There’s no Canadian Grand Prix on the calendar this year – but FOTA and many F1 fans hope the sport will return soon. F1 Fanatic guest writer Andrew Tsvyk looks back on one of the earliest world championship round in Canada.
I’m at Goodwood for the Festival of Speed this weekend – if you’re going as well and would like to say hello then please get in touch. I’ll be checking my email and Twitter accounts during the weekend so if you want to arrange a time to meet up let me know and I’ll get … Continue reading At Goodwood this weekend…
Superleague Formula recently kicked off/gave the green light to its second season of football-cum-motorsport action. I still find the whole concept rather cynical and unappealing but you can’t deny they promote themselves rather better than F1 does. I’ve already written about how much better their website is than F1.com, and now they’ve got a promising … Continue reading ISI to make Superleague Formula game
F1 has been grappling with the problem of how to get the cars to race more closely for several years. For 2009, the FIA’s Overtaking Working Group proposed a radical solution involving lower, wider front wings and higher, narrower rear wings. It made the cars wretchedly unattractive but, they reckoned, it should allow them to … Continue reading Overtaking: Back to the drawing board
One of the quieter success stories of the first half of the season has been the gradual improvement of Force India. An effective programme of development has brought real progress, and the team has finally begun to get cars beyond the first segment in qualifying. They’ve come tantalisingly close to scoring their first points – … Continue reading Force India getting closer to first points
F1 reserve drivers don’t get much to do these days, but nonetheless Red Bull are keen to give their up-and-comers more chance to get get a close first-hand experience of Grand Prix racing. So they’ve replaced their third driver Bredon Hartley with his 2008 British Formula Three team mate Jaime Alguersuari for the rest of … Continue reading F1 links: Alguersuari takes Hartley’s place
An interview with LG’s vice president of corporate sponsorships Andrew Barrett has been circulated by the Motor Sport Business Forum. In it, Barrett discusses a forthcoming advert for LG’s 200hz LCD TV range, which he boasts will be the first to use actual footage from an F1 race: We’ve produced a TV commercial talking about … Continue reading LG planning F1 HD TV advert?
McLaren have released two videos showing their preparations for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. First up, Chris Goodwin talks about the McLaren-Honda MP4/4 which he, Bruno Senna and finally Lewis Hamilton will take turns in driving this weekend: And here another video showing their preparations for this weekend’s Festival: See the McLaren Youtube page for … Continue reading McLaren get ready for Goodwood (Video)
Just two days to go until one of my favourite dates on the motor racing calendar: the Goodwood Festival of Speed. I’m fidgety with anticipation as usual, so for the benefit of those of you who won’t be going, here’s a collection of some of the F1 cars and drivers which have appeared in recent … Continue reading 100+ pictures of F1 drivers and cars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
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. Top drivers and top teams pairing up always has a degree of inevitability about it: like Ayrton Senna joining Williams in 1994, and McLaren signing Kimi Raikkonen in … Continue reading Fernando Alonso to Ferrari in 2010: Is this F1’s worst-kept secret?
After being left reeling by Red Bull at Silverstone, Brawn will hit back with a package of updates of their own at the Nurburgring. But do I detect a hint of frustration in this quote from Ross Brawn that the drivers were unable to make use of the new parts at Silverstone? New components for … Continue reading F1 links: Germany update for Brawn
Bridgestone has announced its tyre allocations for the four rounds of the championship from Hungary to Italy. After much criticism from the drivers, notably Fernando Alonso, it has ceased its practice of bringing tyres two stages apart on its performance spectrum. As last year, Hungaroring and Valencia will be tackled with its softest tyres. But … Continue reading Bridgestone changes F1 tyre policy
There’s no escaping the Wimbledon tennis tournament here in Britain. Last night F1 broadcasters BBC attracted 12.6m viewers as British hopeful Andy Murray scraped through to the next round after a four-hour match that lasted well into the evening. But there has been criticism of the decision to keep the match going under Wimbledon’s new … Continue reading Wimbledon’s roof, F1 and television
I was on my way to a restaurant in London the other day when I came across a striking building I hadn’t seen before. But the beaming face of a character whose body appeared to be made out of tyres and letters spelling out the word ‘Bibendum’ made it unmistakeably clear this was an old … Continue reading Found on a wall: the first Grand Prix
Formula 1 cars from at least 14 different constructors will be demonstrated at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. They include a special tribute to Williams, Lewis Hamilton in one of Ayrton Senna’s old McLarens, the largest collection of Silver Arrows and, of course, plenty of modern F1 cars. Here’s a run-down of the … Continue reading F1 car and driver highlights at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Not the biggest day for F1 news – but some good news for American followers: The Chairman replying to the fans Luca di Montezemolo has got good news for F1 fans in America: "As far as the tracks are concerned where the races are held, the historical ones have always had a great fascination; for … Continue reading F1 links: FOTA wants F1 back in the USA
The Life L190* – in all probability the worst F1 car ever – will be demonstrated by Derek Bell at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The W12-engined car failed to progress beyond pre-qualifying in 14 attempts in 1990, and was typically around 20 seconds off the pace at most tracks. It will take a … Continue reading Life L190 – the worst F1 car ever – to run at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Regular readers will know Mark Hughes’s book “Lewis Hamilton: The Full Story” was the best-rated of the many Lewis Hamilton biographies that started hitting the shelves two years ago. It’s now been released as an audio book on CD which includes a new chapter on his championship victory last year. It’s narrated by Jonathan Legard … Continue reading Win Lewis Hamilton audio books
Congratulations to the three winners of our Edit TV competition. The following three F1 Fanatic readers will each receive a PCTV Nano Stick Ultimates and a copy of Edit TV: Amy Cooper (United Kingdom) Ray Lewis (United Kingdom) Danilo G Galdino (Brazil) If you didn’t win this time, commiserations, but keep an eye out for … Continue reading Edit TV competition winners
At the start of the year there was a lot of discussion about whether we’d ever get used to the peculiar 2009-specification cars with their bizarre front and rear wings. So, has time made us more fond of the new-look F1 cars? How do they compare to the designs of previous generations? Have a look … Continue reading When did F1 cars look their best? (Poll)
