Motorsports Mondial

Muy Macho Hombre de Maranello Photo: Sutton images Alonso at Maranello. A dream come true for the “Tifosis” and his people back in Spain, especially Oviedo. The 2005 & ’06 World Champion, the man who dethroned then Ferrari star – today’s mid-fielder – Michael Schumacher, has now renewed his contract with Ferrari till the end […]

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Maisano. Maranello Man Photo. Ferrari Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven’s door. Jules Bianchi, Jean-Eric Vergne and even Swiss-born Romain Grosjean are working and racing hard to become the next French F1 driver, and all have the talent to become their nation’s first world champion since the Professor, Alain Prost. One young man who may not […]

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Turkey Stuffing Photo. Yahoo/Eurosport The 2011 Turkish Grand Prix is history, and so may be the race from the Formula 1 calendar. The sanctioning fee, reported to be in excess of $20m per race, is not finding much support among the local authorities. Kimi Raikkonen won the first edition of the Turkish Grand Prix in […]

F1weekly podcast # 499

  Felipe Nasr Going Up! Felipe Nasr is on fire. The 18-year old from Brasilia leads the 2011 British Formula 3 Championship after two rounds. Managed by Steve Robertson of Raikkonen fame, Nasr started his 2011 campaign in quite a style; winning two of the three races – and podium in the third – at […]

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­­ The Flying Kiwi Photo © ATS Formel 3 Cup Richie “Runaway” Stanaway. The 19-year old New Zealander made a perfect start to the 2011 German Formula 3 Championship by winning both races of round one. The season started at Oschersleben, in what used to be East Germany, with Stanaway qualifying on front row beside […]

Motorsports Mondial

Cool in the heat and loving it Photo. Sutton Images Sebastian Vettel continues his winning streak on Sunday by taking the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. Victory in both the opening races of the season has given the Red Bull reigning world champion 24 points lead over Jenson Button. The McLaren driver finished second and […]