F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Street Fighters – Rosberg vs Senna as Lauda bows out in Oz ’85 Most street circuits exist because the organisers want a venue that looks pretty on TV, or because they want something different. But the Adelaide Street Circuit existed simply because it was a really good race track. The circuit is loved by F1 fans … Read more
The Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide marked not only the end of the 1993 season, but also the end of the F1 career of Alain Prost, who had wrapped up his fourth driver’s title two races earlier in Portugal. Prost had announced his retirement from the sport, eased out of Williams despite winning the title … Read more
The 1986 season went down to the wire, with 3 drivers arriving in Adelaide for the season ending Australian Grand Prix with a chance to be crowned champion. The Williams FW11 was clearly the fastest package in 1986, with Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet splitting 9 race wins between them prior to Adelaide (5 for … Read more
Grand Prix History – Austrian GP After hosting a number of sportscar and non championship events between 1958-1963, the bumpy airfield circuit of Zeltweg joined the Formula One calendar to host the Austrian Grand Prix for the first time in 1964, the race marking the Formula One debut of Jochen Rindt in a one off … Read more
With the looming threat of F1 losing the British GP, fans have looked toward Donington and Brands Hatch as possible takers should the worst happen and the longest running F1 race on the calendar disappears. TJ13 looked at other alternatives yesterday and asked readers (the Jury) to give their thoughts on the options. Silverstone finished, British … Read more
Introduction: It’s the moment of truth for Nico Rosberg – one race, one podium, one world championship. It all comes down to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend – will it be a relaxed coronation drive for Nico as team-mate Lewis Hamilton had in 2014, or will he get bogged down in traffic and … Read more
2010– Ferrari fail at Abu Dhabi as Vettel crowned champion while Alonso sits in traffic
2012– Kimi knew what he was doing but Seb got the job done Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) – these three world champions led the championship standings coming into Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2012,round 18 out of 20. Vettel was the defending champion, driving for the favoured … Read more
Note from the Ed: This is a sample of the Author’s circuit profile guide, the most complete available on the net 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix – Misery for Massa as Hamilton is Champion Is it really 8 years ago already? Coming into the final race of the 2008 season, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton seemed to have … Read more
1993 Brazillian Grand Prix – Senna surprise win as Prost slips up
