F1 Madness

The FIA announced late last year that drivers would be issued with permanent numbers to be carried throughout their Formula 1 careers. All drivers were asked to nominate two numbers between #2 and #99 as Sebastian Vettel has an automatic hold on #1 as the current F1 champion. The complete list of numbers that the drivers […]

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Former Formula One racing driver and engineer, Brian Hart, has died at the age of 77 after a long battle with illness. Hart is well known for having built engines for the likes of Jordan and Toleman. Starting his racing career in 1957, Brian Hart enjoyed great success in single seater racing even and qualified […]

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Transformation and evolution are as much a part of every Formula 1 season as the champagne flavoured victories and those breathtaking flashes of brilliance. The 2013 Brazilian grand prix will be more than a race, it will be the end of an era. The South American city of Sao Paulo has within its hills one of the […]

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There are few things that are greater than the sport Formula 1. But if there was ever a possibility of it being transcended, of something being greater than the sport that so is beloved then Japan’s Suzuka circuit would be that mystical exception. The circuit lap record is held by Kimi Raikkonen, set during the exceptionally memorable 2005 Japanese GP. Suzuka made […]

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Engineers recreate Ayrton Senna’s record lap around the Suzuka track by using telemetry from the car and the sound of the engine.

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After a three week gap the 2013 Formula 1 season restarts with the Hungarian grand prix. In its own right the Hungarian GP has written its own part in Formula 1 history. The circuit has rewarded Damon Hill (1993), Fernando Alonso (2003) and very memorably Jenson Button (2006) with their first victories in Formula 1. […]

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A dramatic finish to a dramatic race for Ayrton Senna in Montreal at the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix. One of Senna’s best ever performances in the wet despite the result which saw Senna not able to finish the race with a blown engine – after building up a lead of over 20 seconds! This is […]

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For more times than I could remember I have imagined a Formula 1 car hurtling down my street, braking hard for the ninety degree turn just beyond my gates and planting the throttle which would induce that chill down the back of your spine as the magnificent whine of that V8 engine bounces off the […]

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F1 Flashback Retro memories. Here’s Senna vs Mansell in 1992 at Monaco

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One of the saddest days in Formula One history: The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Ayrton Senna’s final race. This is the full race video.  

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