Image source: Williams Martini Racing Sadly, he wasn’t the only driver to lose his life over that weekend. Roland Ratzenberger had only just joined F1, driving for the new Simtek outfit, when he died during qualifying after a front wing failure at the 200mph Villeneuve corner. It was For...
The world of motorsports gathered in the southern French city of Nice for the funeral of Formula One driver Jules Bianchi. 赛车运动爱好者聚集法国南部城市尼斯参加F1车手儒勒·比安奇的葬礼。 Fellow drivers Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa were among the pallbearers for Bianchi. Two-time World champion...
Newey moved to Red Bull Racing in 2007, where he is currently Red Bull Racing's Chief Technical Officer. He has won 10 Formula One Constructors' titles (more than any other designer), helping some of the world's most famous drivers to Drivers' championship wins, including over 150 Grands...
With those early street runs behind him, Senna caught the motorsport bug and set his sights on racing competitively, but he could not do so until he turned 13. When that moment finally arrived, he headed to a kart track near the Sao Paulo F1 circuit...
That triumph puts the Frenchman in a club with just 108 other men who have won a World Championship Grand Prix. Some go on to win many more, but here, we're celebrating those drivers who only ever stood on the top step of the podium once. Olivier Panis - Monaco 19...
Previous drivers have always said that there is a special atmosphere here and I have to say I agree with them. The team is very warm, friendly and open, and I get on really well with the guys.” Can you feel the growing support for F1 from Russia? “Definitely. I get more support ...
There is a huge buzz around the Grand Prix already and I’m sure that it’ll be a resounding success that will motivate more youngsters towards the sport and give us the future F1 drivers. “Making it into F1 at the time I did was a seriously uphill task and the thought of being ...
Lauda won the F1 drivers' championship in 1975 and 1977 with Ferrari and again in 1984 with McLaren. In 1976, he was badly burned when he crashed during the German Grand Prix, but he made an astonishingly fast return to racing just six weeks later. ...
The“formula”isasetofruleswhichallparticipants’carsmustmeet.FormulaOnewasanewformulaagreedafterWorldWarIIduring1946,withthefirstnon-championshipracesbeingheldthatyear.AnumberofGrandPrixracingorganizationshadlaidoutrulesforaWorldChampionshipbeforethewar.Butduetothesuspensionofracingduringtheconflict,theWorldDrivers'...
Back in the late Eighties Nelson Piquet was one of the most celebrated drivers in Formula One racing, his hard-nosed approach having carried him to three world titles by the age of 35. Mindful that his son Nelsinho would have to endure endless comparisons when he began his own career in...