http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog | F1 video | F1 pictures | F1 news | Lewis Hamilton | Fernando Alonso Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:49:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_22547" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Adrian Newey in a Williams-Renault FW16"][/caption] I spent the first day at the Goodwood Festival of Speed running around taking tons of pictures. Today I snapped a few more, but I also had a lot more time to talk to people and soak up the atmosphere. A ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/04/goodwood-festival-saturday-round-up/ [caption id="attachment_22499" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Gilles Villeneuve won his first race in this Ferrari"][/caption] The collection of early Grand Prix cars on show at Goodwood this year features some real classics. It includes a Maserati 250F in an uncharacteristic blue livery. Plus an ex-Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312T3 and the Matra-Cosworth MS10 in which ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/04/f1-cars-pre-1980-goodwood-festival-of-speed-2009-pictures/ [caption id="attachment_22498" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Adrian Newey drives the championship-winning Williams FW18 he designed"][/caption] Forty years ago, Frank Williams made his start in Grand Prix racing, entering Piers Courage in a customer Brabham. After several years fielding customer cars by the likes of De Tomaso and March, Williams eventually became a constructor. That ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/04/williams-f1-cars-collection-goodwood-festival-of-speed-2009-pictures/ [caption id="attachment_22475" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Stirling Moss at the wheel of a Mercedes W196"][/caption] Among the anniversaries being marked at the Goodwood Festival of Speed is 75 years of the German 'silver arrows'. This name was first applied to the cars raced by Auto Union (fore-runner of the modern Audi) and Mercedes-Benz ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/04/mercedes-and-auto-union-silver-arrows-goodwood-festival-of-speed-2009-pictures/ [caption id="attachment_22340" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Marc Gene driving a Ferrari F2008 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed"][/caption] I'm at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend - here's my first batch of photographs of F1 cars. This set includes the 1988 McLaren-Honda MP4/4 (ex-Ayrton Senna), an ex-Michele Alboreto Ferrari and the gorgeous Benetton-Ford ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/03/f1-cars-post-1980-goodwood-festival-of-speed-2009-pictures/ [caption id="attachment_22158" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Jackie Stewart had the 1969 championship wrapped up with three rounds to spare"][/caption] There's no Canadian Grand Prix on the calendar this year - but FOTA and many F1 fans hope the sport will return soon. F1 Fanatic guest writer Andrew Tsvyk looks back on one of ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/03/1969-canadian-grand-prix-flashback/ I'm at Goodwood for the Festival of Speed this weekend - if you're going as well and would like to say hello then please get in touch. I'll be checking my email and Twitter accounts during the weekend so if you want to arrange a time to meet up let me ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/02/at-goodwood-this-weekend/ Superleague Formula recently kicked off/gave the green light to its second season of football-cum-motorsport action. I still find the whole concept rather cynical and unappealing but you can't deny they promote themselves rather better than F1 does. I've already written about how much better their website is than F1.com, and now ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/02/isi-to-make-superleague-formula-game/ [caption id="attachment_22152" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Follow the leader: Racing has not improved much this year"][/caption] F1 has been grappling with the problem of how to get the cars to race more closely for several years. For 2009, the FIA's Overtaking Working Group proposed a radical solution involving lower, wider front wings and higher, ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/02/overtaking-back-to-the-drawing-board/ [caption id="attachment_22149" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Giancarlo Fisichella had a strong drive to tenth at Silverstone"][/caption] One of the quieter success stories of the first half of the season has been the gradual improvement of Force India. An effective programme of development has brought real progress, and the team has finally begun to get ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/02/force-india-getting-closer-to-first-points/ F1 reserve drivers don't get much to do these days, but nonetheless Red Bull are keen to give their up-and-comers more chance to get get a close first-hand experience of Grand Prix racing. So they've replaced their third driver Bredon Hartley with his 2008 British Formula Three team mate Jaime Alguersuari ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/02/f1-links-alguersuari-takes-hartleys-place/ An interview with LG's vice president of corporate sponsorships Andrew Barrett has been circulated by the Motor Sport Business Forum. In it, Barrett discusses a forthcoming advert for LG's 200hz LCD TV range, which he boasts will be the first to use actual footage from an F1 race: We've produced a TV ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/01/lg-planning-f1-hd-tv-advert/ McLaren have released two videos showing their preparations for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. First up, Chris Goodwin talks about the McLaren-Honda MP4/4 which he, Bruno Senna and finally Lewis Hamilton will take turns in driving this weekend: And here another video showing their preparations for this weekend's Festival: See the McLaren Youtube ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/01/mclaren-get-ready-for-goodwood-video/ [caption id="attachment_22138" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Great drivers, tremendous cars, iffy fashion: Goodwood's got the lot"][/caption] Just two days to go until one of my favourite dates on the motor racing calendar: the Goodwood Festival of Speed. I'm fidgety with anticipation as usual, so for the benefit of those of you who won't be ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/01/100-pictures-of-f1-drivers-and-cars-at-the-goodwood-festival-of-speed/ [caption id="attachment_22137" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Looking for another team for next year?"][/caption] Every few years in Formula 1 the silly season goes into overdrive while the teams wait for the biggest driver on the market to make his move. Top drivers and top teams pairing up always has a degree of inevitability about ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/01/fernando-alonso-to-ferrari-in-2010-is-this-f1s-worst-kept-secret/ After being left reeling by Red Bull at Silverstone, Brawn will hit back with a package of updates of their own at the Nürburgring. But do I detect a hint of frustration in this quote from Ross Brawn that the drivers were unable to make use of the new parts at ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/07/01/f1-links-germany-update-for-brawn/ Bridgestone has announced its tyre allocations for the four rounds of the championship from Hungary to Italy. After much criticism from the drivers, notably Fernando Alonso, it has ceased its practice of bringing tyres two stages apart on its performance spectrum. As last year, Hungaroring and Valencia will be tackled with its ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/06/30/bridgestone-to-bring-more-conservative-tyres/ [caption id="attachment_22034" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Roofs at F1 circuits would be impractical, but useful"][/caption] There’s no escaping the Wimbledon tennis tournament here in Britain. Last night F1 broadcasters BBC attracted 12.6m viewers as British hopeful Andy Murray scraped through to the next round after a four-hour match that lasted well into the ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/06/30/wimbledon%e2%80%99s-roof-f1-and-television/ I was on my way to a restaurant in London the other day when I came across a striking building I hadn’t seen before. But the beaming face of a character whose body appeared to be made out of tyres and letters spelling out the word ‘Bibendum’ made it unmistakeably clear ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/06/30/found-on-a-wall-the-first-grand-prix/ [caption id="attachment_22020" align="alignnone" width="470" caption="Jenson Button will be at Goodwood along with Lewis Hamilton this year"][/caption] Formula 1 cars from at least 14 different constructors will be demonstrated at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. They include a special tribute to Williams, Lewis Hamilton in one of Ayrton Senna's old McLarens, ... http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/06/30/f1-car-and-driver-highlights-at-the-2009-goodwood-festival-of-speed/