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Felipe Massa is becoming the poster child for ever-improving Formula One safety standards after he emerged unscathed from yet another dramatic accident on Sunday at the German Grand Prix. Going into the first corner at Hockenheim, Massa slowed slightly to avoid hitting his Williams teammate, Valtteri Bottas. As he turned in to follow Bottas through the fast right-hander, Massa was unaware McLaren’s...
Published: July 17, 2014
We are now in the heart of the European part of the Formula One season, and the German Grand Prix takes place this weekend at Hockenheim. There are four German drivers on the grid: Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Nico Hulkenberg and Adrian Sutil. As we did two weeks ago with British drivers before the British Grand Prix, we have ranked the top German drivers in the history of the F1 World Championship....
Published: July 16, 2014
This weekend’s German Grand Prix will take place at the Hockenheimring in southwestern Germany. It is the 34th time that circuit has hosted the race. Like many of the classic European tracks, Hockenheim is a shadow of its former self, but even the redesigned track regularly draws big, passionate crowds and produces exciting races. To help get you ready for the weekend, here are 10 facts about...
Published: July 13, 2014
Jenson Button has been a good soldier for McLaren. Despite arriving at the team just in time for the beginning of Red Bull’s four-year dominance of Formula One and his team getting progressively further off the pace, Button has mostly refused to air any complaints publicly. Even as the team has struggled, the Somerset native has continued to show his talent. In the last 10 races, dating back...
Published: July 11, 2014
Kimi Raikkonen‘s return to Ferrari and his battle with Fernando Alonso, his new teammate and fellow world champion, were supposed to be two of the big stories of this Formula One season. However, the Italian team failed to build an engine to match Mercedes or a chassis that could compete with Red Bull. Consequently, Ferrari—currently third in the Constructors’...
Published: July 10, 2014
Remember in the days before this season’s Australian Grand Prix, when everyone was asking questions like, “What happens if all 22 cars retire from the race?” Thankfully, those doomsday scenarios have not come to pass, despite the complexity of the brand-new hybrid power units introduced in Formula One this season. In Canada, though, we were quite close to my preseason prediction that...
Published: July 6, 2014
Nico Rosberg’s gearbox failure midway through Sunday’s British Grand Prix handed victory to his teammate and championship rival, Lewis Hamilton. It was Hamilton’s second victory at his home race, delighting the large crowd of heavily partisan supporters at Silverstone. More importantly, though—particularly for non-Brits—Hamilton’s victory combined with Rosberg’s...
Published: July 3, 2014
This weekend is the 50th running of the British Grand Prix at its current home, Silverstone. It is a de facto home race for most Formula One teams and—along with Monaco, Monza and Spa—one of the only circuits remaining from the first F1 season, 1950. The UK has also produced many of the best drivers in the history of F1, including 19 grand prix winners. From Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark...
Published: July 1, 2014
Lewis Hamilton‘s move to Mercedes for 2013 was a great shock after he spent the first six years of his career with McLaren, the team that had nurtured him since boyhood. Now, after just a year and a half in a Silver Arrow, there are rumours Hamilton could be on his way back to Woking. The Telegraph‘s Daniel Johnson is reporting that McLaren have “opened very tentative dialogue...
Published: June 29, 2014
As his team continues to struggle, Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo has kept up his campaign to change Formula One. Of course, with the introduction of hybrid power units in 2014, the sport has just undergone its biggest change in recent memory. And that change has already delivered several exciting races, shaken up the running order of the last few years and produced a fascinating...