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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: April 30, 2014
Ayrton Senna wasn’t just a racing driver. He wasn’t just a three-time Formula One world champion, and his legacy is not only defined by the widely held belief that he was the fastest driver the sport has ever known. His 41 career victories, 80 podiums and 65 pole positions are mere cherries sitting proudly atop the cake. What made Senna one of the most compelling characters in sporting...
Published: April 29, 2014
This week’s roundup is dominated by tributes to Ayrton Senna, the three-time Formula One world champion who lost his life on 1 May 1994. The Brazilian’s impact on F1 has been reflected by the profiles of those who have shared their memories: Family members, teammates, colleagues, superiors, rivals and current drivers have been eager to explain just what Ayrton Senna meant, and continues...
Published: April 28, 2014
Having entered the world on 26 April, 1994, Daniil Kvyat has no recollection of Ayrton Senna. The Toro Rosso star, enjoying his maiden season in Formula One this year, is among the first of a new wave of drivers with no memories of the three-time world champion to share. The sport is reaching something of a crossover point, where its competitors will no longer instantly reply with the one-word answer,...
Published: April 26, 2014
For something stereotypically used by those with more keyboard buttons than sense, social media has played quite an instrumental role since Michael Schumacher suffered a skiing accident last December. In the four months since the seven-time world champion was admitted to hospital in Grenoble, France, the Formula One corner of Twitter has resembled a Schumi shrine. All, from his colleagues and his rivals...
Published: April 25, 2014
Formula One’s desperation to look popular and appeal to the masses has seen yet another round of gimmicks, dressed up as cost-cutting measures, set to be considered for future rule books. This has enraged former F1 driver Martin Brundle, who believes these potential changes would neither enhance the show nor save money. Also on the horizon is a potential return to Long Beach, although two drivers...
Published: April 24, 2014
The three-week gap between the Chinese and the Spanish grands prix gives each of Formula One’s 11 teams an opportunity to sit back, take stock and assess their season so far. It is easy to forget, given the excitement that surrounded the start of the new season, that hundreds upon hundreds of team employees have travelled in little over a month to four different countries for four different...
Published: April 22, 2014
When Red Bull’s appeal against Daniel Ricciardo’s disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix was rejected exactly a week ago, we put it down to the team’s success in recent years. Because Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel had enjoyed such staggering levels of domination in winning four consecutive world championships since 2010, we argued that a no-compromise culture had grown within...
Published: April 21, 2014
As Fernando Alonso claimed Ferrari’s first podium of the 2014 Formula One season at the Chinese Grand Prix, your thoughts may have turned to Stefano Domenicali. Domenicali resigned from his position as team principal of Ferrari a week ago, paying the price for the Prancing Horse’s average start to the season, which reached its lowest ebb when Alonso and teammate Kimi Raikkonen finished...
Published: April 20, 2014
The Shanghai International Circuit, the home for the Chinese Grand Prix, has been the venue for some of the most emotional moments of Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One career. The 2007 event is, of course, the first memory that comes to mind when you think of Hamilton in China. He began that October afternoon expecting to enjoy the evening as F1’s first rookie world champion but a race-ending...
Published: April 11, 2014
With a hearing looming, Red Bull believe they have uncovered new evidence that will allow Daniel Ricciardo to regain the podium position he lost after he was disqualified from the Australian Grand Prix. One man whose podium finish is safe and secure is Sergio Perez, and the Mexican has been reflecting on his difficult 2013 season with McLaren and discussing how his strong result in the Bahrain Grand...