Photo: wsrmedia Jean-Eric Vergne reigns supreme After taking pole position, Jean-Eric Vergne (Carlin) led from start to finish in Race 1 at the Paul Ricard HTTT to close the gap on FR 3.5 Series championship leader and Carlin team-mate Robert Wickens (Carlin) to a mere 17 points with only three races remaining. Albert Costa […]
Photo: gp2media F1weekly podcast number 526 The Monza race recap with Clark and Steve and… Motorsports Mondial with Francois Rodgers GP2 is pure racing. The best driver always wins! “2011 has been another great GP2 season, with Romain Grosjean proving himself worthy to sit with our previous champions: hopefully he will soon join the likes […]
Photo: Tudormedia Autodromo di Monza, Italy MAIDEN WIN FOR KEVIN ESTRE AT MONZA Last weekend represented one of the top challenges this season in terms of tyre strategy for the four drivers fighting for the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Championship: René Rast (GER), Kuba Giermaziak (POL), Sean Edwards (GBR) and Norbert Siedler (AUT). All arrived […]
Photo: renaultf1media The Renault RS27 engine powered Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel to a dominant victory in the Italian Grand Prix, nearly ten seconds ahead of second-placed Jenson Button. Vettel sealed a near lights-to-flag win as he raced to his second career victory at the Italian Grand Prix and take his total in the […]
Bruno Senna arrives at Monza “As with any sport, miles on the clock and experience instil confidence in oneself” With his R31 apprenticeship behind him, Bruno is hoping the weekend in Spa acted as a launchpad to greater things at the revered Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Looking back on the Belgian Grand Prix, how happy were […]
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 […]