Grand Prix POP… it’s Podium or Pits!

It’s Thursday!  That means it’s time for your weekly helping of (fun) F1 news.  This week features Nigel ’sell-out’ Mansell, Rome 2012, and a special preview of the Korean grand prix…

PODIUM.  Nigel Mansell -
After last week’s supremely successful campaign to bring back the Mansell Moustache … good news folks!  Thanks to a certain online price [...]

Webber Leads Kart Fundraiser For Injured Racer

Mark Webber is leading a fundraising effort for injured Superleague Formula racer Chris van der Drift.
The title contending Red Bull driver is taking time out from his preparations for the Italian Grand Prix to help raise funds for 24 year-old van der Drift’s rehab. The New Zealand-born driver survived a terrifying shunt at last month’s [...]

Sixteen Year-Old Makes F1 Test Debut For Lotus.

Popular culture would have us believe that sixteen year-olds are surly, hormone driven monsters whose hobbies include defying their parents and getting bad haircuts because fashion dictates they must.
But that’s not true of all sixteen year-olds.
Take for example Nabil Jeffri, who is a sixteen year-old Malaysian racing driver. Like any budding F1 star he’s got [...]

Badgerometer: the F1 top 5 from Spa!

Life certainly isn’t a box of Belgian chocolates for the likes of Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, and Sebastian Vettel after the Belgian grand prix at the sublime Spa circuit.  Three championship contenders came home with nothing, whereas Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber were only too happy to lap up the points as they head up [...]

Hamilton overjoyed with victory in Spa

Hamilton took a commanding victory in Belgium today, well deserved in very tricky conditions, finishing ahead of Webber and Kubica which means he now leads the drivers world championship, just 3 points ahead of Webber.
The first opening laps
The race started under dry conditions, Webber didn’t get away well, immediately giving up the lead to Hamilton [...]

Was it right to punish Vettel?

Jenson Button’s Belgian Grand Prix weekend ended prematurely after a collision with Sebastian Vettel on lap 18 of 44.  The current World Champion was holding 2nd place with a damaged car with Vettel bearing down on him.
Just as drops of rain began to fall again in the Ardane forest, Vettel quickly changed direction and consequently [...]

Webber On Top In Chaotic Spa Qualifying.

World championship leader Mark Webber will start tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix on pole after emerging fastest from a rain hit qualifying session at the Spa Francochamps circuit.
The Aussie overcame showers in Q1 and the threat of elimination in Q2 to finish the top-ten shootout quickest, with his closest title rival Lewis Hamilton grabbing second place [...]

Badger’s Friday News Round-Up.

Swiping the wasps off the apple of truth
It’s Friday, so it’s once again time to round-up all the events of the past seven days in F1. This week we’re pleased to bring you some real news, what with F1 cars being back in action, with a few oddities and rumours thrown in for good measure. [...]

Alonso Tops the Times as F1 returns at Spa.

After the four-week summer break Formula One is back, with Friday practice having already been completed at the Spa-Francochamps circuit in Belgium. With one session very wet and the second run in drying conditions it proved to be one of the more interesting Friday’s of the 2010 season, and Badger’s got the full details on [...]

It’s Friday – It’s The Caption Contest Bonanza!

F1 is back, as we watch Friday practice kicking off at the spectacular Spa-Francochamps circuit in Belgium- oh how we’ve missed it.
But- surprise surprise- it’s absolutely soaking in the Adrennes, with reports suggesting Badger correspondent Benson Jamichello is  currently seeking shelter in a farm outbuilding. Poor lad.
So with practice looking like a bit of a [...]