A win at Silverstone often stands amongst any Formula 1 driver’s greatest ever achievements, mainly due to the incredible passion and knowledge of the fans at one of the oldest circuits on the calendar. For a while in 2008 it seemed like the British leg of the championship was heading to Donington Park for the [...]

In this special post An F1 Blog’s analyst Steph Farnsworth takes a look at ten of the most memorable team radio moments throughout the season, from victory celebrations to aggressive obscenities! 10. “I think we’ve found the solution” Although Massa had bagged a couple of podiums and had out-qualified Alonso at his first attempt Felipe [...]

Monza, aptly nicknamed ‘the temple of speed’ features endless straights which allows the cars to run at well over 300 km/h. This historic racetrack has held a Grand Prix every year since 1950 with the exception of a single year. It hosted some of the fastest, most skillful also the most dangerous Formula 1 races [...]

Every track test driver’s skill but nowhere can challenge the infamous Spa-Francorchamps. The plunge down to the La Source hairpin, up to the blind Eau Rouge crest without lifting is the stuff of legend, up the hill to Les Combes. Then, accelerate out of Stavelot flat through Blanchimont & end up to the Bus Stop [...]

The Hungarian Grand Prix was the first F1 race behind the ‘iron curtain’, with the first Grand Prix being held there in 1986. The Hungaroring which is the host of the Hungarian Grand Prix is far from a popular circuit, as due to the twisty style of the circuit it is notoriously difficult to overtake, [...]

Michael Schumacher’s incredible spell of Formula 1 means that Grand Prix is a huge event in Germany. Germany has alternated its Grand Prix between two of its highly respected tracks, Nurburgring and Hockenheimring since 2005. This year, it’s the turn of Hockenheimring. This year there there is lots of German interest, due to the sheer [...]

The ‘home of motor racing’ Silverstone hosted the first Grand Prix way back in 1950. The circuit started out life as a World War II airbase, before cars started racing around its runway and perimeter road. It might be older and less fancy then the new breed circuits but the track is blisteringly fast and [...]

With the British Grand Prix just around the corner, I thought I remind you guys of what I think is Silverstone’s craziest moment from back in 2003, when a priest dressed as a leprechaun broke onto the track and ran towards F1 cars doing 200mph along the Hangar Straight. The priest, Cornelius ‘Neil’ Horan waved [...]

Mark Webber and the Red Bull crew were in central London today around 05:30 this morning to put in a bit of pit stop practice! There was some free-flowing traffic Mark had to watch out for, but thankfully he was able to keep the Red Bull under control. Webber said: “Obviously, this is a once [...]

The European Grand Prix was, somewhat surprisingly, a exciting and controversial race. We saw the first ever Safety car in Valencia due to easily the worst crash of the year. The commotion happened on lap 10 when Mark Webber was slipstreaming Heikki Kovalainen’s Lotus on the straight onto turn 12. Chaos ensued, with the safety [...]