Lewis Hamilton pulling into the McLaren pits before heading to his new home at Mercedes was far from without precedent at McLaren. In 2011 in Shanghai, Jenson Button fancied a wheel change at then-dominant Red Bullâs pits before Sebastian Vettelâs mechanics waved him on. Can you recall other instances of racingâŚ
Kimi RäikkÜnen, famous for a nonchalant dump and a nonchalant F1 world title, showed actual, human-like emotion when he won the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, his 20th career win. Was this the first time he smiled on the podium or have you seen him display emotion before?
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.
Zombie seasonâs over! As always at Interlagos, it was an entertaining Grand Prix, with some rather surprising results. Behind the Red Bulls, that is. Warning: spoilers.
The third non-championship race of the season, on a track where itâs impossible to overtake and where nobody has won a race except the current world champion? It was meant to be a yawnfestâbut it was pretty exciting for the first two corners. Warning: spoilers.
Itâs only race two into Formula Oneâs first significant post-season since 2004 and the tedium is already mounting. Even if the new track in India is pretty damn good. Warning: spoilers.
Racing drivers donât die anymore, right? Wrong. They do. Hours after a wonderful second Grand Prix in the southwestern archipelago of South Korea, Dan Wheldon died in an IndyCar. Warning: spoilers.
Welcome to the Suzuka edition of our financial advice column. Today is a wonderful day for all of those whoâve taken our recent tips. But before you blow all that newly minted money, hereâs some Formula One. Warning: spoilers.
The Formula One seasonâs endgame began on the night streets of Singapore. There were no surprises, only time and the occasion to reflect on the strange and beautiful season weâre witnessing. Warning: spoilers.
Itâs time to say goodbye to the European season of Formula One at Monza, the track where racing looks like racing footage on stimulants. It was everyoneâs last chance to stop the Red Bulls. But tell that to Sebastian Vettel, not about to be stopped. Warning: spoilers.
Weâre back! After a four-week summer break, Formula One has returned to Spa-Francorchamps. And it was overtake city, crazy qualifying and terribly gorgeous drives. Warning: spoilers.
There really is nothing like the glory of changing weather conditions for sprinkling fairy dust on a Grand Prix. A shot of rain on a cool day was enough to turn the tedium of the Hungaroring into a sparkling race to remember. It also didnât hurt to have the sultan of capricious weather on the grid, hungry for a win. âŚ
The homecoming for Germanyâs new world champion, joined by five other Germans in the splendid freezing German summer at the NĂźrburgring, against a depressed and disillusioned McLaren. What could possibly have gone wrong for Red Bull at the seasonâs halfway point? Then again, motor racing has a way of being about asâŚ
Under rule changes as capricious as the British weather, Formula One returned to its first-ever venue. Silverstone may be new in layout, but it is also very old, and you still need only three words to describe it: fast, fast, fast. Warning: spoilers.
It would have taken Libyan technicals racing Wally powerboats at Monaco to top the previous race in excitement, and all that at Valencia, a track where overtaking is conspicuous by its absence. It wasnât the most exciting race, but it was an opportunity to study the finer points of Formula One often lost in the usualâŚ
After six dry races, Formula One was more than ready for a wet Grand Prix in MontrĂŠal. What we got was no ordinary wet race. It was the mother of all wet races, a deep sea battle to see if Sebastian Vettel is man or, indeed, machine. Warning: spoilers.
A third of the way into the season, and hereâs Monaco. It takes brains to win at Monaco. It also takes luck. And more luck. This yearâs race was a showcase of whatâs awesome about this antediluvian Grand Prix, and also of what makes Monaco so terribly irritating, for 2011 was a teeth-gnashing coitus interruptus of aâŚ
Formula One races at the Circuit de Catalunya have a tendency for tedium. Not this year. The trackâs particular layout managed to balance the 2011 seasonâs runaway emphasis on offense and produced a classic thriller of a GP. Warning: spoilers.
After a three-week spring break, Formula One returned to within 25 miles of its European heartland to see if thereâs anyone stopping Red Bull this year. At Istanbul Parkâs swan song Grand Prix, many tried. Warning: spoilers.
A complex, clever, nail-biting race on a dry Shanghai International Circuit brought the F1 seasonâs first part to a close with terrific racing and laps upon laps of drama. But was it just a bit too dramatic? Warning: spoilers.
