Category: Features
F1 and Motorsport Features
By Hugh Podmore on Sunday, November 13, 2011Filed Under: Features, Lead Articles, News
12.45pm GMT Hello and welcome to forumula1.com’s live coverage of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The championships are well and truly over and this Yas Marina circuit has a reputation for turgidity, so it is earnestly to be hoped that this is not a procession. In fact, the FIA has overnight extended one of the two DRS zones, in a blatant acknowledgement that overtaking might not be on the agenda. Read more... (2201 words, estimated 8:48 mins reading time)
By Hugh Podmore on Sunday, October 30, 2011Filed Under: Features, Lead Articles, News
Vettel unrelenting as he takes inaugural Indian GP win
Button only credible resistance to the German, taking second
Alonso third; team mate Massa in yet more contact with Lewis Hamilton Read more... (2268 words, estimated 9:04 mins reading time)
By Hugh Podmore on Monday, October 17, 2011Filed Under: Features, News
This morning the tragic news came through that Dan Wheldon had been killed in an IndyCar race in Las Vegas yesterday. The popular and talented Englishman was involved in a 15-car pile-up on lap 12 of the race, and succumbed to ‘unsurvivable’ injuries soon after. Read more... (593 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)
By Hugh Podmore on Sunday, October 16, 2011Filed Under: Features, News
Sebastian Vettel takes yet another win to seal Constructors’ title for Red Bull Racing
Lewis Hamilton second after epic defensive battle with Mark Webber, who finishes third
Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso take a close fourth and fifth respectively Read more... (2368 words, estimated 9:28 mins reading time)
By Hugh Podmore on Sunday, October 9, 2011Filed Under: Features, Lead Articles, News
Sebastian Vettel champion for the second time after finishing third
Jenson Button takes victory with strong pace throughout
Fernando Alonso second for Ferrari in race dominated by tyre wear Read more... (2624 words, estimated 10:30 mins reading time)
By Hugh Podmore on Sunday, September 25, 2011Filed Under: Features, Lead Articles, News
12.50pm Hello and welcome to forumula1.com’s coverage of the 2011 Singapore Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel can win the world championship today if he finishes on the podium, but he needs the following to happen: if he wins, Webber and Button must be third or lower and Alonso fourth or lower. Read more... (2431 words, estimated 9:43 mins reading time)
By Hugh Podmore on Sunday, September 11, 2011Filed Under: Features, Lead Articles, News
12.45pm Good afternoon and welcome to forumula1.com’s live coverage of the Italian Grand Prix 2011.
It is hot at the Monza track this afternoon and the big question is how the gear ratios of the front three or four cars will affect their straightline speed at this, the quickest of all the current venues. Read more... (1928 words, estimated 7:43 mins reading time)
By Hugh Podmore on Sunday, August 28, 2011Filed Under: Features, Lead Articles, News
12.30pm Well hello there and welcome to forumula1.com’s live coverage of the Belgian Grand Prix 2011.
It is not raining at Spa, ye gods! But it may later. No one knows at this devilish track, where some corners can be soaked and others bone dry. Read more... (2380 words, estimated 9:31 mins reading time)
By Hugh Podmore on Sunday, July 31, 2011Filed Under: Features, Lead Articles, News
12.45pm BST Hello and welcome to forumula1.com’s live coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Quite apart from the metaphorical cloud hanging over the sport in the form of the Sky TV deal, there are literal clouds over the Hungaroring. More pressingly, perhaps, they are actually leaking water from the sky. Read more... (2490 words, estimated 9:58 mins reading time)
By Hugh Podmore on Sunday, July 24, 2011Filed Under: Features, Lead Articles, News
12.40pm Good afternoon and welcome to forumula1.com’s coverage of the 2011 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.
The Eifel forest has yet again thrown up very interesting conditions for today’s race – it is cold and just, as I type, beginning to rain. Read more... (2373 words, estimated 9:30 mins reading time)