Robin Frijns Photo. World Series by Renault Media Smokey and the Bandit. Carlos Sainz Jr smoking and chasing Robin Frijns. The Dutch driver relentlessly pursued the Spaniard all season long to steal the championship lead, and win his second championship in as many years with strong support and guidance from Josef Kaufmann Racing of […]
Dan Wheldon Photo. AP/Michael Conroy A Winner. From Buckinghamshire to Brickyard In October 1999, talented Canadian racer Greg Moore was killed in the season finale at the California Speedway in Fontana, east of Los Angeles. Sunday, a dozen years later, tragedy and history repeated itself at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dan Wheldon, out of […]
JOSE FROILAN GONZALEZ The other “Maestro” from Argentina SILVERSTONE. July 14, 1951. The Alfas are finally beaten in Formula 1 motor racing. Beaten by team owned by a man who once ran their racing department, Enzo Ferrari. The man driving the Ferrari 375 into history books, José Froilán Gonzalez, from Arrecifes, near Buenos Aires. The […]
Sebastian Vettel simply unstoppable. Jenson Button misses pole by .009 of a second. Massa outqualifies his team mate lines up along side Hamilton. Button: “It has been a pretty good weekend. As always I love driving around here, Suzuka is a phenomenal circuit, and when the car working around here it is ideal. I was […]
F1weekly podcast number 530 Clark and Steve discuss the Japanee Grand Prix Motorsports Mondial with Nasir Hameed and… Special interviews… more from Argentina! Eric Boullier says: Suzuka is one of the drivers’ favourite tracks – would it mean something special to perform well there? Suzuka is one of the big names in F1. It is […]
Motorsport Diaries Under the Argentine skies. This is where the Formula 1 season used to start when I began following the wonderful world of Grand Prix motor racing in 1973. Victory that year is regarded as his finest by Emerson Fittipaldi, who triumphed over French driver Francois Cevert. The first Argentine Grand Prix in 1953 […]