Roberto Merhi is a Spainish racing driver of Brazilian and Lebanese ancestry. He made his name in Formula Renault, coming 4th in Italian Formula Renault in 2007 at the age of 16, whilst also competing in the Formula Renault Eurocup. The following year saw him race in the Western European Championship in Formula Renault, as…
Last weekend saw the Formula One circus move to Spa Francorchamps for the 2015 Belgium Grand Prix, in the forests and hills of the Belgium countryside. Spa has a reputation as one of the best circuits on the F1 calendar, and first time visitors normally comment that no matter how steep you expect the hills…
Last weekend at Silverstone saw the 2015 British Grand Prix, and as normal, I went along to see Formula One’s annual visit to the UK, as the Northamptonshire circuit became the centre of the F1 circus for a few days. The Grand Prix weekend is getting longer and longer, with Thursday having a pit lane…
I wrote recently about attending Formula One Winter Testing 2015, and mentioned that I had managed to get through a few of my photos, but had some more to get through. A few days at home, and I have managed to get through the rest from my camera, and load them to Flickr, so here…
Carlos Sainz Jr is a Formula One driver from Spain, and is the son of Carlos Sainz, the former World Rally Champion. Carlos started racing karts, racing in Europe and Asia Pacific, before moving to Formula BMW Europe in 2010 at the of 15. This is when I first saw him race, as a support…
Max Verstappen is the son of former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen, and given his family history, a career in motor racing is not that surprising. As well as his father, known as Jos The Boss, his mother, Sophie Kumpen, was a kart driver, and his maternal grandfather, Paul Kumpen, was a GT driver. His…
I am currently in Barcelona after watching the last round of Formula One Winter Testing 2015, the series of three tests that provide the teams with the opportunity to test their cars on track. It has been an eventful series of tests this year, with what appears to be some changes in the order of…
Near the end of the 2013 Formula One season, I put together a list of the pages of my galleries of Formula One drivers past and present in order of the number of views that they had that year. Sebastian Vettel was the top of the pile last year, both on the track and in…
Felipe Nasr comes from a motor racing background, with his uncle, Amir Nasr, running a South American Formula Three team, which bears his name. He moved into karting at the age of seven in his native Brazil, before a move to Formula BMW Americas in 2008. 2009 saw a move to the European Formula BMW…
British racing driver Will Stevens has made his way through the ranks of motor racing, often managing to race in multiple series at the same time. After winning the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Portugal Winter series, whilst also competing in the UK Formula Renault Winter series at the same time, Stevens competed in four rounds…
Before the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix, the Marussia team announced that they would promote Alexander Rossi to a race seat from the position of reserve driver, after spending 2012 and 2013 as the reserve driver at the Caterham Formula One team. Alexander has been on the verge of a Formula One seat for some time,…
Kevin Magnussen entered Formula One in 2014 with the McLaren team, after a rapid rise through the levels of motor sport. He is the son of former Formula One driver Jan Magnussen, who is himself still racing in various Formulae. A successful series of Formula Ford in 2008 saw Kevin crowned as Formula Ford Denmark…