodriguez, [...]
Unique Monaco offers opportunities for Brawn’s rivals (Monaco GP preview)
With a great sense of timing the F1 world, torn apart by rows over how much the teams should be allowed to spend, heads to round six at Monaco – where conspicuous consumption is a way of life.
Whatever F1 does to itself, the Monaco Grand Prix will hopefully always remain one of its great races. [...]
Ten ways to pick an F1 race to visit
With the 2009 F1 season almost upon us fans will be sorting out their plans to go to a Grand Prix.
So how do you go about picking which race to go to? Here are ten ways to help make up your mind.
Bernie Ecclestone, racing driver
A thread on the Autosport forum about Bernie Ecclestone’s brief racing career caught my eye.
Ecclestone dabbled in motorbike racing and Formula Three in the early 1950s. But his only entry in the F1 record books is for the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix – which he failed to qualify for. What’s the story behind the F1 [...]
Did you go to a race in 2008?
Did you visit a Grand Prix in 2008?
If so, please take a moment to share your opinions about the experience with other fans who’ve been to the same venues:
2009 F1 calendar shortened
The FIA has published an updated 2009 F1 calendar.
The Chinese Grand Prix is now the third round instead of the 15th, and will be held in April. This means F1 will have visited the circuit twice within seven months, and next year’s Grand Prix may see different climactic conditions to what we have been used [...]
From Hawthorn to Hamilton? (Video)
‘From Hawthorn to Hamilton’ was the theme of this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Tomorrow Lewis Hamilton could win the F1 title on the 50th anniversary of the first British driver to win the championship: Mike Hawthorn. Journeyer tells the story.
An unpredictable season, with multiple winners and stunning upsets. But as we approach the season’s [...]
2009 F1 calendar: better than ‘08? (Poll)
The official 2009 F1 calendar has been published with the Canadian Grand Prix mysteriously absent. That’s not the only change for next year, with Abu Dhabi arriving on the calendar as the new season finale.
Has the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone done a better job with the 2009 F1 calendar than the 2008 schedule? Compare the [...]
Does Bernie Ecclestone want the Singapore GP to be the new Monaco?
Frank Williams joined the chorus of approval for last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix:
It has a good chance of challenging Monaco for being the jewel in the crown of Formula One. That is the most accurate thing to say. They have great weather, a very good track, and the grandstands packed. I think there is a [...]
European GP history 1950-1997 (video)
F1 Fanatic guest writer Journeyer is back with a two-part series on the history of the European Grand Prix.
The European Grand Prix is an oddity. It’s unique in that it doesn’t necessarily represent a single country, but a whole continent. Various versions of the name have been in use ever since the world championship began [...]
