Motorsports Mondial

F1, GP2 & GP3 start their European campaign in the Asian part of Istanbul Photo: Yahoo/Eurosport Istanbul may have been Constantinople, but Turkey’s greatest city and once the home of mighty Ottoman Empire, still lies on two continents. It is on the Asian side of Kurtkoy area where Hermann Tilke’s masterpiece is located, the Istanbul […]

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 […]

F1weekly podcast # 498

Lotus Renault GP’s2011 Turkish Grand Prix Preview Nick, three races in, can you summarise your feelings on how things have been going so far this season? It’s been a bit up and down. On the positive side, the car is very innovative and it is quick. It is also responding well to set-up changes, it […]

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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

Formula 1 and other weekend delights Sweet and Sour for Sebastian is Hamilton’s Chinese take away. It had to happen. Sooner or later. Practice and qualifying was business as usual for Sebastian Bull and Red Bull team. The winner of both the opening two races of the season, Australia and Malaysia, was looking good for […]

Motorsports Mondial

Hamilton puts in a fantastic drive to take victory in China. Mark Webber never giving up goes from P18 to the podium. Sebastian Vettel with a poor start happy with second place. Alonso slowly sees his championship hopes disappear. “Fernando Alonso: It’s very easy to choose the strategy when you have the fastest car and […]