In October, Felipe Massa secured another season sitting in a Ferrari for the upcoming calendar – despite having a dismal start to the season, the Brazilian was rewarded for a string of improved performances, including a podium position in Japan. That was his first podium in 35 races. He has always been a number two in Ferrari colours, but does the 31 year old still have the pace to compete for one of the top 3 teams in the sport?
Massa’s career in red has been an eventful one to say the least: replacing fellow Brazilian Rubens Barrichello for the 2006 season at Ferrari, Massa landed himself a seat partnering Michael Schumacher in the German’s farewell year. Finishing on the podium in the European, French and Japanese GPs, plus victories in Turkey and is home race in Interlagos, Massa’s first season with Ferrari was fairly successful. And when the chequered flag waved...
Massa’s career in red has been an eventful one to say the least: replacing fellow Brazilian Rubens Barrichello for the 2006 season at Ferrari, Massa landed himself a seat partnering Michael Schumacher in the German’s farewell year. Finishing on the podium in the European, French and Japanese GPs, plus victories in Turkey and is home race in Interlagos, Massa’s first season with Ferrari was fairly successful. And when the chequered flag waved...
- 2/28/2013
- by Dan Eyre
- Obsessed with Film
The summer break for the Formula 1 drivers is now over. They have had their time to relax and are greeted by one of the most historic race tracks in the calendar. Spa Francorchamps. The legendary circuit has been part of F1 for well over 60 years (in one form or another) and has always pleased the crowds with great racing, great overtaking and an occasional large incident. The race at the weekend was certainly all of these.
Friday practice is one of those things that you rarely watch. If there isn’t a good news breakfast show on or an early film you wouldn’t even know it was there. Spa’s was utterly washed out. Nothing massively interesting happened bar what could only be described as the longest pad I have ever heard a commentator do. Top marks to James Allen and Jaime Alguersuari (former Toro Rosso driver from 2009 to...
Friday practice is one of those things that you rarely watch. If there isn’t a good news breakfast show on or an early film you wouldn’t even know it was there. Spa’s was utterly washed out. Nothing massively interesting happened bar what could only be described as the longest pad I have ever heard a commentator do. Top marks to James Allen and Jaime Alguersuari (former Toro Rosso driver from 2009 to...
- 9/4/2012
- by James Bale
- Obsessed with Film
Fernando Alonso started on Pole at Silverstone and couldn’t bring it home, but he had no such issue on Sunday in the Ferrari. Harried by Jenson Button’s McLaren until the final few laps, Fernando drove brilliantly to extend his lead in the Drivers Championship. Vettel followed him over the line in 2nd but is under investigation after passing Jenson Button off the racetrack on the penultimate lap.
Button drove brilliantly from 6th, eating slowly into Alonso’s lead but to no avail in the end finishing 3rd pending Vettel’s result. Raikkonen drove well in the Lotus but strategy stopped him catching the leaders, running 2 stints on the soft tyre and only one on the preferred harder option which performed better on the cars.
Sauber once again showed their dominance of the midfield, getting 5th and 6th with Kobayashi and Perez who took a penalty at the start...
Button drove brilliantly from 6th, eating slowly into Alonso’s lead but to no avail in the end finishing 3rd pending Vettel’s result. Raikkonen drove well in the Lotus but strategy stopped him catching the leaders, running 2 stints on the soft tyre and only one on the preferred harder option which performed better on the cars.
Sauber once again showed their dominance of the midfield, getting 5th and 6th with Kobayashi and Perez who took a penalty at the start...
- 7/23/2012
- by Jon Bentham
- Obsessed with Film
Did someone say Valencia is boring? Home favourite Fernando Alonso flew home from 11th on the grid to win the European Gp from Kimi Raikkonen. It was an action packed race, with Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull building up a stunning lead before a safety car wiped that out and put Romain Grosjean’s Lotus right behind him.
However, Alonso had something different in mind and jumped Grosjean at the re-start with a very committed pass into turn 2. Vettel’s lead had disappeared with the safety car, but it got worse after the safety car released them to race, Vettel’s car deciding it had had enough and he stopped on track to give Alonso the lead.
Grosjean tried to chase Alonso down and was holding station well until he lost power with a faulty alternator and had to park it, but nicely finding a spot on the track that...
However, Alonso had something different in mind and jumped Grosjean at the re-start with a very committed pass into turn 2. Vettel’s lead had disappeared with the safety car, but it got worse after the safety car released them to race, Vettel’s car deciding it had had enough and he stopped on track to give Alonso the lead.
Grosjean tried to chase Alonso down and was holding station well until he lost power with a faulty alternator and had to park it, but nicely finding a spot on the track that...
- 6/24/2012
- by Jon Bentham
- Obsessed with Film
Sebastian Vettel has taken everyone’s breath away with a sublime one-lap stint at the end of Qualifying to start tomorrow’s race at the front. His nearest challenger was Lewis Hamilton but he was 0.3 of a second away from what could only be described as a perfect lap of Valencia. This put Vettel alongside the likes of Alain Prost and Jim Clark, and only at 24 this is shaping to be a career to match or even eclipse that of the greats.
