Italian Grand Prix facts and figures Approximately 75% of the 5.793km Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is spent at full throttle. That equates to 4.345km spent at close to max rpm. Monza has the highest wide open throttle time of the year; Spa-Francorchamps, the next highest, is around 70%. Dependant on the aerodynamic package used, top […]
“Infiniti Middle East, proud sponsors of Red Bull Racing” Photo. Dan Gentile F1weekly podcast number 524 Motorsports Mondial with Nasir Hameed and… Q and A session with Senna Film director Asif Kapadia. Kapadia Born in Hackney, London in 1972, Kapadia studied filmmaking at the Royal College of Art where he first gained recognition with his […]
2011 GP2 Series Champion Romain Grosjean reflects on his season and future GP2 Series: Romain, congratulations. You are the 2011 GP2 Series Champion. How does that sound? Romain Grosjean: Finally! It’s just fantastic. We’ve had a really hard season with such a high level of drivers and teams. I think that professionally and personally, this […]
Circuit map. www.formula-1-racing.net F1weekly podcast number 523 History of the Belgian Grand Prix with Nasir Hameed. Belgian Grand Prix. One of the seven races on the original Formula 1 calendar. The inaugural Belgian Grand Prix in 1950 was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in an Alfa Romeo. Fastest lap of the race was […]
SEVEN DEADLY WINS Photo. Darren Heath Belgian Grand Prix. Spa-Francorchamps. Sebastian Vettel may have killed any serious threat to retaining his world title by scoring his seventh victory of the season from 12 starts this year. His mate Mark Webber was second with Jenson Button completing the podium after a late race pass on Ferrari’s […]
Sebastian Vettel takes the victory at Spa Francorchamps It’s a Red Bull one two punch with Webber in second. A fantastic drive by McLaren’s Jenson Button. Martin Hines looses his fight with cancer at the age of 64 Jenson Button: I think if I had stayed in 13th after the start it would have been […]