F1 Circuits - What’s around the corner?
The draft 2013 calender broke cover over the Singapore GP weekend with Bernie Ecclestone ever present in the signing of the Singapore GP until 2017. The calender like 2012 features 20 races with the European GP of Valencia making way for another GP in America (New Jersey). This leaves Europe with only 6 races on [...]
Safety in F1 – The ever moving target
Recent events at Spa have once again bought into question the safety aspect of Formula One, with many asking for the FIA to look into the use of closed cockpits. This however may not only be a question of safety but one of perception. Formula 1 has always been about open wheel and cockpit racing [...]
The Fan Factor
The Fan Factor Introducing our very first fan to share his views on Formula in Pitlane… Meet Richard who can be found on twitter at @richardbrunning. Richard supports Williams F1 but follows lots of different motorsport series including IndyCar, NASCAR, DTM, BTCC, MotoGP, WRC and of course Formula One. He has been following [...]
Hamilton to Mercedes AMG F1 – Career progression, or green tinted glasses?
On Friday, September 28th 2012, literally months of rumours, stories and speculation ended as Mercedes AMG F1 team made the announcement the entire F1 world was waiting for – Lewis Hamilton has signed with the team for 2013, replacing Michael Schumacher, who is retiring from F1 for the second time. Lewis Hamilton, who has driven [...]
Spa Preview
So it’s that time again, pack up your swimming trunks and throw away your sun cream. The holidays are over and that can only mean one thing, Formula One is back. It’s been a long five weeks since the chequered flag fell on Lewis Hamilton in Hungary but after a well earned break Formula One [...]
Technical Roundup of the Season so far
Spa entertains the 12th F1 race of the season (31st August - 2nd September) which puts us just past the half way point in the season. So far we have been privy to some of the best racing F1 has produced in decades. The reasons have been talked about in the past at length but [...]
Driver Changes - Success or Failure
Image Copyright - Lotus F1 Team media Driver Changes – Success or Failure? For the 2012 season, nine drivers (not including Narain Karthikeyan) lined up in new seats for season. With half of the season gone, which moves have produced the goods and which haven’t worked out. Paul Murtagh looks at the driver [...]
Teams’ Half Way Report
Image Copyright - Red Bull Racing media - 2012 In some ways it’s just as well that this season features a five week summer break. For unpredictability and competitiveness it’s difficult to think of a previous F1 season that matches it. The mid-year moratorium is a good opportunity to take stock of who’s [...]
Why I’ll welcome Pat Symonds back to F1
If you have ever been to the annual Autosport Show in Birmingham you’ll be aware that a frequent feature is that various F1 luminaries do question and answer sessions for the gathered fans in attendance. It was while at one such event at this year’s show that I overheard the following exchange between two fans in [...]