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 B188.
Tomorrow marks the first day of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed and from what we’ve seen and heard so far, it’s going to be the best one yet. Whether you’re a fan of classic cars, supercars, concept cars, Le Mans cars, F1 cars or rally cars, you’re not going to be disappointed. But what can you expect to see on Lord March’s estate this weekend? First up, rally cars....
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. The alignments between top drivers and top teams always have a degree of inevitability about them: like Ayrton Senna joining Williams in 1994, and McLaren signing Kimi Raikkonen in [...]
What can I say. Sunday was magical . Alright Button didn't win and Hamilton didn't come in the top ten but I have now heard the sound of 18 cars going down the Hangar Straight at Silverstone which to anyone who has heard the sound of 1 f1 car will know it is truly mind blowing. I didn't get to meet any of the rich and famous but I watched Lewis Hamilton talk to about 200 fans crowded around the McLaren...
So that's it. Faster than you can say Michael Schumacher , the spat between Formula One and teams like Ferrari and McLaren is over . The result? The teams won't set up a rival championship, and the sport's governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), has relaxed attempts to cut costs. As I said before, some sort of compromise was always likely to happen. What's more interesting,...
Surprised about Sebastian Vettel’s stunning performance at last Sunday’s British Grand Prix ? Be surprised no more: he has signed a hefty pact with the devil. New to the informational deluge of Formula One this season is a table of pre-race car weights published on the official Formula One website. The published weights include car, driver and fuel, helping the erudite and mathematically...
Stefano Domenicali, the boss of Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team has told reporters how infuriated he is with the complete flop of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems. The Italian, normally a quiet and reserved character was scathing over the KERS system which is being described as a “white elephant”. With BMW Sauber, McLaren and Reanult – the 3 [...]
Top Gear is back... for Series 13! Episode 1 starts off with a mouth-watering preview of forthcoming episodes. Among them an epic Bugatti Veyron vs McLaren F1, a deathmatch between the Audi R8 V10 & the Corvette ZR1, the Godzilla (GT-R), the Lamborghini LP670-4 SV and more caravan-truck racing! :) The epic race in this first episode was from London King Cross's station to Edinburgh. But there...
Designed by John "the anti-Tilke" Hugenholtz, Zandvoort is one of the few circuits that has retained much of its original design even after decades of racing. Although it underwent a significant reprofiling in the 1990s, the best parts of the circuit have remained unaltered, and the new parts have actually stayed in character with the original circuit. Zandvoort is still about big, fast turns,...
Lifting Stig's helmet and revealing the Teutonic features of former F1 champ Michael Schumacher certainly made for some great TV. However, the German race car driver is not Top Gear 's Stig. Or, we should say, he's not the only Stig. Warning: I've already spoiled this for you. Aww, too bad. Suck it up, take it as a loss, man up and move on. You should have been here yesterday if you wanted to be all...
• Sebastian Vettel's second win of the season • Jenson Button finishes in sixth after poor start Sebastian Vettel has won the British grand prix for his second race win of the season , with Mark Webber behind him for a Red Bull one-two, and Rubens Barricchello in third. The world championship leader Jenson Button started and finished in sixth, but he still holds a healthy 23-point lead from...
SILVERSTONE, England (AP) -McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh says any peace deal with Formula One's governing body must be reached before the end of July to prevent the British team and seven others from forming a rival series.
• Hamilton starts from the back of the grid in 19th place • Button sixth while team-mate Barrichello starts second Sebastian Vettel will start on pole position for tomorrow's British grand prix after a blistering performance in qualifying, leaving championship leader Jenson Button down in sixth. Button's closest rival, Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello, finished second fastest nearly...
SILVERSTONE, England (AP) -- Formula One's governing body says it will sue Ferrari, McLaren and six other teams after they announced plans for a rival series.
InternetElect~ News. Briefly . InternetElectPress InternetElectVideo InternetElect InterElect BBC SPORT BBC Daily E-mail Other e-mail newsletters MURRAY WALKER ON THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX The British Grand Prix is going to be a very sad and emotional experience for me because it looks like this is going to be the last one held at Silverstone. The place means so much to me, I did my very first broadcast...
After the controversial occurrence at the Australian Grand Prix last week, Lewis Hamilton is contemplating to quit McLaren and even Formula One altogether.