So, here we are, hours before the first race in Europe of the 2012 Formula One season. Four races in, four different winners – Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel– and no real pattern has emerged from this muddy pond as to who has the best car. Not only have we had […]
Back in February, I wrote about the new moveable wing, or Drag Reduction System (DRS), that would be used throughout the year in Formula One for the first time. I wrote this: A pass at the pinnacle of motor sport should be something momentous that should be celebrated in my view. I hope it doesn’t create A pass at […]
Last week, I wrote about the Brazilian Grand Prix and the ways in which Fernando Alonso could win the World Championship at that race – him being the only one of the then five contenders that could do it. This weekend sees the 19th and final race of the Formula One season and four drivers […]
I apologise for the pun, but there has been a lack of joined up thinking from the teams in Formula One of late… This made me smile. Do you remember that clever Skoda advert? You know – the one where they make a giant cake version of the Skoda Fabia, which actually turns out looking […]
In a recent edition of Autosport I happened upon an advert for The Guardian‘s Formula One Preview supplement thingy… and it’s amazingly beautiful. A simple idea, create Britain‘s biggest and brightest hope for the title out of all 18 circuits currently used in the World Championship, but it’s how it’s done that really makes it […]
I started writing this way back in December… but totally forgot about it. And with there being just over 22 days until the 2008 Australian Grand Prix, I thought it’d be a good way to generate a small slice of excitement! Here, then, are some wonderful photos from the 2007 Formula One season. Not every race […]
Just when you thought it was over, it looks like there’s another twist in the 2007 season. It may come to nothing, it may change the title holder – but it certainly is confusing to the casual viewer who doesn’t follow the sport all the time and may have just watched one race this year, […]
Now then, to most people, Kimi Raikkonen seems to be a surprise Formula One World Champion… and in a way he is. But, you can also argue that he is the most deserving of the three protagonists going into Brazil – Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and himself. Indeed, a couple of hours before the race […]
As I type this, there is just over 1 hour left until the final Formula One race of the season at Interlagos, Brazil, gets underway. For the first time since 1986, there’s a three-way fight for the championship which will be decided today. Now, I find it quite hard to write about Formula One, because […]
This is really very good indeed. (Will open a new window…) He’s summed up ITV‘s Formula One coverage perfectly. There’s 22 drivers on the grid in F1 this year, not that you’d know it if you listened to James Allen. That man… that clearly unbiased man. (You know, the one who called his son Enzo […]