WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING has announced that Oliver Rowland will join the team as its Official Young Driver for the 2018 Formula One season. Oliver will assist the team with simulator work at the Williams factory in Grove, and will drive the FW41 in the Young Driver Test. Oliver finished third in last year’s FIA Formula... Continue Reading →
Written by Grant Rivers (@SnowAndBeach) The 2017 season saw the long-awaited dogfight between Hamilton and Vettel but it petered out towards the end, missing that tense showdown that everyone wanted. 2018 promises to be even better. Hamilton and Vettel will be going at it again but they could be joined by Alonso, Verstappen, Ricciardo and... Continue Reading →
David Charles Purley was born on this day, the 26th of January, in the West Sussex seaside town of Bognor Regis. Whilst Purley only took part in eleven Formula One Grands Prix in his career, his time in the sport was anything but a footnote, with Purley winning a medal for bravery and suffering an... Continue Reading →
Fire up the haggis and prepare a 'wee dram' - for tonight is Burns Night, a celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns, the author of many Scots poems and considered to be the national poet of Scotland. Burns was born on the 25th of January in 1759 and in his short 37... Continue Reading →
As we approach the launch dates of the 2018 Formula One cars, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at some of the changes that will take place this year. Halo aside, there are plenty of changes, adjustments and tweaks that may have escaped your eye in the off season.... Continue Reading →
The talented designer Sean Bull has leant his creative talents to many projects over the last years, some transferring from the digital realm into reality, as Sean's work has been seen on Formula E cars, driver helmets and published in numerous magazines. But it's his latest work that has caught our eye - and it's... Continue Reading →
Sahara Force India has today announced that Nicholas Latifi will be joining the Silverstone based squad for the 2018 campaign. Latifi will undertake the dual role as the teams reserve driver for race weekends, along with an extensive simulator programme. The 22-year-old Canadian, a race winner and nine-time F2 podium finisher in 2017, will take part... Continue Reading →
Budding designers take note. Here is your chance to design a helmet for a Formula One race winner that will be used for a majority of the 2018 Formula One Season. Mercedes AMG Petronas are giving F1 Fans the chance to design Finnish Formula One star Valtteri Bottas' new helmet. The winning entry will be hand-picked... Continue Reading →
Every F1 fan knows the story of the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix. The story of how Didier Pironi duped his unsuspecting teammate Gilles Villeneuve in a desperate, last lap manoeuvre has become part of motor racing folklore. But a new biography relating events of that long ago day is set to turn the story... Continue Reading →
