Byline: Kiran RandhawaA "HUGELY promising" young British racing driver was killed today in a crash in Australia.Sean Edwards, 26, was a passenger in a Porsche 996 when it hit a tyre wall and burst into flames during a test session at Queensland Raceway, near Brisbane.He had been leading...
You know, when Jules Bianchi was killed in a crash in 2015 ... it was the first time in a long time that someone from our generation of racers, at any level, had died. It happened a lot 40 or 50 years ago, but now? No. No.我没有准备好。老实说,我让自己的思绪游走了——以为...
10. Reigning champion Mike Hawthorn killed in road crash A news story that rocked the F1 world at the time, January 23, 1959 saw Mike Hawthorn lose his life in a road crash in the United Kingdom, just three months after claiming the 1958 world champions...
Wimille was dead, killed that January in a freak accident in Argentina; Count Trossi had succumbed to cancer; and the great Achille Varzi had died the previous year in a crash at Berne. Alfa recalled their former star as they entered the first-ever World Championship in 1950...
Thirty years after his death in a high-speed crash viewed by millions around the world, Formula One champion Ayrton Senna's high-octane life is also about to play out in front of a global audience. The legendary Brazilian driver — who was killed when his car hit a concrete wall at th...
LN:I mean, we tried, we knew it was a quicker thing to do, but I think, yeah, we just killed the tyres a little bit too easily. And like Oscar said, when you're in third, it's a much easier position to just try and risk and do such a thing. So I don't think we can ...
Q: (Adam Cooper – Adam Cooper F1) Question for Max and Charles, and the others can answer if they have a view. Very sadly, last week, a nine-year-old boy was killed in a motorbike race at Interlagos. It started a debate about kids, generally, competing in motorsport. Obviously, you...
a Williams again after theMonzacrash. Though many believed the German manufacturer would attempt to prise Nico Rosberg away - after all he was German and had made his name in Formula BMW - he remained to partner Webber, thereby creating one of the most intriguing driver line-ups on the ...
Ferrari driver Pedro Rodriguez was also killed at an Interserie sports car race in Nuremberg. The following three years saw Ferrari struggle, with the team failing to attend two races - the Dutch and German Grands Prix - in 1973, the first time the team had done so since starting in ...
The halo is the carbonfibre frame that surrounds the cockpit of every F1 car. It's a mandatory, standardised component that's designed to protect a driver's head from flying debris and impacts from other cars. The halo was introduced in 2018, four years after the incident whi...