Vettel closes in on title at Singapore while Hamilton sees red

Coming into the Singapore Grand Prix in 2011 the title was a fight between Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber (Red Bull), Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button (McLaren) and Fernando Alonso (Ferrari). Well, mathematically anyway. Such was Vettel’s dominance in the 2011 season that he could wrap the title up in Singapore if results went his way. … Read more

Grid TV – Felipe Massa “A CAREER IN RETROSPECT”

Controversy, team orders, near fatal collisions, a seat in a red car this driver has almost had it all, the one thing that has eluded this experienced and mature driver is a world championship.

The 2008 campaign was the closest he got. The title was all his, until the last two corners in the Formula One season. Glock slowed down, letting Hamilton passed onto a world championship title. Some commentors called it the biggest fix in the history of sport, Glock denied all suggestions. One thing is for sure watching Massa’s father and the Ferrari pit crew celebrating with 20 seconds of the race left, gave you goosebumps, and the change of expression as the realisation hit home that the celebrations were premature was some of the hardest sporting TV broadcast.

Monaco boost for Hamilton in Ferrari battle

Similarly to this year the 2008 season would see two teams lead the way, Lewis Hamilton leading the charge for the Mercedes powered McLaren team with a young Finn in a supporting role (Heikki Kovalainen). Ferrari would have a young gun in Felipe Massa lead the charge with Kimi Raikkonen close but not quite able to … Read more

F1 look to World Endurance Championship

The vacancy void created by Rosberg has presented an intriguing change of direction for F1. Fans of Sportscars and one of their better known broadcasters (Graham Goodwin) have rather ironically called F1 ‘their feeder series’ over the years but Mark Webber tweeted a valid possibility for Williams should Bottas leave for Mercedes. Bottas to Merc huh.Williams, Leave FM to … Read more

Lance Stroll at Williams 2017

stroll signs for williams to race in F1 for 2017 with bottas

One of F1’s worst kept secrets is due to be confirmed this morning at 11am when Williams F1 will confirm Stroll to replace Massa for 2017. Lance Stroll, son of the Canadian Billionaire Lawrence Stroll is expected to become team mate to Bottas for the coming 2017 season. The announcement has been delayed due to his … Read more

A decade-long world title drought is just too much for Ferrari

Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne has said it will be a “tragedy” if his team’s Formula One title drought extends to 10 years. Kimi Räikkönen was the last driver to win the championship as a Ferrari driver after he outscored the then duelling McLaren duo of Hamilton and Alonso at the concluding race in Brazil in … Read more