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The Monaco Grand Prix has long been the jewel in Formula One’s crown. Held in the second-smallest country in the world, the race has been a fixture on the calendar every year since 1955. This is the race that every driver on the grid wants to win, and most of the sport’s greats have at least one Monaco victory to their names. Ayrton Senna won here six times, while Graham Hill and Michael...
Published: May 17, 2013
McLaren have agreed a deal with Honda for the Japanese company to supply them with engines from the start of the 2015 season. The multi-year deal will rekindle one of the most successful partnerships in recent Formula One history. Of the 80 races between 1988 and 1992, McLaren Hondas won 44 of them. They also took 53 poles, set 30 fastest laps and won the drivers’ and constructors’ titles...
Published: May 9, 2013
After yet another three-week break, Formula One returns to its traditional heartland in Europe for the Spanish Grand Prix. The race will take place at the Circuit de Catalunya, close to Barcelona. It will be the 23rd time the event has been held at the track, and only Kimi Raikkonen of the current crop of drivers has more than one win. The all-time record holder here is Michael Schumacher with six...
Published: April 18, 2013
The 2013 Formula One season has got off to a great start, and the fourth race of the year takes place this Sunday. The Bahrain Grand Prix will be the ninth held in the tiny island Kingdom. The race was cancelled in 2011 due to the “Arab Spring” protests in Bahrain, and the 2012 race went ahead despite significant opposition from anti-government activists. This year, there are reports of...
Published: April 8, 2013
Toro Rosso finished the 2012 Formula One season in ninth place with 26 points. Taking out the “new teams,” they were last—a massive 50 points behind the next worst team. That kind of end result wasn’t entirely unexpected, as the team was running two very inexperienced drivers. Daniel Ricciardo had 11 starts for HRT to his name, while Jean-Eric Vergne had zero. Now that they...
Published: April 2, 2013
Caterham finished the 2012 Formula One season in 10th place in the constructors’ championship, but it was a close run thing. After a promising start and some positive statements, they dropped the ball badly as the season went on and were almost overhauled by the financially weaker Marussia team. In the closing months of last season Tony Fernandes stepped down from his role as Team Principle,...
Published: March 31, 2013
The 2013 Formula One season is two races old, and already we’ve seen plenty of drama and incidents. With a three-week gap between the Malaysian and Chinese Grand Prix, it’s a good time to look at where each team has found itself. We’ll start where we finished 2012 (if we ignore the now-defunct HRT), with last year’s 11th-placed team Marussia. The Car Before the season...
Published: March 21, 2013
Just a week after the season-opening race in Australia, Formula One heads to Asia for the Malaysian Grand Prix. The race will be held at Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur for the 15th time. Back-to-back races are popular with the fans, but they present a huge challenge for the teams. They have just four full days to dismantle, transport and rebuild their entire trackside operations. Add...
Published: March 13, 2013
The Australian Grand Prix marks the return of Formula One after a long and somewhat painful absence. We haven’t seen the cars racing since last November, and it’ll be fascinating to see what the designers and engineers have done over the winter. Sebastian Vettel, last year’s champion, will start off as the default “man to beat” this time around, but strong challenges are...
Published: November 29, 2012
Could the sometimes bizarre and often unpredictable 2012 Formula One season really have ended without a bit of last minute drama? Fresh footage not shown on the normal TV feed has emerged from Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix of new world champion Sebastian Vettel overtaking the Toro Rosso of Jean-Eric Vergne. If Vettel is found to have made an illegal overtaking move, the likely result would...