Felipe Massa Malaysia f1 2010 photograph

A photograph of Felipe Massa working his way through the field in the 2010 Malaysian formula 1 grand prix in 2010.

Alonso And Schumacher Crash Australia 2010

On the first lap of the Australian Grand prix 2010 Michael Schumacher was shunted into a spin by the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso. This is sure to heat up their already fiery relationship at the start of the new formula one season. Lewis Hamilton (top left of picture) got an excellent start and can be seen avoiding imminent collision with ex team mate Alonso.

F1 anti-racism campaign after Hamilton gets abuse

United Press International are reporting that ‘Top European officials of Formula One racing have begun a campaign to kickout racism in formula one.The BBC in London said ‘they have launched an “Everyrace” anti-racism campaign at the site of Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona’.

The ‘everyrace’ campaign comes after England’s Lewis Hamilton, who is black, was subjected to racial abuse in Febuary of this year at the F1 Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.

After that incident, the FIA (International Automobile Federation) warned Spain could be stripped of its major motor races.  “The sport is about a driver’s ability and this will never have anything to do with their race or skin color,” F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone said. “One thing that most attracted me to motor sport was that nobody cared about your background, race, gender or religion … all that mattered was how quick you were,” said FIA Top Man Max Mosley.

A ‘Younger’ Jarno Trulli

Italian born Trulli was born in Abruzzo, Italy. Parents of hardcore motorsport fans and named their son after Jarno Saarinen the only Finn to win a road racing World Championship later killed at Monza in 1973. When trulli first entered formula many fans didn’t initially realise he was Italian. Some say his father was a driving factor in trullis success getting him involved in karting from an early age, Which is a familiar story around the f1 circuit.

His 2005 season went well. Wins at the beginning of the season meant the confidence was there and on the Indianapolis he took first F1 pole driving for toyota. For the majority of the year some comment ‘he outclassed highly paid team-mate Ralf Schumacher’, but things took a turn for the worst and in the latter part of the season a dip in form saw him slip to seventh in the championship, two points behind the German.

Lewis Hamilton Has A Nightmare In Bahrain

Lewis Hamilton will be glad that today’s race is over after a nightmare race that resulted in him gaining zero points.  The race started badly with Lewis getting an extremely slow start off of the line, drivers overtook and swerved to avoid Hamilton which resulted in him dropping to tenth place behind arch rival Fernando Alonso.

Hamilton fought frantically to try and regain places and pushed hard until he crashed into the back of an unusually slow Fernando Alonso.  The crash resulted in Lewis losing his front wing which meant he had to nurse his Mclaren back to the pits for a new one.  Unfortunately by the time he had rejoined the race he was in 17 th place.

To make matters worse Hamilton’s car seemed to have taken on damage as he fought to control a slow Mclaren for the remainder of the race. Hamilton eventually finished in 13th place which is a far cry from the podium he was hoping for.  Mclaren will be working hard with Hamilton and his car to make sure he is right back on form for Barcelona in three weeks time.

One question that many people are asking is: Did Alonso break or slow down to cause the accident in lap 2?  We will keep you posted on that!

Felipe Massa Wins At Bahrain Grand Prix

Felipe Massa has answered his critics by recording his first win of the 2008 formula 1 racing season in a race that never looked in any doubt.  Felipe started in second place on the grid behind Robert Kubica but got a good start off the line and charged ahead by the time he had reached the first corner.  After that he dominated the race and lead from the front chased by team mate Kimi Raikkonen and BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica who also had a great weekend gaining his second podium finish in as many races.

There has been huge speculation surrounding Felipe Massa over the last two weeks after his failure to finish in the first two races of 2008.  The media has criticised Massa and has hinted he may be on his way out of Ferrari at the end of this season to make way for rival Fernando Alonso who has also made suggestions that he would be joining Ferrari at some stage. Today’s victory has certainly answered the critics and will hopefully see Felipe challenging more during future races.

Alonso Says He Could Quit At The End Of The Season

Fernando Alonso has revealed that he could quit the Renault formula 1 team at the end of the season.  The two time world champion returned to Renault after a roller-coaster ride of a year at Mclaren in 2007.  He has also revealed his disappointment with his uncompetitive car.

“I’m at Renault because I wanted to get back to winning, like in 2005 and 2006, if not this year then next year,” Alonso revealed to a spanish newspaper today.

“But I have an option to leave so I can be in the best possible car, and it is clear Ferrari is one of the best.” This statement supports rumours that Alonso’s return to Renault would be short lived as he waited for a spot at Ferrari.  He has even commented on Felipe Massa’s disastrous opening two races.

“It’s early to talk about moves and rumours, but Massa has had two bad races with mistakes and that has kicked off speculation,” Alonso said.”It’s logical, but it’s too early.”

Kimi Raikkonen Wins Malaysian Grand Prix

Kimi Raikkonen started on the front of the grid in second place along side team mate Felipe Massa.  Both ferrari’s started strongly with the two men in fine form setting the pace at the front.  Then disaster struck for Felipe Massa when he spun off the track and got stuck in the gravel trap. This strange moment gave Kimi the invite he needed to dominate the race from then on.

Robert Kubica came in second and thouroughly deserved it after a solid drive that kept the ferraris honest. Heikki Kovalainen came in third ahead of Jarno Trulli and team mate Lewis Hamilton. 

The race result means that Lewis Hamilton remains ahead in the drivers championship by three points ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. The next race in Bahrain is set to be a corker - we can’t wait!

Timo Glock Will Race In Malaysia

We are happy to announce that Timo Glock has confirmed that he will race in Malaysia following his crash last week end in Australia. He said “I am fine. My hand was a bit sore after the accident because I got a big hit from the steering wheel when I landed but there’s no serious damage and I’m sure it won’t be a problem.”

Glock had to leave Albert park with strapping on his wrist following a nasty crash that had his car bouncing accross the track. There were rumours that he would be replaced following concerns for his fitness but But Arai said on Wednesday: “Fortunately, he didn’t suffer any physical damage, so he will be ready to go again (in Malaysia).”

This is great news and we will be looking forward to seeing him in action this weekend.

Nico Rosberg Happy With Podium In Australia

Nico Rosberg was delighted with his podium finish at the Australian Grand Prix and it is quite clear to see in this photograph taken just after Nico received his 3rd place trophey. Well done Nico, keep it up!

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