Ross Brawn said “maybe we can create a yellow flag” to Michael Schumacher before the Ferrari driver did so in qualifying at Monaco in 2006, according to Felipe Massa.
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The 27 races Ferrari missed on their way to 1,000 starts
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Posted onFerrari will start their 1,000th world championship race today. But which 27 races did they miss – and why?
Schumacher turns the tide against McLaren on tragic day at Monza
2000 Italian Grand Prix flashback
Posted onAn emotional Michael Schumacher wept after equalling Ayrton Senna’s victory tally 20 years ago today, following a crash which claimed the life of a marshal at Monza.
Hakkinen stuns Schumacher with three-wide pass for fourth win
2000 Belgian Grand Prix flashback
Posted onMika Hakkinen denied Michael Schumacher victory in the Belgian Grand Prix with a thrilling, three-wide pass on this day 20 years ago.
Ranked: Every Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park
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Posted onFormula 1 is expected to return to Istanbul Park later this year. Which was the best Turkish Grand Prix at this modern classic circuit? We ranked them all.
Brawn and Smedley explain how they calculated ‘F1’s fastest driver’
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Posted onHow did F1 rank its top 20 ‘fastest drivers’? Should Heikki Kovalainen be ahead of Sebastian Vettel? Did they take different fuel loads into account? F1 chiefs Ross Brawn and Rob Smedley explain.
Hakkinen’s flying start fires him into championship lead
2000 Hungarian Grand Prix flashback
Posted onOn this day 20 years ago Michael Schumacher lost the championship lead for the first time in his bid to win the 2000 title after a stunning start by Mika Hakkinen at the Hungaroring.
Barrichello takes maiden win as Mercedes protester disrupts race
2000 German Grand Prix flashback
Posted onMichael Schumacher suffered his second first-lap crash in as many races in the German Grand Prix 20 years ago today, but that was only the first of the day’s dramas.
Schumacher crashes, Hakkinen wins – but McLaren lose their points
2000 Austrian Grand Prix flashback
Posted onMichael Schumacher’s progress to his first world title with Ferrari suffered a blow when he crashed out on lap one in Austria 20 years ago today, and Mika Hakkinen won.
Bonus for Coulthard after passing Schumacher to win
2000 French Grand Prix flashback
Posted onThe French Grand Prix, 20 years ago today, marked the mid-point in the season. Michael Schumacher started from pole position, but had David Coulthard’s rapid McLaren alongside.
Michael Andretti reveals he had a Ferrari contract for 1992
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Posted onMichael Andretti revealed he nearly emulated his world championship-winning father Mario by racing for Ferrari in Formula 1.
Indygate remembered, 15 years since F1’s six-car fiasco
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Posted onF1’s most infamous farce unfolded 15 years ago today. Dieter Rencken recalls how he witnessed events when 14 out of 20 drivers pulled out of the Untied States Grand Prix.
“One day I will pay him back”: Barrichello follows Schumacher home in Canada
2000 Canadian Grand Prix flashback
Posted onMichael Schumacher won in the wet 20 years ago today in Canada after Ferrari told Rubens Barrichello to follow his brake-troubled team mate home.
Coulthard triumphs as Schumacher’s luck deserts him in Monaco
2000 Monaco Grand Prix flashback
Posted onMichael Schumacher was romping to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix 20 years ago today when misfortune struck the Ferrari driver.
Classic F1 gallery: 1990 Monaco Grand Prix
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Posted onThe Monaco Grand Prix was red-flagged after a collision blocked the track on the first lap of the race on this day 30 years ago. Look back on the race in pictures.
Schumacher passes Hakkinen to win rain-hit home race and extend points lead
2000 European Grand Prix flashback
Posted onMichael Schumacher edged closer to his first world title for Ferrari 20 years ago today by passing Mika Hakkinen to win in the rain at home.
Classic F1 gallery: 1985 Monaco Grand Prix
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Posted onThe Monaco Grand Prix, 35 years ago today, yielded one of F1’s most famous photographs. Here are more pictures of Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and others in this classic race.
“We slept in the car!” – Ecclestone on competing in F1’s first championship race weekend
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Posted onBernie Ecclestone recalls how he slept in a car at Silverstone when he competed in a support race at the first round of the world championship, 70 years ago this week.
Extract: The birth of the F1 world championship, 70 years ago today
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Posted onThe world championship was born 70 years ago today. Discover how the first season began and unfolded in this extract from ‘Formula 1 Car by Car 1950-59’.
Piquet Jnr: I just wanted to get out of F1 after Crashgate
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Posted onNelson Piquet Jnr describes how he felt “emotionally consumed” by Crashgate, how Fernando Alonso was “dying to win more championships” and the biggest regret of his F1 career.