Why Le Mans really matters
I’ll admit that most of my time is spent following Formula One but I would be remiss in not also confessing my love for the World Endurance Championship or Le Mans series endurance racing. I am not...
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Indycar: Fan on the inside
I’ve told my story before, about how I was born into a house of not only serious racing fans, but parents who were both former racers in their own right. So needless to say, I was pretty much a racing...
View ArticleA Red Bull Rebellion?
Shortly after the International Tribunal announced its verdict, Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner was tight lipped about the reprimand and ban from the Young Driver Test issued to Mercedes....
View ArticleOperation V-Power: My quest to expose Shell
It all begins here…in Houston Texas. I’m nestled in the Magnolia hotel waiting until tomorrow morning when I will assault the Shell facility. I’m on a mission. Actually Paul Charsley and I only use...
View ArticleMarbles: Does a “Pinnacle of Motorsport” exist?
Editor’s Note- This week’s Marbles (reader opinion) is from our long-time favorite Tom Firth. you may have heard Tom as featured on the Forum Podcast with Andrew called Fast Lap. Tom is a dear friend...
View ArticleConcentration – is 100% possible?
AUTOSPORT printed extracts of interviews with Jim Clark and Graham Hill that they carried out in 1962 just before the deciding race in South Africa. They also asked Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton...
View ArticleHelmets? Refueling? Or just ban pitstops?
There was a time when Formula One teams ran strategic fuel levels to keep the weight of their cars as low as possible. Cars would scream through the forest of Spa or the city streets of Monaco with...
View ArticleTreating the Symptom and not the Disease
We all witnessed live the near disaster that followed Mark Webber’s release from the pit lane with only 3 wheels secured. The fourth went careening down the pit lane, took a strange bounce and hit FOM...
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Daly Dose: British, German GP wrap-up
Silverstone seemed to be all about Lewis Hamilton. His pole lap, his great start, his clear lead over Vettel, his tire exploding and his comeback drive. Pretty heady stuff when delivered in front of a...
View ArticleIs language a barrier for non-English speaking drivers?
The topic for this post came to me when I read through some of the drivers’ comments published in advance of the British GP. One comment in particular: Pastor Maldonado stating “The car is...
View ArticleMarbles: Reducing human error, NASCAR’s answer to F1
Editor’s Note~ This week’s Marbles (Reader Op Ed ) is from long-time reader Paul Kiefer Jr. Paul offers his thoughts on how NASCAR may be able to teach F1 a couple things regarding safe pit stops....
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Shell V-Power exposed in Houston, Ferrari is next!
When Shell called and asked if I would like to visit their facility in Houston to understand how Shell V-Power is made and what makes it different, I didn’t hesitate. I set out with the express purpose...
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Paul Charsley’s Customer Cars: Caterham SP/300R
So you want to be a racing driver? Or at least know what it feels like, well over the past few years there has been a growing segment in motorsports that’s away from the eyes of the TV audience. In the...
View ArticleIs this a Golden Age of Formula 1?
In 1988 McLaren won 15 out of the 16 races that season. Missing out on a clean sweep only because Senna collided with the stand-in Williams driver (Jean-Louis Schlesser) while lapping him two laps from...
View ArticleWho is the Richie Porte of F1?
If you’ve followed F1B for a while, you’ll know that I am a big fan of the toughest bicycle race in the world—the Tour de France. I’m not a cyclist. I do not own a Conalgo road bike nor do I wear...
View ArticleDriver Silly Season
Driver silly season is fast approaching with the big speculation that Kimi will move to Red Bull next year this my prediction on what might happen and my reason behind it. I strongly believe that...
View ArticleWhen a Pass is a Fail
An old issue reared its head again during this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The issue is whether or not to penalize a driver who completes a pass by going totally outside the white lines that mark...
View ArticleIs MotoGP spec tire similar to F1′s situation?
Thanks to my friend David Emmett for pointing me to an article about the spec tire situation in MotoGP, I spent awhile contemplating the similarities between the two-wheel series and Formula One—there...
View ArticleWomen in Racing: the fan perspective
{this is the first in a three part editorial series on Women in Racing here at F1B, which will cover the status of women in racing from the fan’s perspective, women in the racing establishment, and...
View ArticleWhy the Ecclestone case doesn’t add up
Life in Formula One without Bernie Ecclestone would be unimaginable according to Red Bull boss Christian Horner. The 82-year-old has ran the business for 40 years and made millionaires out of gentlemen...
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