Formula 1 in General

The 2009 F1 season thus far has been one of the most intriguing for years. Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix further compounded that belief for me. What was particularly interesting about this race even before an engine had been revved was the fact that 3 races in, we'd still not technically seen a straight forward race which would really give us an indication of where the cars were in terms of out and out performance in the dry. Bahrain, situated in the hot and sunny surroundings of the Emirates was never in any danger of the type of washout that had occurred previously in Malaysia and China ... more

When you think of a Formula 1 champion, the names of 'Hakkinen, Hill, Schumacher, Senna' come into mind. But who remembers to old F1 champions like 'Ascari, Brabham, Fangio'? Well here is a full list of all of them with some history about each driver. See if you can remember them or if you have even heard of them. 1950: G.Farina(It), Alfa Romeo. Emilio Giuseppe Farina, born October 30th 1906 in Turin, Italy - died June 30th 1966. Farina stands out in the history of motor racing for his much copied and admired straight arm driving style, and his status as the first F1 world champion. Nicknamed ... more

In the days of yawn, couch-potato spectators of Formula One grumbled that the sport was boring, that only Michael Schumacher and Ferrari won the race, with the occasional win gifted to Eddie Irvine, Rubens Barrichello and Felipe Massa (Schumacher's team-mates at Ferrari since 1996) to reward them for their loyalty over the seasons as they worked to help him become statistically the greatest driver of all time. Then it started to change. Fernando Alonso and Renault upped their game and in 2005 and 2006 the Spaniard took the challenge to the German - and won. Alonso became the darling of the ... more

In my opinion for Formula 1 is the best motorsoprt around. My friends always moan at me and say all it is, is cars going round and round a track, get re-fuelled and go back round and round the track again. To me it's more than that. I really enjoy seeing how each teams strategy works for them in the race and I love it when there is some serious racing going on and wheel to wheel action. The Teams: - ----------------------Scuderia Ferrari----------------------- Drivers: Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barichello. Ferrari are top team of the bunch and this year they're living up to their title as ... more

So, here we go again, the BBC's second season after the big return and the team assembled in Bahrain for race one, the extremely rich oil state waving their wealth at their now bankrupt neighbours of Dubai, they, too, afforded a grand prix after paying Bernie for the privilege. No problem with advertising Camel Cigarettes here matey. In fact there are camels everywhere! This place sums up the Middle-East contradictions of extreme visual wealth for the top 5% to entice the west yet underneath there's a simmering mistrust of the west from the other 95% because of our intrinsic support of Israeli ... more