Ok so this is a light hearted post about Michael Schumacher’s supposed move to the Mercedes team for the 2010 season. The move has already gotten Nico Rosberg a little scared about the whole thing, but we will come to that later, there is this whole issue of fan loyalty [...]
You can see the satellite photo of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit above. The circuit is pretty beautiful and built on a manmade island.
The Canadian Grand Prix is all set to make a comeback in 2010, the Canadian Grand Prix in 2010 will be held on June 13th 2010 [...]
Yesterday was a huge day as far as formula one news goes, Kimi Raikkonen decided to take an year off from formula one, he is supposed to return in 2011, apparently he will be spending 2009 as a rally driver. It [...]
In what has come as a shocker to the large number of fans of Brawn GP who were enjoying backing a new start-up sort of team and enjoyed backing that team which even won a championship with its limited resources, the Mercedes company [...]
Its raining pullouts after the last round desert race at Abu Dhabi. It seems the 2009 formula one season might very well be the last season of many teams. Toyota was the latest to bite the dust and announce that they would no longer [...]
The residents who live near the track of Spa-Francorchamps have taken it upon their shoulders to ensure the survival of the Belgian Grand Prix which is a regular fixture at the Spa Track. I opened my email yesterday to a statement from an association which claims to represent the residents [...]
Jenson Button seems to be riding high and Brawn GP look all set to pay for his success if the reports suggesting an 8 million pound pay cheque for Jenson Button are to be believed.
Ross Brawn was quoted as [...]
It took him years, many years, many many years but Jenson Button who seemed to be headed nowhere at the start of the season has silenced his critics. He has won the 2009 formula one world championship with a 5th [...]
It was a spectacle any formula one fan would have died to see. David Coulthard scorched across the newly constructed architectural marvel that is the Bandra Worli sea link in a Red Bull formula one car in 3 minutes flat. Normally a car would take around 70 minutes according to [...]
First a video from the McLaren team and Vodafone :
Dusk Til Dawn – The race is on to get Lewis and Heikki’s cars to the Italian Grand Prix in Monza -at a maximum speed of just 56 mph – aboard the team’s Mercedes Transporter, driven by Hugh and Roy.
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Good news for Mumbai based formula one fans. The Red Bull formula one team is going to be in town along-with Scottish driver David Coulthard. David will drive his formula one car on the newly opened Bandra Worli sea link. Since I [...]
Its curtains for Kimi Raikkonen’s stint with the Ferrari formula one team with Ferrari confirm the move of Fernando Alonso to the team on a 3 year contract. All season rumours were alive of Alonso’s switch to Ferrari and they [...]
Last week was dramatic as far as formula one controversies go, Renault got a 2 year suspended ban from formula one. Pat Symonds got a 5 year ban from formula one and flamboyant Flavio Briatore got a lifetime ban from the sport of formula one. But [...]
The Renault formula one team was handed a two year suspended ban in the latest controversy to hit the team. The team pleaded guilty to the charge that Flavio Briatore has asked Nelsinho Piquet to crash deliberately at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix in order for Fernando Alonso to score [...]
In what will come as a big shocker to loyal Renault F1 fans, the team today made public a statement that Pat Symonds and Flavio Briatore have left the F1 outfit. Moreover they will not dispute the charges pit against them by [...]
Watch Heikki Kovalainen as he reveals the gameplan used at last week’s Belgian Grand Prix which saw him take 6th place after starting from 15th place on the grid.
He talks about the Spa track and the race there. Pretty interesting video.
Its official now, Giancarlo Fisichella has dumped the Force India formula one team for a shot with the Ferrari formula one team. He will replace Luca Badoer who was filling in for the injured Felipe Massa. His recent podium finish for Force India [...]
The Indian government has let down the lakhs of Indian formula one fans by deciding against providing the formula one event in India sports status. Its interesting to note that the party who was earlier involved in bringing formula one to India was in fact the Indian Olympics Association which [...]
