Barcelona Test, Day 1: Nick and Vitaly share the day The final pre-season test got underway in Barcelona today. Nick drove this morning, but was suffering with a cold, so Vitaly took over for the afternoon. Driver: Nick / Vitaly Chassis: R31-01 Fastest Lap: Nick: 1:24.735 / Vitaly: 1:22.937 Position: Nick P5 / Vitaly P3 […]
Men and Machine Photo: Ferrari/Getty Images A Look at the 2011 F1 Title Contenders This is the Ferrari F150th Italia. The name game. The red machine is not to be confused with a pick-up truck offered by the Blue Oval. The Ford vs. Ferrari history goes back to glory days of Le Mans, where the […]
Sacré bleu! (Reuters) – The Renault Formula One team slapped a silencer on the French national anthem on Thursday after announcing they will race under a British licence this season. With no active French F1 drivers, and no French grand prix since 2008, Renault were the last ones flying the flag for a country whose […]
art work: Raul Baca Vettel
Podcast number 479 “Happy New Years from the F1Weekly crew” Special end of year interview: Ralf Schumacher. Fernando Alonso insists he’s not afraid of Vettel. “I’m not afraid at all of Vettel, Should he come to Ferrari one day it won’t be a problem, I have nothing to say on that. “But I’m not afraid […]
ODE TO OVIEDO Nando was going for tercero He was going to be the hero Riding a prancing stallion Ahead was the Russian battalion Planning the siege of Oviedo Against an army muy macho There was no Gatling Though a lot of rattling He remembered the days of Renault When the teammate was slow And […]