At its best sport can bring a country together, a national team winning a world cup or athlete triumphing at the Olympics and perhaps, just perhaps, the inaugural F1 GP in India would deliver the same sense of euphoria to the great sub-continent where cricket verges on a religion.
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With the 2011 championship won, a lesser driver than Sebastian Vettel may have lost a little motivation and raced at a little less than 100%, maybe just giving himself a fraction of a second more braking time......
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It had to happen, the 2010 world champion, Sebastian Vettel needed just one point in Japan to become just the ninth F1 driver to win the championship back to back. Vettel’s performance on the race day at the wonderful Suzuka circuit was actually bettered by Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso who claimed first and second respectively.
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Singapore has embraced F1 to its heart like no other of the new tracks, perhaps it is the staging of the race at night under those incredible lights, or the street circuit that makes this race so special. Either way, all the elements for great racing are in place as are all the things required to entertain and enthral the supporters.
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There are some race tracks that are so incredibly evocative that mention of their name brings a knowing smile to all F1 fans, it is not that they remember an individual race, but more they recall the ‘personality’ of a place (even strangely if they have not visited).
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Following the short summer break, Formula 1 returned to racing for the wonderful Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps. Spa is steeped in history, the famous sweeping track has produced many memorable races ..
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It is often said that nice guys don’t win, and yet time and again such is proved to be nonsense. Some of the very greatest winners on the sporting arena are also ‘nice guys’ .
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At its best sport can bring a country together, a national team winning a world cup or athlete triumphing at the Olympics and perhaps, just perhaps, the inaugural F1 GP in India would deliver the same sense of euphoria...
With the 2011 championship won, a lesser driver than Sebastian Vettel may have lost a little motivation and raced at a little less than 100%, maybe just giving himself a fraction of a second more braking time.........
It had to happen, the 2010 world champion, Sebastian Vettel needed just one point in Japan to become just the ninth F1 driver to win the championship back to back. Vettel’s performance on the race day at the wonderful...
Singapore has embraced F1 to its heart like no other of the new tracks, perhaps it is the staging of the race at night under those incredible lights, or the street circuit that makes this race so special. Either...
There are some race tracks that are so incredibly evocative that mention of their name brings a knowing smile to all F1 fans, it is not that they remember an individual race, but more they recall the ‘personality’ of...
Following the short summer break, Formula 1 returned to racing for the wonderful Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps. Spa is steeped in history, the famous sweeping track has produced many memorable races .....
It is often said that nice guys don’t win, and yet time and again such is proved to be nonsense. Some of the very greatest winners on the sporting arena are also ‘nice guys’ ....
Canada, oh Canada; what glories you presented us with, and what difficulties in writing of such. Sometimes describing and conveying accurately the events of a F1 race is hard, words such as exciting, fabulous, wonderful, epic and historic are...
Sebastian Vettel was imperious once again in Turkey, the 2010 world drivers’ champion was never troubled by the chasing pack in his race to victory. .. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Racing ......
As the last car crossed the line of the Chinese GP the consensus was that we had just witnessed a racing classic. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) produced a performance that many have claimed to be his career best. To win...
The 2010 season is regarded as one of the most exciting on record, and the first two races of the 2011 season have continued as 2010 left off; producing oodles of excitement and drama. The Malaysian GP, held at...
All changes and yet all remains the same. Over the winter testing the world has changed, turmoil in the Middle East, earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand, devastation in Northern Japan....
The season finale played out in the incredible setting of Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi. The phenomenal circuit was a fitting backdrop to the last and championship deciding race of this the most exciting of F1 seasons....
The Rain Fell and Red Bull Dissolved....... The Korean Grand Prix exceeded all expectations, producing a classic and dramatic race full of incident, drama and excitement. Red Bull Racing may well look back at the weekend as when the wheels...
Sebastian Vettel looks unbeatable at the start of the season. However, Monaco is a track where Vettel has never won before. Can Vettel win again this weekend?