Rubens Barrichello on Sunday ended a 5 year drought by winning the Valencia Grand Prix capitalising on bad McLaren pitstops and the car supremacy that Brawn GP has possessed this season.
Although Barrichello cut his teammate’s lead by a huge margin, Jenson Button [...]
The Ferrari formula one team came on strongly against the unsporting behaviour of the Williams and Red Bull formula one team. Ferrari had requested some testing time for Michael Schumacher so that he could get accustomed to the car but Williams and then the Red Bull team were quick to [...]
In what would come as a real dampener to all formula one fans including to those of Red Bull, Williams and Scuderia Torro Rosso, Williams and Red Bull have decided to block the testing of Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari F60.
Frank Williams was diplomatic but obviously shaken by Schumacher’s return, [...]
Sorry for the Eminem style heading, but this is seriously big news, big enough to take a little time off from work and publish this to the site. While one does feel sad for Felipe Massa, but I am super excited by the fact that the one [...]
Felipe Massa just underwent emergency surgery at a Military hospital today to attend to his skull fracture which he suffered as a result of a high speed crash at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Its assumed that the injury (as any skull fracture) was life threatening, but the good news thats [...]
Recent years have seen unprecedented expansion by formula one administration in terms of both venues and teams involved in the championship. The newest nation to jump on the bandwagon is Bulgaria.
The officials from the Bulgarian Grand Prix committee will meet up with their FIA counterparts on 12th of July at [...]
The following is a guest post :
It began early this year, with an announcement of plans to impose a £40m (just under $65 million) budget cap in order to encourage new teams to participate in Formula 1 Racing. On the surface, it seemed a good way to level the playing [...]
A German businessman by the name of Franz Hilmer applied for formula one entry for the 2010 season by the name of Brabham Grand Prix.
Meanwhile Brabham’s family werent too thrilled, infact they are currently looking at leal options saying that the German businessman is trying to misuse the goodwill their [...]
After suspending Williams formula one team for submitting their entries for the 2010 formula one season, the FOTA teams officially submitted their entries for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Havent had time to go over all the details, so posting the official media release from FOTA here.
All FOTA [...]
In an expected action, the FOTA (Formula One Team’s Association) suspended Williams formula one team for registering for the 2010 formula one season as the standoff over budget proposals continues between the FIA and FOTA. Many mainstream teams have threatened to quit formula one if the current plans are executed. [...]
Formula One’s survival is on the line. On one side are some of its biggest teams which bring millions to formula one and on the other side is Max Mosely who seems to be hell bent on implementing the proposed rule changes for the 2010 formula one season which introduce [...]
Ferrari in an official statement of its website as well as media area threatened to quit formula one and not enter its cars for the 2010 formula one season if the arbitrary rules regarding F1 budget caps were implemented despite its and [...]
Sorry for not posting about the race, had a big exam today. But good news for all Indian formula one and racing fans, it seems that Narain Karthikeyan is also keeping himself busy. He scored sixth place in his first [...]
A lot of mixing and matching approach has been used by the FIA to come up with the 2010 formula one rules. One of the most biting issues, the budget caps has been confirmed by the FIA but with a twist.
The budgetary [...]
McLaren’s ploy to plead guilty to all charges worked it seems at the WMSC hearing. It seems that the WMSC was impressed by Martin Whitmarsh’s sincere plea to the council and it was also moved by the strict action taken my McLaren with regards to removing the culprits.
As [...]
Brawn GP seem all set to take this season in record number of races. Their domination is unchallenged and quite frankly they might make the season boring. The race was won on great strategy , earlier on Saturday Sebastien Vettel had [...]
McLaren has apologised to the FIA and admitted fault under article 151c of the formula one race regulations. Apparently the letter contains an apology from McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh.
It seems to be a ploy to reduce their final punishment , just like a prisoner’s sentence is reduced when he pleads [...]
Flavio Briatore is an emotional man, so when he came out against Brawn GP like the way he did it wasnt a surprise for most. According to Flavio Briatore, Brawn GP , Williams and Toyota (The diffuser teams) are ruining F1 by making sure that other teams arent able to [...]
