Post Card from Budapest Hungarian History Hungarian success in Grand Prix racing goes back to the very first Grand Prix in 1906, the French event at Le Mans. Winner was Hungarian driver Ferenc Szisz. Then came the wars, and then came the hammer and sickle and the subsequent uprising. In 1986, Mister Bernard Ecclestone pierced […]
Weekend Winners Photo. Reuters Formula 1. Hungaroring, 2006. After a century of starts Jenson Button was still looking for his maiden win when the F1 circus reached the banks of Danube. In changing conditions the English driver finally scored his long-awaited first Grand Prix victory driving for Honda. Fast forward to 2011. In his 200th […]
Photo: Carl Blake Lewis Hamilton wins a fantastic race in Germany. Alonso puts in a great drive with second on the podium. Mark Webber looses the lead in the first lap settles for third. Vettel leap frogs Massa in the pits on the final lap for P4. Podcast 517 will have the race recap with […]
Photo: msport_graphics Mark Webber snatches pole for the German Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton puts in a wicked lap for the front row. Sebastian Vettel settles for third on the grid. Renault reverts to forward facing exhaust. Charles Pic powers to pole for the GP2 race. GP3’s Mitch Evans takes his second pole this season. Lewis […]
Jumpin Jack Fernando Photo: gpupdate Ferrari’s Lucky 13th – Sixty years ago Spanish speaking driver, Jose Froilan Gonzalez from the Argentine, gave Enzo Ferrari his first Formula 1 World Championship victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. “That day I felt like stabbing my own mother,” Ferrari would recall later, as victory was achieved […]
Fernando Alonso takes a fantastic victory at Silverstone. On the final lap Red Bull tell Mark Webber to hold position. Lewis Hamilton collides with Massa and keeps fourth place. A missing wheel nut takes Button out of the Grand Prix. Podcast 514 will have Clark and Steve’s race recap. Fernando Alonso: Obviously it is a […]