Remembering Chris Amon
Chris Amon has passed away, aged 73, after an extended fight with cancer. Never have statistics lied more diabolically than when they summarise the F1 career of Amon 1963-1976. In…
Chris Amon has passed away, aged 73, after an extended fight with cancer. Never have statistics lied more diabolically than when they summarise the F1 career of Amon 1963-1976. In…
The departure of Ferrari’s technical director James Allison following the recent death of his wife obviously leaves the Italian squad in something of a crisis. The former Renault/Lotus/Enstone technical boss…
In the dazzling sunlight of a Budapest summer afternoon, it looked a closer fight than it really was. In his victory drive Lewis Hamilton several times gave the impression he…
Recently we’ve gone from an Italian Grand Prix being a protected ‘heritage’ fixture to the threat of no race there in 2017 as Monza has struggled to meet the terms insisted…
Ferrari made a quick decision to extend Kimi Räikkönen’s deal for an extra year on the Friday of the British Grand Prix weekend. It is believed that Sergio Marchionne’s long-term interest is trying…
Amid Bernie Ecclestone’s recent comments about wanting to change Formula 1’s prize money structure, the recent history of independents Force India and Sauber and the comparison between them is illuminating. They…
Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari took off from the line way quicker than anyone expected, up from third into the lead within two seconds of the lights going out. But it came…
Apologies to Lewis Hamilton fans, for he did indeed drive a wonderful race to win Monaco for the second time. But he was not the man of the weekend: Daniel…
The result was so remarkable, so perfect – fitting into the narrative of the Red Bull driver lead-up to the race and creating so many historical firsts – that it almost…
The demotion of Daniil Kvyat from Red Bull to Toro Rosso and the accompanying promotion of Max Verstappen in the other direction typifies Helmut Marko’s intensely demanding running of the…
Rosberg wins his seventh race in a row
Further to the earlier piece about the technology innovations in the combustion chambers of the hybrid turbo F1 engines, it’s now apparent that the technology being used is Turbulent Jet…