The controversy that started at the Australian Grand Prix refuses to die down. It seems McLaren is headed for more trouble including expulsion like in the infamous Stepney-gate spy scandal in which they were excluded from the championship for having in possession secret Ferrari F1 data.
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Good news for the Indian readers of Rediscover formula one. You will now be able to get the latest formula one news and updates via SMS on your Indian mobile phone.
This service is provided in association with Google SMS Channels.
To subscribe to latest SMS formula one updates, [...]
Its amazing to consider that before the start of the 2009 season, Jenson Button had won only 1 race. Now that we are 2 races down in the 2009 season, this man has 3 races in his kitty. The race was abandoned [...]
Liar Liar, your tail’s on fire
McLaren Mercedes was dealt a huge blow by the race stewards at the Australian Grand Prix, they have disqualified Lewis Hamilton and docked McLaren all the points they had earned during the weekend for [...]
Hi, Im Nico Rosberg, race driver for AT&T Williams. Today myself and Christian Danner are going to introduce you to the Sepang International Circuit.
Nico Rosberg and Christian Danner explain all tricky points on the Sepang International Circuit.
The week after a grand prix just blazes by, doesnt it.
It was a script from heaven. The drivers did not even have any sponsors on them. Who would have imagined that a defunct team written off by critics and fans alike, rescued at the last moment would go on to make history and win their first ever formula one grand [...]
Toyota had their rear wings marked illegal by F1 Stewards due to too much flexibility
Who in their right minds would have bet their money on Brawn GP, a team which until a few weeks ago didnt exist, the erstwhile Honda [...]
Yes folks, we can count the number of days left on one hand now, only 5 more days to go for the 2009 formula one season. The biggest news at this time is that the FIA has been forced to scrap [...]
The Force India formula one team has delayed the introduction of KERS into their race challengers. The Force India team were planning to use their Engine suppliers McLaren’s KERS system. But as the team was unable to test the KERS system at Jerez they went against using it.
Adrian Sutil [...]
Hey, we just got a mail from the Sporting Director of A1GP Team India about the need to use newer Narain Karthikeyan photos in articles (w.r.t. updated sponsors).
Finally some more copyright free photos of Narain Karthikeyan Am posting one here, [...]
Brawn GP Logo
Its official, Honda F1 is saved. The Japanese outfit Honda agreed to the sale of the formula one unit Honda formula one to ex-team boss Ross Brawn. The team has been re-christened Brawn GP. The message on the Brawn GP official site read:
On [...]
Well, the Force India team today released their new 2009 challenger christened the VJM -02. Here are some studio and shakedown shots released by Force India F1 via its media channel. As you can see the car truly represents the Indian tricolor now, saffron, white and green.
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The French formula one outfit Renault F1 team is currently talking to an Indian sponsor. The current title sponsor ING is expected to pull out by the end of this season. ING is a financial institution and with the current situation, financial institutions are best [...]
In the time of recession one would hope that teams cut down on unnecessary expenses and would focus on the game and also on satisfying the millions of fans due to which they are still in business. But who can predict Force India’s actions, [...]
Bernie Eccelstone has gone public with his intentions of not letting the ailing F1 Racing outfit Honda F1 die an untimely death. He said that he was willing to assist the team financially.
The Mercedes team also said that it would supply engines to the Britsh team. [...]
The 2009 F1 rules can be a little tuff to understand, so Red Bull made an animation to help you to better understand the new 2009 F1 rules with respect to the 2008 F1 rules. Enjoy :
Red Bull Vettel and Webber rip through the rule book
Thanks Red [...]
Just some random photos to satisfy your hunger for f1 pics. 2 Ferrari formula one photos.
Images: Ferrari Media
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Hi, been really busy again with studies and all, college starts again. So today i just wanted to update myself on the formula one rule changes that shall be effective 2009. Most regulations are cost cutting and aim to make the sport of formula one [...]
