Daniel Ricciardo Claims A Little Foreplay Helps An F1 Car Go A Long Way
Poor Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has had the worst luck with his car this year, but his teammate Daniel Ricciardo claims to have the answer. You’ve got to sweet-talk the car a little. Be gentle. Massage it a bit. Erm, are you sure we’re still talking about racing a car?
Force India's Formula One Drivers Hate Each Other
Formula One mid-fielders Force India have been hilarious to watch for all the wrong reasons, as drivers Esteban Ocon and Sergio Pérez simply have no love for each other. The teammates had been up in each others’ space since the very start of the race, ultimately resulting in them hitting each other on lap 30.
Max Verstappen Only Makes It 8 Laps Into His Home F1 Race Before Retiring
Red Bull Formula One driver Max Verstappen’s home race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps just ended in heartbreak after only 8 laps. Verstappen is the only driver whose bad luck comes close to McLaren’s wasted talent Fernando Alonso’s, as Max has now had to retire from half of his races so far this season.
Podium Foot Stank Is The Most Delicious Kind Of Foot Stank
Mark Webber toasted his fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s second place Formula One Belgian Grand Prix finish with a celebratory “shoey:” a champagne chug out of Ricciardo’s shoe. Nothing says guy love like being able to down another man’s foot-funk.
Lewis Hamilton On Podium After Starting From Back Row Of F1 Belgian Grand Prix
Both Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso showed why they’re past Formula One world champions today. Hamilton charged forward to a podium third-place finish and Alonso hauled his McLaren up to seventh place—after starting on the back row in 21st and 22nd, respectively.
Terrifying High-Speed Spin Sends F1's Magnussen Into Spa-Francorchamps Wall
Renault Formula One drver Kevin Magnussen lost the back end of his car at the top of the Raidillon hill at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, spinning at high speed into the wall at Turn 4. Magnussen’s left ankle was cut on impact, and he has been sent to a local hospital for further evaluation. [UPDATED]
Max Verstappen claimed a second-place starting position for the Belgian Grand Prix today, breaking a 55-year-old record for the youngest front-row starter in Formula One history, per Sky Sports. I don’t think we’d be lion if we told you this dude was ecstatic over that, either.
New Power Unit In Fernando Alonso's McLaren Only Went 500 Meters In Qualifying
McLaren fitted an updated Honda power unit to both of their Formula One cars for the Belgian Grand Prix in hopes of catching up to the rest of the field. However, a water leak in first practice forced them to swap units again in Fernando Alonso’s car. Today, that new power unit only made it about 500 meters in…
Did Formula One Ignore Its Own Rule On Track Limits?
The many drivers who cut the corner at Raidillon this morning during the Belgian Grand Prix raised more than a few eyebrows this morning. It took turn 4 from being a corner to, well, much less of a corner. Not going around the curbing seemed to be a fast line. Was F1 ignoring its own rule here?
Caption This: Daniel Ricciardo Looks Confused About His Busted F1 Car
A sudden power failure forced Daniel Ricciardo to pull over in a precarious position on track, bringing about a virtual safety car period mid-way through the Belgian Grand Prix. Sky Sports’ commentators suggested that the marshal was telling him to put the car in neutral, giving us this gem of a screenshot.
Reminder: Max Verstappen Is A Beast
Here’s driver’s ed student and Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One driver Max Verstappen going side-by-side with Sauber’s Felipe Nasr through Blanchimont at the Belgian Grand Prix in case you somehow forgot that Verstappen is awesome. Dude is a beast.
McLaren Gets Record 105-Place Grid Penalty For Belgian Grand Prix
Clearly, it’s not a good weekend to be fans of the cars from Woking. The McLaren Honda Formula One team will receive a record 105-place grid penalty for changes made to their power unit ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.
How Two Commentators Plan To Cover Two Races Across The World In One Weekend
This weekend, NBCSN’s Steve Matchett and Leigh Diffey plan to cover the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, then fly over to Pennsylvania to cover IndyCar at Pocono Raceway. How, exactly? We picked Diffey’s brain on how the television sausage is made to find out.
Watch The Massive Crash From The First Lap Of The Belgian Grand Prix
There was a huge crash at the start of this weekend's Formula One race in Belgium, where one driver effectively took out four other cars from the race. It was nuts.
Sebastian Vettel Copies Jalopnik In Schumacher Tribute
This weekend's grand prix at Spa will be Schumacher's 300th race. How did reigning double world champion, fellow German, and crazy driver Sebastian Vettel commemorate the occasion? By riffing on Jalopnik, of course.
Michael Schumacher celebrates 20 years in Formula One
The 2011 Belgian Grand Prix was somewhat special for Formula One’s old man from Germany. It was here, 20 years before, that Eddie Jordan gave the young Mercedes–Benz sportscar driver his first chance in F1.
Pictures from the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix
Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso present some serious Eau Rouge porn. Alonso briefly overtook Webber out of the pits, who counterattacked immediately, and slipped past the Ferrari at the bottom of Eau Rouge with an RCH to spare.