In Q1, Red Bull’s Mark Webber struggled with a broken Drs rear wing so lost out on over a second a lap with it’s use. This left him in the clutches of the mid-pack teams but, suprisingly, Heikki Kovalainen also took advantage of it and pipped Webber and Vergne to steal 17th place on his final lap as the Chequered flag came down.
Timo Glock hasn...
In Q1, Red Bull’s Mark Webber struggled with a broken Drs rear wing so lost out on over a second a lap with it’s use. This left him in the clutches of the mid-pack teams but, suprisingly, Heikki Kovalainen also took advantage of it and pipped Webber and Vergne to steal 17th place on his final lap as the Chequered flag came down.
Timo Glock hasn...
- 6/23/2012
- by Jon Bentham
- Obsessed with Film
Mark Webber takes the honours in Brazilian Grand Prix as Vettel nurses ‘Kinky Kylie’ home.
The final race of the season proved to be more than a foregone conclusion with Sebastian Vettel suffering with a gearbox problem and having to nurse his car home, Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren retired with a broken gearbox and Virgin Racing’s Timo Glock caused chaos in the pit lane as he set off before his wheels were on his car.
It was a thrilling way to end the 2011 season and from the very start it was going to be something special. All the cars made it safely through the first corner with the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Filipe Massa moving up a place each to fourth and sixth place respectively and Jenson Button threatening Mark Webber but as the race wore on it became apparent that no one was going to have an easy race.
The final race of the season proved to be more than a foregone conclusion with Sebastian Vettel suffering with a gearbox problem and having to nurse his car home, Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren retired with a broken gearbox and Virgin Racing’s Timo Glock caused chaos in the pit lane as he set off before his wheels were on his car.
It was a thrilling way to end the 2011 season and from the very start it was going to be something special. All the cars made it safely through the first corner with the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Filipe Massa moving up a place each to fourth and sixth place respectively and Jenson Button threatening Mark Webber but as the race wore on it became apparent that no one was going to have an easy race.
- 11/28/2011
- by Gordon Bibby
- Obsessed with Film
Lewis Hamilton fought a terse battle with Fernando Alonso to take a convincing victory after Sebastian Vettel made an unscheduled exit from the race on the first lap at the Yas Marina circuit today.
Vettel looked confident that he would bring another race victory after his qualifying performance yesterday but fate conspired against him and after flying ahead in his usual style he was pitched unceremoniously from the track as his right rear tyre suddenly exploded. The young German was spun violently across the runoff area with his tyre in shreds and despite managing to limp back to the pits he was clearly unhappy when his engineers told him the damage was to severe to repair.
As Lewis Hamilton took full advantage of his good fortune and set about building up his lead, further down the field the Mercedes Petronas pairing of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg pushed each other...
Vettel looked confident that he would bring another race victory after his qualifying performance yesterday but fate conspired against him and after flying ahead in his usual style he was pitched unceremoniously from the track as his right rear tyre suddenly exploded. The young German was spun violently across the runoff area with his tyre in shreds and despite managing to limp back to the pits he was clearly unhappy when his engineers told him the damage was to severe to repair.
As Lewis Hamilton took full advantage of his good fortune and set about building up his lead, further down the field the Mercedes Petronas pairing of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg pushed each other...
- 11/15/2011
- by Gordon Bibby
- Obsessed with Film
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Fia F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi 2011
Race Report
Hamilton seizes glory as Vettels luck runs out.
Lewis Hamilton fought a terse battle with Fernando Alonso to take a convincing victory after Sebastian Vettel made an unscheduled exit from the race on the first lap at the Yas Marina circuit today.
Vettel looked confident that he would bring another race victory after his qualifying performance yesterday but fate conspired against him and after flying ahead in his usual style he was pitched unceremoniously from the track as his right rear tyre suddenly exploded. The young German was spun violently across the runoff area with his tyre in shreds and despite managing to limp back to the pits he was clearly unhappy when his engineers told him the damage was to severe to repair.
As Lewis Hamilton took full advantage of his good fortune and...
Fia F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi 2011
Race Report
Hamilton seizes glory as Vettels luck runs out.
Lewis Hamilton fought a terse battle with Fernando Alonso to take a convincing victory after Sebastian Vettel made an unscheduled exit from the race on the first lap at the Yas Marina circuit today.
Vettel looked confident that he would bring another race victory after his qualifying performance yesterday but fate conspired against him and after flying ahead in his usual style he was pitched unceremoniously from the track as his right rear tyre suddenly exploded. The young German was spun violently across the runoff area with his tyre in shreds and despite managing to limp back to the pits he was clearly unhappy when his engineers told him the damage was to severe to repair.
As Lewis Hamilton took full advantage of his good fortune and...
- 11/13/2011
- by Gordon Bibby
- Obsessed with Film
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