I have wanted to visit the Italian Grand Prix for as long as I have been a Formula One fan. The Italians create an atmosphere for racing like nowhere else and the Monza circuit is richly steeped in history. It is also the fastest F1 track of them all so...
Fernando Alonso’s unexpected victory in the Singapore Grand Prix last night was very well deserved and will be remembered as one of the Spaniards finest drives. Although the former champ was extremely lucky to have inherited the lead from 15th on the grid, he was on the leaders pace and...
The Italian Grand Prix was first held at Monza in 1922 and the circuit has been a part of every World Championship season except one (1980). As such, the history and the stories from the Autodromo rival those from anywhere else. Over the years some of the most poignant and...
American racing legend Phil Hill passed away last week following complications that arose from his battle with Parkinsons disease. The 1961 World Champion was a truly great driver and his loss will have a big affect on the motorsport community. Phil Hill’s story is an interesting one in that he...
There is sometimes an argument that Ferrari is given preferential treatment by the FIA. This is more of a perception than a reality and dates back to Enzo Ferrari’s shameless exploitation of his companys value to the sport. However, the case for some sort of FIA favouritism was bolstered over...
August is a fantastic month for casual sports fans this year as the Beijing Olympics get beamed into television sets all around the world. It exposes many armchair enthusiasts, including myself, to sports that we wouldnt otherwise have noticed. When else are you going to see handball broadcast on prime...
There are currently five drivers in the Grand Prix field that have used GP2 as a springboard into Formula One. Of those five men, two of them are race winners and the other three have each stood on the podium. That reflects well on the junior category and the calibre...
A number of Formula One teams experienced issues with their refuelling equipment during yesterday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Toyota, Honda, Williams and Toro Rosso each suffered fuel rig failures, and the most of serious of those resulted in small fires. The incidents have raised questions about the quality of the refuelling...
The 2009 Formula One regulations will allow teams to develop Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems for the first time, and whilst the new technology is exciting for the sport many technical boffins have been critical of its implementation. Some teams will not even be using the new system next year such...
A decent number of Formula One drivers will be leaving the German Grand Prix feeling rather disappointed. It was the sort of race in which everyone could have a done a little better, especially when you consider that Nelson Piquet was only a whisker away from his first Grand Prix...