Scuderia Torro Rosso have confirmed the signing of Sebastien Buemi as one of the drivers for the 2009 Formula One season. Buemi who till now was a test driver for the Torro Rosso team was often faster than his teammates. He was the test and reserve driver [...]
Ferrari formula one has offered to assist the Honda F1 team in a bid to revive the now defunct outfit. Ferrari F1 who were dumped by the Force India formula one team who moved to McLaren have offered to supply Engines to the Honda [...]
Thats the question on a lot of people’s mind. While Renault had broken the duel for 1-2 years with their brief dream runs with Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella, but the question resurfaced later on with their subsequent demise.
BMW Sauber though have emerged as a team that might be able [...]
Well, last week’s comments by Vijay Mallya have outraged a lot of people in India, is the sport of formula one so shallow and money minded that anyone can come and buy a team with his overflowing millions and then comment upon drivers and other hard working people in F1.
People [...]
Narain Karthikeyan has always held his cool, but his patience was tested once again by Vijay Mallya who again commented on Narain’s abilities and said he wasnt fit to race in Force India formula one team or f1 for that matter. Vijay Mallya further sacked Collin [...]
Was doing my usual youtube f1 watching when i came across this. I must admit i dont distinctly remember this incident, but supposedly its one of the “best” overtaking manoeuvres ever in formula one. I guess the white car caught in the middle is Ricardo Zonta.
Mika [...]
Force India formula one team fans as well as general formula one fans can heave a sigh of relief as it turns out that rumours of Force India F1 team being the next team out of formula one due to a cash crunch turned out to be just that, rumours.
Owner [...]
Been very busy this week with a lot of research projects, so a quickie post for you guys, was seeing BMW Sauber’s new photos on a news-site, wanted to share them with you all :
Funny Design, reminds me of the Volkswagen Beetle [...]
The Honda formula one team claimed to power dreams, one lap at a time, but it seems their batteries ran out of juice, just a metaphor for the fact that they probably ran out of money to sustain a fully featured formula one [...]
Well i am back with a bang, just finished with my written exam, only 2 pracs left. Anyway, Bernie Ecclestone has come up with the weirdest F1 idea i have heard in a long time. He has suggested Olympics inspired medals instead of the usual championship points structure. In fact [...]
Read this post race Q&A with Timo Glock :
Did you realise the significance of Lewis Hamilton fighting with you on the final lap?
To be honest I was racing for Toyota and my place which is the correct thing to do. I didn’t even know [...]
The Brit has done it, Lewis Hamilton has become the youngest ever formula one champion by claiming 5th place in the nail biting Brazilian Grand Prix. He beat his competitor Felipe Massa by 1 point. Mass won the race.
With the title showdown coming closer, its Felipe Massa this time who has commenced the mindgames. Reacting sharply to reports that his title chances are considerably lesser than Lewis Hamilton’s, Felipe Massa had a lot to say.
“It is impossible to predict what will happen, [...]
The season seems to be ending on a high, the last race shall determine the winner of the driver’s championship. The 2 contenders for the driver’s championship are :
1. Felipe Massa - Brazil - Ferrari - 87 points
2. Lewis Hamilton [...]
Lewis Hamilton came one step closer to winning his maiden formula one driver’s title by winning the 2008 formula one Chinese Grand Prix from pole. His closest competitor Felipe Massa was second in his Ferrari.
Lewis Hamilton was fast from the start pulling [...]
Well, i dont know how many of you noticed the helmet work by Jarno Trulli in Japan for the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix, but here it is :
Jarno Trulli's new helmet
It features Mount Fuji (a cartoon version of it)
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Lewis Hamilton steered his McLaren to a very important pole position today at the Fuji speedway. The rain from the morning had almost dried , and the conditions were ideal for the run of the mill qualifying session. Lewis Hamilton’s title rival Felipe Massa could [...]
