F1 Advent Calendar 2012 - Roundup

The complete collection of this year's F1 season review mini series

25/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

At the beginning of December, we embarked on a journey to revisit all the key moments of the 2012 season - the highs and lows, the wins and losses, and everything in between. Twenty-five days later and we have reached the end of the journey, a full season recapped in short but insightful bursts. Here is the full collection of the 2012 advent calendar, the box-set, if you will.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 25) - Brazil showdown

The championship comes to a thrilling conclusion at the always exciting Interlagos

25/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

This is the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, hello and welcome to the final episode of the mini series! We’ve covered all of the season except for one crucial thing - the final race of the year, the championship decider. Here it is then, an ever-so-slightly longer Day 25 - Brazil showdown.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 24) - Spanish sunset

The HRT team wave goodbye to F1 after a difficult season and a sad end

24/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello, welcome along to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, this is our penultimate episode. We’ve covered most of the season so far, and before we get to the final deciding race of the year, there’s just one other topic that needs to be covered. This is Day 24 - Spanish sunset.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 23) - Austin awesome

The inaugural race at the Circuit of the Americas stands up to the F1 test

23/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello and welcome to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, thank you for getting this far through our mini series season review. As I hinted at last time, we’re moving on to the first race at a brand new circuit, with Day 23 - Austin awesome.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 22) - Testing splits

The Young Driver Test in 2012 faces a three-way split, to its detriment

22/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

This is the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, hello and welcome! We’re heading rapidly towards the end of the season now, but there’s still time for some racing action. Today, though, it’s not about Sunday afternoons, but what comes after. Day 22 - Testing splits.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 21) - Abu Dhabi dream

Räikkönen cements his F1 future with a win and a new contract

21/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello there, and welcome to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, we are on to the twenty-first day, if you can believe it. Although we left our seven winner streak behind a long time ago, there was still time for some victorious surprises, and today we look at Day 21 - Abu Dhabi dream.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 20) - Pit stop problems

McLaren face up to the highs and lows of life in the pit lane

20/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello there, welcome to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, how have you been? We’re drawing towards the end of our mini series season review, but there’s still time for some more highs and lows of the 2012 F1 year. This time we are on to Day Twenty - Pit stop problems.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 19) - A new reign

Vettel returns to his dominant ways, echoing Red Bull's 2011 performance

19/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello, welcome, settle on down, it’s time for the F1 Advent Calendar 2012. Our mini series review of the 2012 Formula One season is rapidly heading towards the finish line, but there’s still time to squeeze in some more racing action. Last time it was in Japan, so this time we’ll be moving on to... well, let’s find out. This is Day Nineteen - A new reign.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 18) - Japanese delight

Kamui Kobayashi wows the home crowds with a well-timed podium position

18/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

This is the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, thank you for joining me as we recount the F1 season that’s just finished in bite size moments. We’re well into the second half of the calendar, as the Asian leg kicked in, and today it is back to the action as we look at another race. This is Day Eighteen - Japanese delight.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 17) - Sauber stars

The Sauber team faces a shakeup both on and off track

17/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello and welcome to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, we are back again to take the next step in our bitesize season review, picking out the important moments of the year gone by. Last time we looked at some future driver movements, this time it’s some team promotions instead. This is Day Seventeen - Sauber stars.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 16) - Step aside

Driver changes galore, as Lewis Hamilton kicks off the 2013 switches

16/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Welcome to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012. We are rocketing along through our bite size mini series, reviewing the Formula One season we have just had the fortune to witness. Today we’re moving on from Singapore to some post-race news that rocked the F1 fraternity with Day Sixteen - Step aside.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 15) - Ten for twelve

A fierce battle rages between Caterham and Marussia at the back of the grid

15/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello and welcome to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012. This is our mini series taking a look at the highs and lows of the season just gone, the key moments that made it a pretty incredible year. Today we are moving towards the rear of the grid where an intense battle was playing out. This is Day Fifteen - Ten for twelve.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 14) - Goodbye Sid

The Formula One world pays tribute to Professor Sid Watkins

14/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello there, welcome, this is the F1 Advent Calendar 2012. We’re well into the second half of the season now, but it wasn’t all fun, games and happiness. This is one of the key moments of the season, and it’s a sad one. Day Fourteen - Goodbye Sid.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 13) - Replacement racer

Grosjean takes a one-race ban after causing a pile-up at the Belgian GP

13/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello and welcome along, you’re listening to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012 and this is the thirteenth episode of our extended mini series. We’re picking out the key moments of the season just gone to find out what made it good, bad and everything in between. This episode is Day Thirteen - Replacement racer.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 12) - A surprise pole

McLaren gain themselves a surprise pole position, as chaos ensues at Spa

12/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello there, this is the F1 Advent Calendar 2012 and you are very welcome. We’re rapidly moving towards the halfway point of this mini series, recapping the highs and lows of the season just gone, picking out the key moments that made it what it was. This time, we are on to Day Twelve - A Surprise Pole.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 11) - Taken out

The balance tips between the two Ferrari drivers at the Hungarian Grand Prix

11/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello there, you’re listening to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, we are on to day eleven! So far we’ve traversed through the early part of the season, with races and politics, accidents and penalties. Today we’re moving on, with Day Eleven - Taken out.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 10) - 100 and out

A brief recap of Silverstone and Hockenheim, where the rain came tumbling down

10/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello and welcome to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012. We have reached double figures in our mini series of bitesize episodes reliving the highs and lows of the season just gone. It’s time to return to the racing, with Day Ten - 100 and out.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 9) - Marussia and María

The story of brave María de Villota, her accident and subsequent recovery

09/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

This is the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, hello and welcome. This is the ninth episode of our mini series, picking out important events from the year. We’ve talked a lot about the racing and action on a Sunday, but there were key moments that happened away from the GPs themselves - this is a sad one, Day Nine - Marussia and María.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 8) - Double trouble

Glock takes a sick day, whilst we get our first double winner of the year

08/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Welcome to the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, a series of shows picking out the key moments - highlights and lowlights - of the season just gone, what made it good, bad and otherwise. So far we have covered the first seven races of the year, with some testing talk thrown in as well, now it’s time to move on again. Today is Day Eight - Double trouble.

F1 Advent Calendar 2012 (Day 7) - Strategy calls

Being on the right tyres at the right time makes all the difference

07/12/2012 by Christine Blachford

Hello, welcome, this is the F1 Advent Calendar 2012, a mini series of bite size episodes running through the key events of the season, what made it shine and what we could have lived without. Last time we talked about Red Bull’s risky business in Monaco, and it continues here with Day Seven - Strategy calls.