Nico Rosberg: Is He the Tiger Waiting to Destroy Lewis Hamilton’s F1 Career?

Picture this. Your name is Michael Schumacher and you know you’re a very great F1 driver, because that’s what the man in the mirror tells you every day. Furthermore, you’ve won seven world championships in your astonishingly successful career, and you’ve set a truck-load of records that are unlikely to ever be broken. You are, in fact, a colossus who can look down... 

Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and the Strain of F1 Disillusion

When Michael Schumacher returned to F1 with Mercedes the predictions of how he would fare were many and diverse. Some thought he was too old and would fail, while others were of the opinion that the old master would show the newer kids on the block a thing or two.  Nobody, least of all this writer, predicted that Schumacher would be fired and replaced with Lewis Hamilton. And yet that... 

Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 2012: A Series of Unfortunate Events

It is a fairly common and entirely harmless amusement for Formula One fans to compile lists such as “The Top 10 Drivers Of All Time.” Indeed, this writer may at times have contributed to such serial folly. Sadly for his many fans, it seems increasingly unlikely that Lewis Hamilton will join the pantheon of F1 greats populated by Senna, Clark, Schumacher, Prost, etc. Having thus far in his... 

Rating F1 Drivers: The Wisdom of Crowds Gives a Definitive Answer

Was Ayrton Senna a greater F1 driver than Michael Schumacher? Or were both of those worthies totally eclipsed by Juan Fangio? Well, the answer has to depend on how greatness is measured, and that is precisely why there is no universal agreement among F1 fans. Usually when attempts have been made to answer the question there has been total reliance placed on race statistics, which is fair enough except... 

Formula One TV Rights: The Baby-Like Innocence of Bernie Ecclestone

When F1 fans get angry about the sport their ire is quite often focused on Bernard Charles Ecclestone, known to everyone except his employees as Bernie. So when it was announced that UK TV rights for the sport had been partially transferred from public broadcaster the BBC to subscription TV company Sky TV it was to be expected that much invective would be directed at Bernie. But in this case, Bernie... 

Sexier Than the Male: Some Formula One WAGS

OK, here’s the idea. This is a fun photo quiz—you remember what fun is, right? You don’t have to play along, of course, you can just treat this as an educational experience. Each slide will show a photo of a lady. You see the lady then associate her with a well-known F1 figure. Example: You look at the lady shown in this slide, identify her as stunning model and actress Yu Abiru,... 

Bring Me the Head of Lewis Hamilton: The Hounding of F1’s Superstar

You’ve seen the old horror movies that end with a mob of villagers heading up to the evil count’s castle bearing flaming torches and pitchforks, intent on destroying the vile undead creature. Nowadays after every F1 race, there is a similar mob seeking the head of Lewis Hamilton. Mouths foam at the mention of his name, and lips twist into ugly snarls. Punish him, they bellow, teach him... 

Mark Webber’s Tenth F1 Season: Can He Overcome Vettel and Become F1 Champion?

To establish his name at the top of the sport an F1 driver has to be in the right car at the right time. The best drivers can squeeze a little extra pace from a car,  but not a great deal, so uncompetitive machinery is massively frustrating for an ambitious and talented F1 man. Such was Mark Webber’s misfortune for year after year after entering the sport with Minardi Asiatech in 2002. Throughout... 

BBC F1 Commentary: Out With the Old, In With the Slightly Less Old

Providing a TV commentary on any sport must be extremely difficult, because it is so rarely done well. Football (soccer) commentators are an infuriating breed who seem compelled to constantly dredge up obscure and totally irrelevant statistics about the players and venue, along the lines of, “He is the first Hartlepool defender to score in a second half at Wembly since Nobby Grimes in 1938.” We... 

BBC F1 Commentary: Out With the Old, In With the Slightly Less Old

Providing a TV commentary on any sport must be extremely difficult, because it is so rarely done well. Football (soccer) commentators are an infuriating breed who seem compelled to constantly dredge up obscure and totally irrelevant statistics about the players and venue, along the lines of, “He is the first Hartlepool defender to score in a second half at Wembly since Nobby Grimes in 1938.” We... 

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