Nine European Grand Prix facts
1) The main discussion pre-race was whether or not Baku is in Europe… Azerbaijan is not in Europe. However, it is part of the European Neighborhood Policy and the Council of…
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Far from the crash-fest some were fearing, the inaugural Azerbaijan Grand Prix was remarkably routine. No safety cars, mainly single-stop strategies, a start-to-finish demonstration up front by Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes.…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Two years after the dramatic seasonal finale in South Africa – Graham Hill taking race and…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Not a Grand Prix, per se, but such was the entry’s quality that it counts in…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). During 1962 Jim Clark and Graham Hill had emerged as Britain’s premier racing talents and their…
Dan Gurney was inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame on May 31 after a resounding win in the US racing category. Sadly Dan couldn’t make the trip over…
Market forces Apart from the Mk1, Eric Broadley’s best designs have been drawn on a large canvas, and one immediately associates Lola with such as the T70, the T330 series…
Image courtesy of Williams Martini Racing’s trackwalk Cor! Baku City Circuit looks a bit quick. Not its average lap speed – a sequence of square corners and the narrowest section…
1) In the seven races so far the pole-winner has only led the opening lap twice – Russia (Nico Rosberg) and Monaco (Daniel Ricciardo). 2) Sebastian Vettel qualified within 0.2 seconds of pole, the…
1) The main discussion pre-race was whether or not Baku is in Europe… Azerbaijan is not in Europe. However, it is part of the European Neighborhood Policy and the Council of…
Far from the crash-fest some were fearing, the inaugural Azerbaijan Grand Prix was remarkably routine. No safety cars, mainly single-stop strategies, a start-to-finish demonstration up front by Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes.…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Two years after the dramatic seasonal finale in South Africa – Graham Hill taking race and…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Not a Grand Prix, per se, but such was the entry’s quality that it counts in…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). During 1962 Jim Clark and Graham Hill had emerged as Britain’s premier racing talents and their…
Dan Gurney was inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame on May 31 after a resounding win in the US racing category. Sadly Dan couldn’t make the trip over…
Market forces Apart from the Mk1, Eric Broadley’s best designs have been drawn on a large canvas, and one immediately associates Lola with such as the T70, the T330 series…
Image courtesy of Williams Martini Racing’s trackwalk Cor! Baku City Circuit looks a bit quick. Not its average lap speed – a sequence of square corners and the narrowest section…
1) In the seven races so far the pole-winner has only led the opening lap twice – Russia (Nico Rosberg) and Monaco (Daniel Ricciardo). 2) Sebastian Vettel qualified within 0.2 seconds of pole, the…
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