JG Ballard it ain't! The countdown of the ten greatest Formula One crashes. (Part 5)

The ones you’ve all been waiting for…
2. The Whole Field (Nearly), 1998 Belgium
Now normally these lists all end with this almighty smash; the most iconic of the modern era which saw the entire mid field taken out following the start of the Belgium Grand Prix.  But you may have noticed at F1 Badger, we like [...]

Honda saved at last minute

According to the nationals here in blighty the Honda team is saved due to the Japanese chaps at Honda HQ agreeing to a management buy out.  Much like the USF1 time-wasting announcement we are all still in the dark until Honda make an official announcement but it’s looking like Ross Brawn will head up the [...]

The Germans are Coming, The Germans are Coming!

we already have a German that has shown considerable promise, but it’s disappointing to increasingly see the selection of drivers on the basis of national merit.

Lewis believes in… Chris Moyles

BBC Radio 1’s hugely successful breakfast show were discussing Lewis Hamilton this morning because during a photoshoot the Leeds lad Chris Moyles went to see the young World Champion to see if he could spare some loose change to sponsor him for the stroll up Kilimanjaro.
Celebrities including Densie Van Outen, Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Fearne [...]

Auntie Saves Formula 1

Good news sports fans in the UK – the fabulous folk at the world’s greatest television centre announced their plans for the Formula One coverage today and it sounds nothing short of brilliant.
Here’s the details as the badger sees it – firstly no more adverts to interrupt the racing with Churchill’s latest “ooooh yess” advert [...]

USF1 – An Announcement of an… Announcement

As promised USF1 gave a press conference today all about their plans for entering F1 in 2010.  The press conference was long and not that engaging.  There was no real meat in it at all so the Badger has little to go on.   Although there’s plenty of chat the only real solid info is that:

it’s [...]

Badger Planet Guide to… Race Weekends

Badger fans, gather round, gather round…

Now tell me, what’s the best thing about F1, apart from Badger obviously!
Yes, the race weekend of course, so being wonderful, we thought we would put together a splendid piece about the upcoming weekends, a little bit of a “Badger Planet” guide if you like, that will tell you the [...]

JG Ballard it ain't! The countdown of the ten greatest Formula One crashes. (Part 4)

Part four… I’ve come to the conclusion that I should have just posted this all at once.  I don’t think the suspense is killing anyone but me now.

4. Nick Heidfeld, 2002 Sao Paulo  
I thought we’d throw this one into the mix because not only is it a superbly underrated incident, but shows a situation which [...]

JG Ballard it ain't! The countdown of the ten greatest Formula One crashes. (Part 3)

The third edition of our top 10 F1 crash feature.

6. Alex Caffi, 1991 Monaco
Caffi was widely regarded as quite an accident-prone chap during his foray into the world of F1, but his crash at Piscine, caused havoc for an already dense track.  Exciting CCTV images show the car streaming across the track after careering headlong [...]

Jenson Scene in Yorkshire

Where is Jenson Button?
Here at F1 Badger we recognise that these are testing times for Jenson Button, and so have set up a regular “Button Watch” in order to keep you updated as to the F1 legends current activities. With his future at Honda in the balance as the Japanese car giant continues to seek [...]