The motor sport season is starting to get underway for various racing series including the Formula One Barcelona In Season Tests 2019 through February and March. Don’t worry if you can’t make it to Barcelona to see what is going on as there are always plenty of people keeping us updated on social media, including…
George Russell was born in Norfolk in 1998, and took up karting in 2006, and soon made a name for himself, taking the championship title before becoming the 2012 Super One British champion. He then moved to KF3 where he took the European title in 2011 and 2012, before moving to the world championships in…
Lando Norris has been one to watch in motor racing since his early first moves in the sport, starting on bikes before moving to karting at the age of seven and taking pole position in his first ever national event. By 2013, Lando was winning at the karting World Championships, and became the youngest ever…
I may not be in Hungary this week for the Formula One Budapest In Season Tests 2018, but there is plenty of information available, including plenty through the Motorsport Extra hasthag, #HappyTesting. In season testing is a great opportunity to get an early look at some of the next generation of Formula One drivers getting…
I may not be in Barcelona this week for the Formula One Barcelona In Season Tests 2018, but there is plenty of information available, including plenty through the Motorsport Extra hasthag, #HappyTesting. In season testing is a great opportunity to get an early look at some of the next generation of Formula One drivers getting…
Formula One has announced a new theme tune. Given that the sport is a global brand, having a global theme tune makes sense in keeping with corporate branding. However, for me and many of my age, there will only ever been one theme tune for Formula One, The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. And it’s not…
Thirty-five years ago today, on the 13th March 1983, there was a rather unusual finish to a motor race, it was the Formula One race where no one finished second. The Brazilian Grand Prix was being held at Jacarepaguá, a circuit that hosted the race ten times, as the opening round of the World Championship…
Sergey Sirotkin was born in Moscow in 1995, and began karting in 2008. In 2010, he moved to Formula Abarth season where he raced in the last six events, showing impressive form. In 2011, he won the Formula Arbath European Series and came second in the Formula Abarth Italian Series. 2012 was a busy year,…
Pierre Gasly was born in 1996 in Rouen, and like many racing drivers started his career in karting at the age of ten, where he made a name of himself first in the French and then the European championships. In 2011, Pierre moved to the French F4 championship, where his performance improved through the course…
Brendon Hartley was born in New Zealand in November 1989, the son of a racing driver. He started karting at the age of six, before moving to Formula First at the age of twelve. The following year he won the New Zealand Formula Ford Festival which saw him getting a drive in the Formula Ford…
Charles Leclerc is the son of former Formula Three driver, Hervé Leclerc, and the Monégasque driver started his racing career in karting, at the Brignoles circuit which was managed by the father of his friend, the late Jules Bianchi. Charles had an impressive karting career, taking the PACA championship in France for the first of…
Lance Stroll was born in 1998, and like many racing drivers, started his career in karting at the age of ten. In 2014, at the age of 15, Lance competed in the Italian Formula Four championship, and impressively saw thirteen podium finishes in the eighteen rounds in which he competed. He took the championship with…