The new F1 team Lotus Racing unveiled today the first Lotus branded F1 car since 1994 – its 2010 challenger, the Lotus Cosworth T127. The green/yellow Lotus Racing T127 is powered by Cosworth V8 engine and will use an Xtrac gearbox and as all 2010 teams, will be running on Bridgestone tyres. The car will [...]
2010 F1 Cars – Virgin Racing VR-01 launched – Video
Virgin racing has become the first of the new teams to launch the car. The plan was to do a virtual launch on the team’s website but at the end after more than an hour of waiting all we got is the image of the car.
The Cosworth powered VR-01 is the first F1 car designed [...]
Macau GP video highlights, sort of
I found this video published about a week ago by a local news site. You will not learn much from it but it does feature brief interviews with Red Bull boys Daniel Ricciardo, Brendon Hartley and Manor boss John Booth and it does bring some of that unique relaxed Macau GP atmosphere. So if you [...]
New race track intro – Slovakia Ring
Quietly without too much fanfare a new race track came to life in the middle of Europe. No, this track does not have any ambitions to host F1 races but looks like an interesting facility. Here is a brief intro. This is how the official track website describes the venue:
Being a top-notch training facility for [...]
Those USF1 videos :-)
For about a month a funny short animated videos kept appearing on YouTube bringing us “behind the scenes” look at the new USF1 team. They feature the almost real life characters called Ken Anderson, Peter Windsor as well as guests appearances by Danica Patrick or Mike Gascoyne. Not to be missed is the talk about [...]
Video – Interview with Norbert Haug on Mercedes GP
Here is the video interview with Norbert Haug on the purchase of Brawn GP by Mercedes, the separation from McLaren and on the 2010 drivers. No there are no names yet but some hint that announcements may come in next 2 weeks with possible surprises …
2009 Abu Dhabi GP – Track intro – Videos and pictures
Formula One will move to Abu Dhabi – the only new on track on the calendar – for the 2009 season finale. This post brings you a video introduction of the Yas Marina Circuit, onboard lap with Bruno Senna (in double seater F1 car), track map and a photogallery from this new F1 circuit.
Video – Nico Rosberg on Piquet, his future and more
When I returned from Singapore to Hong Kong I spotted Nico Rosberg at the Hong Kong airport. Then I saw him waiting for his luggage at the same belt as me and it became sort of obvious he would be spending some time between Singapore and Japanese GPs here in Hong Kong. I found a [...]
Ayrton Senna tribute in Rome
The Brazilian embassy in Rome is paying tribute to Ayrton Senna this weekend (September 18-20) to mark the 15th anniversary of the driver’s death during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. Here are two videos. One introduces the event (have to click here), the other one shows what is on display:
Video – Kimi Raikkonen crashes out of WRC Neste Oil Rally Finland
It is F1 holiday time. Kimi Raikkonen used his free time for doing some rally racing. Here is his WRC Rally Finland experience ended,
The ever ice cool Kimi still managed to take off his helmet and put on the oversized sponsor cap before getting out of the vehicle … “It was good fun and nobody [...]
Video – F1 Safety – Helmet, HANS
Here is a short video (using some older animations) explaining the design and structure of F1 helmet and showing examples of helmet testing. Short feature on HANS device is also include. The final part of the video shows the damper and the spring – the part that is suspected to have hit Felipe Massa during [...]
Video – Interview with Jaime Alguersuari
Jaime Alguersuari is making is F1 racing debut this weekend in Hungary. Here is Jaime’s first full interview since securing his race drive in Formula 1. The youngest ever Formula 1 driver speaks about the aims for his first race, beginning of his career, new team and expectations for the rest of this season.
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