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Alberto Ascari was the third man to be crowned Formula One World Champion and the first to do so driving for Enzo Ferrari, but there is so many more points of interest with the man from Milan. Ascari was the sports first double champion and in 1952-53 dominated the sport. He was also, along withContinue reading “ALBERTO ASCARI: F1’S FIRST DOUBLE CHAMPION F170”

WILL WE SEE THE WILLIAMS NAME DISAPPEAR FROM FORMULA ONE? It was announced last week by the Williams F1 team that they were “considering various strategic options” regarding the company’s future. This means that they are looking to sell a minority stake or a majority stake in the team and the entire Williams Grand PrixContinue reading “WILLIAMS: FALL FROM GRACE AND AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE”

Thoughts on this weeks F1 news and rumours We may not have had any headline news this week in F1 but it has still been an interesting week nonetheless. There has inevitably been speculation about the future of Sebastian Vettel following last weeks revelation that he will be leaving Ferrari at the end of 2020,Continue reading “THIS WEEK IN F1”

DRIVER MARKET INTRIGUE FOR 2021 AND 2020 NEWS Over the last seven days we have been treated to plenty of F1 news. Before the 2020 season has even got under way the look of the grid for 2021 has changed significantly with some big driver announcements and one of the sports big names unsure ifContinue reading “A WEEK IN F1”

AUTOBIOGRAPHY BOOK REVIEW The autobiography of the late Niki Lauda was originally published in 1986 but following his sad passing in 2019 it was republished with some extra material from motor sport journalist Kevin Eason. Eason’s contributions fill in for the reader Lauda’a story from 86 to his death, and although it is not aContinue reading “NIKI LAUDA TO HELL AND BACK”

F170: GRAND PRIX RACING’S YEAR OF TURMOIL It was while watching a rerun of the 94 Japanese Grand Prix that I felt inspired to write a piece about that season of F1. The whole season was full of drama and intrigue from the start and as we all know the tragic events of Imola wereContinue reading “1994: TRAGEDY AND CONTROVERSY”

Ideas being looked at to get 2020 season going!! After the cancellation or postponement of the first eight races of the 2020 F1 season and the near impossibility of the French Grand Prix going ahead due to further government restrictions in the country it was looking like we may never see any actual on trackContinue reading “DOUBLE HEADERS TO START THE SEASON”

F1701950 THE FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONWHERE IT ALL STARTED It was a bleak spring day in May and 150.000 people had joined HRH King George VI to witness the start of a new era of motor racing. The location was the former airfield circuit of Silverstone and 21 Formula One machines were lined up onContinue reading “BACK TO THE BEGINNING”

THE RETURN OF OLD TRACKS I thought I would just have a bit of fun with this post and think about and discuss some of the old race tracks that F1 doesn’t visit any more that I would like to see make a return to the calendar. Some are because of the nature of theContinue reading “BRINGING BACK THE CLASSICS”

The motor sport world is mourning the loss today of one of its icons after it was announced yesterday that Stirling Moss had passed away after a long illness. Everyone’s thoughts are of course with his family and friends at this difficult time but it is also a time for us as motor sport fansContinue reading “STIRLING MOSS: A TRIBUTE”