McLaren won their most recent constructors’ championship with the Adrian Newey-designed MP4-13 in 1998. It also holds Goodwood’s hill record…
Month: June 2012 articles archive
1950s and 1960s F1 cars at the Goodwood Festival
2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Posted onThe beautiful 1967 Eagle-Weslake T1G, thundering V16-engined BRM P15 and more F1 cars of the fifites and sixties.
Porsche 804: Porsche’s only F1 race-winner
2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Posted onThe Porsche 804 scored their first F1 win 50 years ago – but the team pulled the plug on its Formula 1 programme shortly afterwards.
F1 Lotuses celebrated at the Goodwood Festival
2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Posted onDozens of different F1 Lotuses, some of the most successful and unusual F1 cars ever raced, are on display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Marussia bringing “first proper wind-tunnel upgrade”
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Marussia are bringing a major upgrade package for the British Grand Prix, which was designed with the benefit of a wind tunnel.
Raikkonen “disappointed not to have a win yet”
2012 F1 season
Posted onKimi Raikkonen says he’s disappointed not to have won a race yet after finishing on the podium three times so far this year.
Three cars, 18 tyres: F1 six-wheelers at Goodwood
2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Posted onThe Tyrrell P34, Williams FW08D and March 2-4-0 are among the only F1 cars ever to be built with six wheels.
Overheating caused Vettel and Grosjean retirements
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Sebastian Vettel and Romain Grosjean’s alternator failures during the Euoprean Grand Prix were caused by overheating.
Ferrari reduce their performance gap by more than half
2012 F1 season
Posted onFerrari have more than halved their deficit to the front runners since the beginning of the season, analysis of the teams’ lap times show.
Banker jailed in Ecclestone bribe case
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Ecclestone was “driving force” in payments to jailed Gribkowsky ?óÔé¼?ó Ecclestone tells paper he’ll back London Grand Prix
Montezemolo “worried” about “very tough races”
2012 F1 season
Posted onFerrari president Luca di Montezemolo says his team need to make a step forward to compete with Red Bull, despite Fernando Alonso winning Sunday’s European Grand Prix.
Vettel-Ferrari rumours add new dimension to 2013 driver market
2013 F1 season
Posted onIs Vettel lining up a future move to Ferrari? Will Hamilton stay at McLaren? And what will Schumacher do? A look at the 2013 driver market.
McLaren claim pit stop record
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: McLaren set ‘fastest ever pit stop’ ?óÔé¼?ó Just three teams for Silverstone test ?óÔé¼?ó 2012 development rate “fierce”
Nine players tied in Predictions Championship
Predictions Championship
Posted onThe incredibly close 2012 championship continues to make life difficult in the Predictions Championship. Find out how you did in Valencia.
Top ten pictures from the European Grand Prix
2012 European Grand Prix
Posted onTen great pictures which tell the story of the European Grand Prix weekend.
Vettel’s Valencia pace worries Ferrari
Posted onIn the round-up: Ferrari wary of Red Bull pace ?óÔé¼?ó Hamilton “didn’t do anything different with Maldonado” ?óÔé¼?ó Horner hopes for better luck
Vote for your European GP Driver of the Weekend
2012 European Grand Prix
Posted onCompare all the drivers’ performances and vote for who you think was the best driver of the European Grand Prix weekend.
Schumacher is oldest driver on podium since 1970
2012 European Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onEuropean GP stats and facts: Alonso’s 29th win and 20th consecutive race in the points ?óÔé¼?ó Schumacher oldest driver on podium since 1970 ?óÔé¼?ó First Mercedes fastest lap since Moss.
Alonso: “Probably the best victory”
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Alonso hails “best victory” ?óÔé¼?ó Schumacher DRS drama explained ?óÔé¼?ó Maldonado blames Hamilton
2012 European GP tyre strategies and pit stops
Posted onAs Sam Michael forecast, McLaren did do the quickest pit stops in Valencia. Unfortunately for Lewis Hamilton, they also did one of the slowest.