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Is Max Chilton really ready for Formula One? That was the question on many people’s lips before the opening weekend of the season in Australia. The good thing for Chilton was that he wasn’t alone in being the only rookie on the grid. The bad news was that coming into F1 Chilton hadn’t really set the racing world alight, his first two seasons in GP2 yielding just seven points as opposed...
Published: August 21, 2013
Adrian Sutil is a controversial character to put it mildly. He spent a year away from the Formula 1 circus having been convicted of grievous bodily harm after a nightclub altercation with Lotus F1 shareholder Eric Lux. Sutil also recently told ESPN via GP Week that he had lost respect for Lewis Hamilton on a personal level. But whatever you may think about the German as a person, he has proven on a...
Published: August 20, 2013
During this midseason break that seems to have gone on for an eternity now, I’ve been grading drivers out of 10 for their temperament, qualifying and racecraft. Now it’s the turn of McLaren newbie Sergio Perez, but judging by his latest comments on ESPNF1 it appears he’s done it for me! I have only done ten races with McLaren and we’ve had a very difficult couple of races...
Published: August 20, 2013
Today’s Formula One cars incorporate numbers and different-coloured camera mountings to enable media and fans alike to tell drivers apart. But the easiest way to tell one driver apart from another has always been in the drivers’ helmet designs. Sebastian Vettel tends to change his design regularly and will no doubt have another variation for Belgium, but most drivers stick to the original...
Published: August 19, 2013
Formula One’s silly season is almost at an end and we’ll soon know the destinations of many drivers for the 2014 season. It appears that Red Bull are set to announce at Spa that Daniel Ricciardo will partner Sebastian Vettel for the 2014 season as reported by Bild newspaper (via Sky Sports). That means Fernando Alonso will almost certainly be staying with Ferrari with Nico Hulkenberg joining...
Published: August 19, 2013
Formula 1 racing games have come a long way in the last 30 years or so. I can clearly remember my first one, the imaginatively named ‘Formula One Simulator’ by Mastertronic for my 48k ZX Spectrum (remember that rubber keyboard?). Having waited five minutes for the game to load up in the tape deck, beeping and chirping away, it was something of a disappointment. Simple, blocky graphics and...
Published: August 16, 2013
Rewind just 15 months and the Williams F1 team was celebrating its first Formula One victory since 2004 and a certain Venezuelan’s first in the sport. Pastor Maldonado’s Spanish Grand Prix triumph could have been a stepping stone for progress, but sadly Williams has gone back into a slump, struggling to compete against the spending might of the big manufacturer-backed outfits after an...
Published: August 16, 2013
Lotus. Lovely, lovely Lotus. The team has a special place in my heart as my earliest Formula One memory was of Ayrton Senna driving the beautiful black and gold liveried JPS Lotus 98T. Of course my father reminded me, and still does, that Jim Clark was the greatest driver ever and would have won multiple titles for Lotus if it wasn’t for his tragic death. With the Lotus name now once again back...
Published: August 15, 2013
Here is a recap of all the summer season rumours that have broken this week, including titbits from Ferrari, Sauber and even Baywatch… Raikkonen decides on sensational move back to Ferrari? Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat (via Autoweek) sensationally reported on Wednesday that Kimi Raikkonen has decided to return to the team he won the 2007 world drivers’ title with. It has...
Published: August 15, 2013
Make no mistake about it, 2013 is a massive season for Scotsman Paul di Resta as he enters his third full season as a Formula One driver. Di Resta made a massive impression in his debut season alongside Adrian Sutil, finishing in the points on eight separate occasions. It led David Coulthard to tip his countryman to become one of the top drivers in the sport in an interview with The Sun (subscription...