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Successful Brazilians pepper the history of Formula One racing: from world champions such as Emerson Fittipaldi, Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet to grand prix winners like Rubens Barrichello and Felipe Massa. But the Interlagos circuit in southern Sao Paolo—host of this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix—is not named after any of them. Not Fittipaldi, victor of the first two Brazilian...
Published: November 8, 2015
It may seem counterintuitive, but the retirement of Susie Wolff—the only woman to have driven a Formula One car on a grand prix weekend in the last two decades—does not alter the chances of another female driver starting an F1 race. In fact, there is no impact at all, as we have known since March that Wolff was not going to be the one to break through and line up on the starting grid. When...
Published: November 6, 2015
Formula One drivers have been using mind games for as long as the sport has existed, attempting to gain an edge over their competitors. Stirling Moss, who made his debut in 1951—the second year of the championship—once wrote in an ESPN F1 column that, to gain a psychological advantage, he would pretend he enjoyed racing in the rain and, “The other thing I used to do was give each...
Published: November 2, 2015
On Sunday, Formula One returned to Mexico City for the first time in 23 years. The race, on a revamped Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, produced a familiar result—a Mercedes victory—but it was not Lewis Hamilton who took the win. Instead, after Hamilton clinched his third world championship last weekend in Texas, his team-mate, Nico Rosberg, won from pole in Mexico. And although Rosberg’s...
Published: October 27, 2015
It has been more than 23 years since Nigel Mansell won the last Mexican Grand Prix for Williams—his first of five straight victories to open the season, en route to a dominant championship campaign. Now, Formula One returns to Mexico City for the first time since 1992 and a rebuilt Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The circuit’s famous Peraltada corner has been sacrificed in the name of safety,...
Published: October 26, 2015
It was inevitable, Lewis Hamilton clinching the 2015 Formula One world championship. With four races remaining heading into Sunday’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, it was a question of when, not if, the 30-year-old would match the great Jackie Stewart’s British record of three titles (only Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel have more). In...
Published: October 20, 2015
One month ago in Singapore, 24-year-old Alexander Rossi fulfilled his lifelong dream of racing in a Formula One grand prix. The California native finished an impressive 14th in his debut, ahead of his more experienced Manor team-mate, Will Stevens. This Sunday in Austin, Texas, Rossi will become the first American F1 driver to start his home race since Scott Speed at the 2007 U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis. But...
Published: October 18, 2015
“Proceed with caution.” If that disclaimer isn’t already a standard line on contracts for young McLaren drivers, perhaps it should be. In an interview with motorsport.com’s Jonathan Noble last week, McLaren reserve driver Kevin Magnussen revealed that the team told him they would not pick up the option on his contract with an email from team boss Ron Dennis’ personal assistant....
Published: October 13, 2015
Sergio Perez may bring a hefty amount of sponsorship money with him wherever he goes in Formula One, but he is no ordinary pay driver, clinging to his seat thanks to a wealthy benefactor or Venezuelan oil company. Perez’s third-place finish last Sunday at the Russian Grand Prix only served as an exclamation point on the last two seasons, where he has often matched—and at times outperformed—his...
Published: October 6, 2015
On September 30, the FIA announced a new provisional schedule for the 2016 Formula One season. The new draft features several modifications from the previous version, released in July, but still contains 21 races—a controversial number, as it would represent the longest F1 season ever. Teams and drivers have expressed concerns in the past about expanding the schedule beyond 20 races. In 2013,...