Given Ferrari’s immense success in the last decade it is remarkable their last victory in F1’s most prestigious race was over ten years ago.
Month: May 2012 articles archive
Weekend rain to keep teams guessing in Monaco
2012 Monaco Grand Prix weather
Posted onThe Monaco Grand Prix weekend is set for a dry start on Thursday. But there’s a chance of rain from Friday evening.
2012 Monaco Grand Prix TV Times
2012 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onThe Monaco Grand Prix weekend begins with F1 practice on Thursday. Here’s all the F1, GP2 and GP3 times – plus the Indianapolis 500.
Teams not concerned by lack of qualifying running – Pirelli
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Pirelli say teams are blocking a move to qualifying tyres to increase the amount of running in qualifying.
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Spanish Grand Prix gets highest rating for five years
2012 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onThe Spanish Grand Prix was the third race this year to be rated higher than eight out of ten. Here’s what F1 Fanatic readers had to say.
Take the Monaco Grand Prix F1 Fanatic Quiz
F1 Fanatic Quiz
Posted onShock wins, last-lap crashes, controversies, the streets of Monaco have seen it all. But how well do you remember them?
Mercedes would consider Di Resta if Schumacher left
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Mercedes’ Nick Fry says the team would look into running Paul di Resta if Michael Schumacher chose not to continue in F1.
Williams prepared for Monaco despite fire
2012 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onWilliams chief operations engineer Mark Gillan says the team is ready to race at Monaco after recovering from the fire which broke out after the Spanish Grand Prix.
Button first to 1,000 supporters on F1 Fanatic
2012 F1 season
Posted onJenson Button has become the first driver to pass the milestone 1,000 fans on F1 Fanatic – here’s how popular the rest are.
Laguna Seca track record unofficially falls to Ferrari’s Gene
F1 pictures
Posted onMarc Gene has unofficially beaten the track record at the Laguna Seca circuit in the USA driving a 2003 Ferrar1 F2003-GA.
Montezemolo: ‘The championship is in our hands’
2012 F1 season
Posted onFerrari president Luca di Montezemolo issued a rallying call to Ferrari’s staff in the form of an open letter ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
Drivers will ‘push hard from start to finish’ in Monaco – Pirelli
2012 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onPirelli say the low grip levels at Monaco means tyre conservation will be less of a concern for drivers this weekend – even with the super-soft.
Pirelli announce unchanged tyre allocations for next three races
2012 F1 season
Posted onPirelli will allocate the same tyre compounds for the Canadian, European and British races that were supplied last year.
Monaco may not play to our strengths – Lotus
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Lotus technical director James Allison says that, on paper, the E20 is not well-suited to the streets of Monaco.
“Poetry in Motion” – Tony Brooks’ autobiography reviewed
F1 reviews
Posted onFor a driver who won his first Grand Prix and came close to clinching the 1959 drivers’ championship, not an awful lot gets written about Tony Brooks.
Ferrari may drop Massa in August break – Petrov
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Vitaly Petrov thinks Ferrari will keep the under-performing Felipe Massa at least until the August break.
F1 fans’ videos from the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix
2012 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onVideos shot by F1 fans during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, including two views of Michael Schumacher’s crash with Bruno Senna.
Caption Competition 13: Bernie and Sir Frank
Caption Competition
Posted onWhat did Bernie Ecclestone have to say to Frank Williams at his 70th birthday party last weekend? Over to you.
Drivers expected to get extra protection from debris
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Charlie Whiting says it is “inevitable” F1 car design will be changed to protected drivers from flying debris.