Kiss with a fist: Bertrand Gachot
How one small event can change Formula One forever
When the Jordan Formula 1 driver, Bertrand Gachot, was jailed for actual bodily harm just prior to the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, little did anyone know the world of Formula 1 would soon be changed forever.
2010 IndyCar Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio
Live commenting the twelfth round of the IndyCar series
At times, you wonder why other drivers bother going for pole position anymore - especially when it's a road or street circuit and Will Power is sitting patiently in his Penske. Yet on Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, there was an inclining that the Aussie might finally have been rumbled - the 29-year-old having smashed his primary car during the morning session. No matter - Power got into the back up car and put that on pole position instead. Simples.
Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio - Qualifying
Sorting out the grid for the next IndyCar event
This evening qualifying for the 2010 Honda IndyCar Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio takes place on the famous sports car course of Morrow County, Ohio. Although the track has been on the Indy Racing League or CART schedule for many years (bar a couple of lapses), it has never really become much of a fan favourite due to the difficulties passing can bring. . While the off track events and action can be absolutely marvellous - indeed Mid-Ohio rivals Spa-Francorchamps for festival appeal - the actual racing can occasionally leave one glazing over.
2010 Honda Indy from Edmonton
Flying the flag
With the crashfest that was Toronto still relatively fresh in the memory, the IndyCar Series moves to the Canadian city of Edmonton for a run on the bumpy airport runways and taxi lanes. The 14-turn, 1.97 mile circuit offers the drivers one of the most physical contests on the calendar and at a length of 95 laps tomorrow, expect to see some falter. Indeed, Edmonton is a challenge that may leave some desperate for the hillier and scenic climbs of Mid-Ohio and Sonoma Raceway.
Look who's coming to dinner
Juan Pablo Montoya lines up on pole for the Brickyard 400
Taking place in the IndyCar Mecca that is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Brickyard 400 sees NASCAR's rolling stock car machines tear upon hallowed ground once again. First held at the Speedway in 1994, the 400-mile race has seen some good races, some controversial ones and famous winners; although in recent years, it has been controversy that has made headlines.
2010 IndyCar at Toronto
Hey Hermann, this is how you do it
As the Indycar series rolls into Canada, Power leads the championship following a win two weeks ago at the Glen. Penske would have had 10 straight poles had they nabbed the top spot yesterday, but Justin Wilson rode in and said "I'm going to stick it to ya Roger" and snatched first place; however Power sits 2nd.
A grand day out
Spending the day at Silverstone for the 2010 British Grand Prix
Morning alarms are not my friends. I have spent a great deal of my life being nocturnal and I do love that – a ringing endorsement of morning light while it wars with the fleeing night sky is not something that sides easily with me.
2010 IndyCar at Watkins Glen
4th of July at the Glen
As the 4th of July rolls on, the IndyCar series finds itself at one of America's finest and most historic racing circuit's, Watkins Glen. At one time, the venue of choice in the US for Formula 1, the track now plays host to NASCAR, IndyCar and a number of other formulae.
On This Day: The forgotten man - Roland Ratzenberger
Paying tribute to the fallen at San Marino, 1994
When Roland Ratzenberger hit the wall at Villeneuve corner at Imola on April 30th 1994, Formula 1 was left to face with its first competitive fatality since Ricardo Paletti at Montreal twelve years earlier. The sudden brutality of the accident fractured the base of Ratzenberger’s skull and sent shockwaves through an already nervous sport – Rubens Barrichello having crashed heavily the previous day at Variante Bassa, knocking him unconscious and breaking his nose.
Fast, but dangerous: Montjuïc Circuit
A closer look at the powerful action at the Spanish track
When the first race at Montjuïc Circuit took place in 1933, the Catalonia region had already experienced a good deal of either Grand Prix or Sportscar racing events - in fact, the initial races in Barcelona go as far back as 1908, when the Catalan Cup was run on the roads around Sitges
2010 IndyCar Texas Firestone 550
Texas barbecue Briscoe
When Ryan Briscoe lost the 2009 IndyCar Series title race to Dario Franchitti at the final round at Homestead, many pointed fingers to an error he made at the end of the previous round in Motegi as the turning point.
2010 Indianapolis 500 - Race day
Time for the action to get underway at the speedway
Today is the 94th Indianapolis 500 mile race; one of the greatest sporting events of the year. Come Memorial Day every year, 33 drivers fight for 500 miles at the toughest super speedway on the planet to pick up the Borg Warner trophy in victory lane and also to taste the champions milk.
2010 Indianapolis 500 - Pole day
Qualifying for the Indy 500 with bonus Takuma Sato
Today sees the first of two qualifying days for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 - better known as Pole Day. The qualifying schedule has for this year, been greatly reduced by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from four sessions in order to reduce the costs for both venue and the teams participating; however it is has had the additional effect of reshaping the process of qualification for the teams.
The power of momentum
The extra, unseen push that can make the difference to a career
One of the key aspects in motor sport, both physically and mentally, is momentum. It is often the unspoken element that gives a competitor the extra drive to make his machine work; it can breed confidence within one's psyche and also in a driver's surroundings.
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