Bin those rose-tinted glasses: Ten years ago we had a one-sided championship, dreary races and a shrinking grid. Here’s how F1 has improved since then.
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Today in 1982: Start line crash in Canada kills Paletti
1982 Canadian Grand Prix flashback
Posted onThe turbulent 1982 season took another tragic turn 30 years ago today as Ricardo Paletti lost his life in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Top ten pictures from the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix
F1 pictures
Posted onA collection of ten of the best pictures from the Canadian Grand Prix.
Vote for your Canadian GP driver of the weekend
2012 Canadian Grand Prix
Posted onCompare all the drivers’ performances and vote for who you think was the best driver of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend.
Third Canada win for Hamilton in 300th race for McLaren-Mercedes
Canadian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onHamilton won the Canadian GP for the third time in the 300th race for McLaren-Mercedes.
Rate the race: 2012 Canadian Grand Prix
2012 Canadian Grand Prix
Posted onWhat did you think of the Canadian Grand Prix? Rate and share your verdict on today’s race.
Webber wins close Monaco Driver of the Weekend vote
2012 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onMonaco Grand Prix winner Mark Webber was voted the Driver of the Weekend – though he received less than one-third of the votes.
Video lap of the Circuit of the Americas in Codemasters’ F1 2012
2012 United States Grand Prix
Posted onA virtual lap of the Circuit of the Americas which will host this year’s United States Grand Prix is shown in this video of Codemasters F1 2012.
Take the F1 Fanatic Canadian Grand Prix quiz
F1 Fanatic Quiz
Posted onCan you remember enough about the past Canadian Grands Prix to answer these 20 questions?
Should Red Bull lose points over ‘illegal’ floor?
Debates and polls
Posted onShould Red Bull be allowed to keep the points gained while their car has been running in an ‘illegal’ configuration?
Caption Competition 14: Button and Paffett
Caption Competition
Posted onMcLaren duo Jenson Button and Gary Paffett feature in this week’s Caption Competition.
Maldonado voted Spanish GP Driver of the Weekend
2012 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onThe surprise winner of the Spanish Grand Prix, Pastor Maldonado, was voted the Driver of the Weekend by the F1 Fanatic readers.
Sauber cut an F1 car in half and reveal what’s inside
F1 technology
Posted onSauber cut an F1 car in half to show how its insides are laid out for this fascinating video.
Why McLaren turned their nose up
F1 technology
Posted onMcLaren jumped on the high-nose bandwagon at the Spanish Grand Prix. John Beamer explains why.
Top ten pictures from the Monaco Grand Prix
F1 pictures
Posted onTen of the best pictures from the Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
Vote for your 2012 Monaco GP driver of the weekend
2012 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onCompare all the drivers’ performances and vote for who you think was the best driver of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
Webber the sixth winner and fifth pole sitter of 2012
2012 Monaco Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onF1’s record sixth winner in the first six races was Mark Webber – here’s all the stats and facts from the Monaco Grand Prix.
Rate the race: 2012 Monaco Grand Prix
Debates and Polls
Posted onWhat did you think of the Monaco Grand Prix? Share your verdict on today’s race.
More special helmet designs for Monaco
2012 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onPictures of the special helmets being used by Pastor Maldonado, Romain Grosjean, Charles Pic and Sergio Perez in Monaco.
2012 Indianapolis 500 preview: America’s great race gets a new look
IndyCar
Posted onIndyCar’s new chassis and engines promise to provide a spectacular and unpredictable 96th Indianapolis 500. Here’s everything you need to know about Sunday’s great race.