Maria, what’s happening to your friend? Gets out of F1 to join NASCAR? What lunacy is this? Juan Pablo Montoya: “When people think of moving from Formula 1 to NASCAR, some people think I’m crazy, but I think it’s exciting. I think it’s a great challenge for my career. […] JPM: “I don’t think you’re …
Michael Schumacher dominated qualifying today at Imola, recording his 66th career Pole Position and moving ahead of the previous best of 65 recorded by Ayrton Senna at this circuit 12 years ago. Schumacher’s Bridgestone-shod 248 F1 looked especially well hooked up as he stopped the clocks with a 1:22.795s, nearly two-tenths clear of the field. …
The prancing horse is back with a force! The qualifying sessions just ended with Michael Schumacher on pole, Filipe Massa next door on second, and the reigning champion (I’ll refrain from calling him a fluke) is on a low fourth. Our friend Kimi Raikkonen lost his rear spoiler and trashed the car, of course. There …
Suzy with Fernando Alonso, originally uploaded by malyousif. “Schumacher who?” was printed on a Renault’s mechanic’s T-shirt celebrating the youngest ever Formula One champion: Fernando Alonso at 24 years and 58 days. Well done Fernando, and well done indeed Renault, you wiped the floor with everyone else: Ferrari, McLaren Mercedes, etc, etc. Fernando drove a …
What a day! This was the pre-cursor to the F1 proper, and have the first ever F1 car driving at hellish speeds on a public road was brilliant. Here is the movie I have created, with the help of Arif who actually shot quite a lot of video that afternoon.