Thomson Road Circuit - The Other Singapore GP
Singapore wasn’t always about bright lights, big city, and racing as the world sleeps. While modern Formula One arrived with fanfare in September 2008, Singapore has a much longer racing history – and a second grand prix circuit. The Thomson Road Circuit, on Singapore’s Old Thomson Road, was the epicentre of motorsport in southeast [...]
Paul Warwick – The Sad Loss of a Rising Star
For Paul Warwick it must have seemed inevitable that he would, one day, race cars of one kind or another. His elder brother, former Renault and Arrows F1 driver Derek, had been World Champion in Superstox Stock Car formula before moving up to single seaters, and history tells us that Paul would follow the same [...]
Spa Is Not The Only Major F1 Attraction This Weekend
Spa is not the only major attraction in the F1 world this weekend …..Many a Formula One fan knows that Spa re-ignites the passion all petrolheads have, as the 24 V8-powered, fuel and rubber-burning creatures that inhabit the world of F1, take to the Ardennes Forest once again, with all looking for pride and glory. [...]
The History Of Spa Francorchamps
Spa Francorchamps – A Blast from the Past Ask the current Formula One drivers to name the most challenging circuit on the calendar and you can be sure that a good proportion will give the answer as Spa. It is no exaggeration to call Spa Francorchamps, the extraordinary circuit in the Ardennes [...]
Taken Before Their Time - Greg Moore
“I regret to announce that driver Greg Moore has been pronounced dead at Loma Linda hospital. He died of massive head and internal injuries. He was pronounced dead at 21 minutes past 1 o’clock.” These were the words of a sombre Dr Steve Olvey outside the medical centre at Fontana raceway, on 31st October [...]
Stefan Bellof – F1’s Great Lost Talent?
Germany has produced a fair few great racing drivers over the years. The current world champion, Sebastian Vettel, can certainly lay a claim, as can – of course – Michael Schumacher. Indeed, there are many who will tell you that Michael is the ‘best ever’; that’s entirely subjective, and without wanting to raise an argument, [...]