Today was Parent’s Evening at school – a busy day which totally drains me as the constant thinking and talking just wears me out! Upon getting home I had a lovely tea made by Mrs Pitts and then caught up on some TV. Right now, Sky F1 is showing the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix, the […]
I’m not sure whether Sebastian Vettel‘s dominance of Formula One at the moment is good for it or not, but it is leading to dull races. Sure there was a fair amount of overtaking in Italy today, but nobody could possibly challenge for the lead at any stage. He has now won as many Grands […]
I’ve blogged on this day before – not today, but 30th April – I remember that because it was this 2004 post about Roland Ratzenberger. He was the up coming F1 driver who died the day before Ayrton Senna did at Imola 19 years ago. This is the strange feeling. I remember that day so […]
March isn’t often the victim of a snow day. The last one was a whole 60 days ago and, to be honest, that was the last I expected of poor weather. However, it has continued, and today saw a silly amount of snow drop from the sky. There was a brief halt to it around […]
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 […]
I’m placing these two races together as they were a week apart and I hadn’t got round to writing about Australia before Malaysia had started… my usual rubbish self. This draft has sat here for nearly a week now too… Anyway. Statistics after these two races: Australian Grand Prix, 18th March 2012 Jenson Button produced a […]
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso can join an exclusive group later this weekend if he wins his third world title. Other triple world champions are Ayrton Senna (1988, 1990, 1991), Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983, 1987), Niki Lauda (1975, 1977, 1984), Jackie Stewart (1969, 1971, 1973) and Jack Brabham (1959, 1960, 1966). If Alonso does win this title, […]
While I wasn’t alive to see him race, I’ve read about and seen enough of his career to know how fabulous Gilles Villeneuve was. Today, 25 years ago, Formula One lost one of its greatest ever exponents, a man whose modest record belied an impact on the sport so profound that his memory lives on […]
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 […]
