Marko Asmer won the second race at Oulton Park – but only after the race had to be re-started twice following multiple crashes. Just as in race one the Estonian had Stephen Jelley on his tail at the chequered flag. Pole sitter Jonathan Kennard finished fourth ahead of first race winner Maro Engel and his … Continue reading British F3 Oulton 2: Asmer wins after three starts
Month: April 2007 articles archive
Bahrain Grand Prix 2007 preview
Posted onYou wait three weeks for a Grand Prix, then two come along at once. Enjoy it while it lasts, though, for there’s a painful one-month wait for the next race after Bahrain. Already the championship battle is looking promising if McLaren can sustain the threat to Ferrari. But was the Scuderia’s disappointing day in Malaysia … Continue reading Bahrain Grand Prix 2007 preview
British FFord Oulton: Macleod dominates
Posted onHaving dominated qualifying it was no surprise to see Callum Macleod do the same in the first round of the British FFord championship at Oulton Park. James Nash finished second after starting fourth with Nick Tandy right behind him. Richard Tannahill narrowly clinched fourth from Jay Bridger and Linton Stuteley. Macleod’s fastest lap of 1m … Continue reading British FFord Oulton: Macleod dominates
British F3 Oulton 1: Easy win for Engel
Posted onMaro Engel converted pole to victory in the first round of the British F3 championship at Oulton Park. The season got off to a dramatic start as three drivers crashed out at Cascades on the first lap. Following a safety car restart Engel retained his lead and kept it to the end despite pressure from … Continue reading British F3 Oulton 1: Easy win for Engel
Debate: When did you start watching F1?
Posted onWe all had start somewhere – so how did you first start following Formula 1? The first race I saw – on television, not live – was the 1989 British Grand Prix. Nigel Mansell, then in a Ferrari, lost buckets of time with a puncture and then went on one of his classic charges trying … Continue reading Debate: When did you start watching F1?
Champ Car Las Vegas: First win for Power
Posted onHigh attrition hit the first round of the Champ Car World Series at Las Vegas, but Will Power stormed through from pole to take his first ever win. Seventeen drivers were on the grid for the first round of the Champ Car season and only six remained on the lead lap at the end.
More GTs, please!
Posted onI watched the first round of the British GT championship yesterday and, well, what a belter! Admittedly the race had everything going in its favour to begin with. On a sunny spring day perched on the hill overlooking Knickerbrook chicane at Oulton Park I could watch any kind of motor sport and feel content. But … Continue reading More GTs, please!
British F3 ready to go
Posted onMaro Engel and Jonathan Kennard are on pole for the first two races of tomorrow’s British F3 season opener at Oulton Park. Estonian Marko Asmer (Hitech) would have been my first choice for champion but for his unusual decision to dovetail the British and Japanese F3 series. As a consequence he will miss the third … Continue reading British F3 ready to go
McLaren hit back as Alonso leads Sepang one-two
Malaysian Grand Prix 2007 review
Posted onMcLaren decisively turned the tables on Ferrari with a clinical victory for Fernando Alonso in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
“Speed Addicts: Grand Prix Racing” (Mark Hughes, 2005)
Posted onF1 fans must have sturdy coffee tables, because the F1 literature market is positively choked with what are termed ‘coffee table books’. This is a fine example of the genre. Over 300 pages of photos and prose in a chunky format with an arty cover. But is there style beyond the substance to mark “Speed … Continue reading “Speed Addicts: Grand Prix Racing” (Mark Hughes, 2005)
F1 in the blogs 24: ITV & Ofcom
Posted onAre ITV breaking broadcasting regulations by showing advertisements during live Formula 1 races? Jon McKnight thinks so, and he’s trying to do something about it.
Malaysian Grand Prix 2007 qualifying
Posted onA last-gasp lap from Felipe Massa seized pole position from Fernando Alonso in the dying stages of qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen lines up third ahead of Lewis Hamilton, while Nico Rosberg took an excellent sixth for Williams.
Formula 1:43
Posted onMy brother’s been hunting down 1:43 scale F1 models for a few years and has built up a collection of around 100. Here are some my favourites – the most historically interesting cars and the nicest models. Have you got a Formula 1 related collection – models, programmes, posters…
British GT championship starts tomorrow
Posted onIf supercars and performance cars are your thing don’t miss the start of British GT championship at Oulton Park tomorrow and Monday. Check out this line-up: Aston Martin DBRS9 Lamborghini Gallardo Jaguar XKR Ferrari 430 Porsche GT3RS Ascari KZ1R Dodge Viper (SRT-10) Lotus Exige Morgan Aero 8 GT3… And it runs alongside the Formula 3 … Continue reading British GT championship starts tomorrow
WTCC slashes BMW’s advantage over rivals
Posted onThe bureau in charge of the World Touring Car Championship have acted to rein in the BMWs than ran away with the first two rounds of the championship. Augusto Farfus, Jorg Muller and reigning champion Andy Priaulx dominated the races in Curitiba, Brazil with their Seat, Alfa Romeo and Chevrolet rivals lagging far behind. BMW’s … Continue reading WTCC slashes BMW’s advantage over rivals
F1 in the news 31
Posted onIn the F1 news this week, Ayrton Senna comes top in a poll of top Honda racing drivers – by a long way – an interview with Nigel Mansell and today’s drivers react to the long-overdue banning of traction control. All this – and more…
Di Resta to DTM
Posted onReigning F3 Euroseries champion Paul di Resta will race in the DTM in 2007 – shame he’ll be doing it in a Mercedes-Benz C-Class from 2005. One can’t imagine he’s too happy to see his career take such a sharp swing away from single seaters. Lewis Hamilton preceded him as champion and walked into the … Continue reading Di Resta to DTM
Return of the Hamilton Hype-ometer
Posted on“Lewis: I’m in front of Alonso” screamed The Sun today. It doesn’t sound like the sort of thing Hamilton would say about his team mate. And, sure enough, it’s not.
1999 Malaysian Grand Prix flashback
Posted onThe Formula One circus arrived at an Asian Grand Prix venue outside of Japan for the first time in its history in 1999. It delivered a surprising race – if not exactly a vintage one. For a few days it even seemed to have settled the drivers’ championship in favour of Mika Hakkinen – before … Continue reading 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix flashback
Coulthard mulls cockpit covers
Posted onFollowing the F1Fanatic debate after the Australian Grand Prix it was interesting to hear David Coulthard’s remarks in today’s Malaysian grand Prix press conference. The ex-GPDA representative and staunch safety advocate publicly raised the possibility of cockpit covers on F1 cars, and other solutions to the problems of debris intruding into the cockpit: