As I was heading to the Pomeroy Trophy at Silverstone yesterday, I passed a car on the M1 motorway that had a familiar appearance. Whilst there are stories of four wheel drive F1 cars and pre-season testing is about a week away, could this be a CamoBull 4×4? The CamoBull was the nickname of the…
Nico Rosberg may have stunned the world of Formula One by announcing his retirement within a week of winning his first, and what seems likely to be his only, World Drivers’ Championship, but he is not the only F1 champion not to defend his title. The second world driver’s champion, and for many years, the…
Estaban Ocon took up karting in 2006, the year that he turned ten, in his native France, coming eighth in his first year before winning the championship the following season, and adding the French Cadet championship in 2008. In 2009, he moved to international karting, before moving to car racing in 2012 in the Eurocup…
After the British Grand Prix last weekend, rather than the paddock packing up and heading to Hungary,the teams stayed in Silverstone for a little longer for the final two days of Formula One In Season Testing 2016, after the previous two days in Spain earlier in the year. In season testing is not just a…
Last weekend saw the 2016 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, as the Formula One circus made its way to the Northamptonshire circuit for its annual visit. As the F1 leaderboard gets closer, this was the opportunity for Lewis Hamilton to close the gap on his team mate and current championship leader, Nico Rosberg. Lewis has…
This weekend sees the Monaco Grand Prix as the Formula One circus makes its annual visit to the narrow streets of Monte Carlo and the eyes of the world are on not just the sport but also on those watching. It’s a far cry from the first Monaco Grand Prix in 1929, when William Grover-Williams…
Stoffel Vandoorne was born in the Belgian town of Kortijk in 1992, and began karting in 1998. By 2008, he was the Belgian KF2 karting champion, and the following year the runner up in the FIA World Cup for the same series. He moved on to single seater cars, with 2010 seeing him race in the…
The new motor racing season is about to start, and the various pre season tests are under way, so I recently headed out to the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona for Formula One Winter Testing 2016, where each of the teams get a chance to try out their new cars, and also the new tyres that…
Rio Haryanto was born in Indonesia in 1993. In 2008, he competed in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge, Formula Asia 2.0, and in Formula BMW Pacific. Rio managed a third place in the Formula Asia 2.0 championship, with a race win, and two race wins in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge, which was impressive enough…
Pascal Wehrlein was born in Germany to a German father and a Mauritian mother in 1994 and took up karting in 2003. Pascal progressed quickly through karting, and in 2010 he moved to the ADAC Formel Masters series, where he finished 6th before winning the series the following year. He moved to the Formula 3…
It’s probably a bit of an understatement to say that this has not been the best year for the McLaren team and their drivers Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, very much being a development year for the new Honda engines. Saturday at the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix saw the team have a few more issues,…
Jolyon Palmer made his way through karting before entering the T Cars series in 2005 at the age of 14. He had some impressive performances and in 2007 moved to Formula Palmer Audi, which had been founded by his father, Jonathan Palmer, back in 1998. A second series in Formula Palmer Audi saw Jolyon take…