Well you can always say that these are gifts from you to you ! Every week from now till Christmas we will be writing a post aboutwhat all you can gift to people for Christmas 2008, this is all original F1 Memorabilia (but please notice we arent the parties selling).
All [...]
Well i really admire Vijay Mallya for all he has done, he has literally brought formula one to India, bought a team and named it after India and so on. But i dont get one thing, why are actors only the guests present at grand prix fixtures ?
For once i [...]
Its an evening Felipe Massa shall never forget, the ambience was set, the lights were on and the Brazilian was in peak form. Felipe Massa steered his Ferrari F2008 in 1:44.801s, Lewis Hamilton in his McLaren was second on 1:45.465s ahead of Kimi Raikkonen who clocked 1:45.617s. [...]
Just a few photos from Singapore of the new Marina Bay track and the Ferrari team too, it looks gorgeous at Night:
A1GP is making news again, after making Ferrari their official engine supplier for all cars, the world cup of motorsport is looking to cash in on some of the A1GP fever. Just like F1 has its own range of dedicated watches, A1GP has tied up with TW Steel for the [...]
Its time for the mega event, everyone was waiting for the formula one Singapore Grand Prix 2008, not because its Singapore, not because its a great track but because of the gimmick of it being a night race. After initial concerns by [...]
Felipe Massa is only 1 point behind Lewis Hamilton
As expected , the appeal by McLaren formula one team was summarily rejected. Earlier i had asked whether drive through penalties can even be appealed, turns out they cant be appealed. [...]
The media is going crazy with the Lewis Hamilton penalty, but i was shocked to see a super Lewis Hamilton worship article in Mail Today, but the universe made sense a few minutes later, the article was a guest article from Guardian UK. It seems the whole of UK is [...]
McLaren formula one team in an expected decision announced their intention to appeal the penalty imposed on Lewis Hamilton in Sunday’s 2008 Belgian Grand Prix terming it as harsh and excessive.
A lot of British formula one blogs are full of heated discussions with people blaming everyone [...]
In what will come as a shocker to McLaren fans, Lewis Hamilton has been penalised for passing Kimi Raikkonen by passing a chicane by cutting it. It essentially places Lewis Hamilton at third place. The McLaren fans were shocked by the [...]
The Belgian Grand Prix is definitely one of my favourite races, the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix still evokes emotional responses from the inner F1 fan in me, the race was beautiful to say the least and sort of cemented my interest in [...]
The headlines are pretty much the story from Valencia where Felipe Massa drove a spectacular race leading from start to finish to drive home the European Grand Prix 2008.
Lewis Hamilton was second, and now leads Felipe Massa by 6 points in the driver’s [...]
I really needed the 3 week break from formula one, as I go ahead in my Engineering course, its harder to find time for finer things in life like live formula one telecasts and maintaining a hobby blog about formula one. This race is exciting as the European Grand Prix [...]
Kimi Raikkonen’s podium finish could not soothe the pain caused by Massa’s disappointing exit from the Hungarian Grand Prix. Massa was leading the race for a long time and looked all set to win it. But it aint over till the fat lady [...]
Well last 2 weeks have been glorious for the great Lewis Hamilton from the McLaren team. Not only has he won the last 2 races, now it seems like McLaren has overtook Ferrari by a good margin in terms of sheer pace.
Lewis Hamilton [...]
Its amazing to see what all F1 drivers do when they are let loose. Kimi Raikkonen in 2 unrelated controversial videos.
Lewis Hamilton drove a good race and won the German Grand Prix 2008. He was followed by Nelson Piquet jr and Felipe Massa for 2nd and 3rd places in Renault and Ferrari F1 respectively. You all must have read the different [...]
Maranello, 15th July 2008 - The races in Germany never went very well for me. Neither Hockenheim nor Nürburgring ever broght me luck although I really like them and I’ve always been competitive on both of them. My strong point in Germany is getting [...]
More photos of the AT&T Williams team from Moscow inside the post.
Press Release AT&T Williams :
Oxford, UK, 14 July 2008. [...]
Montoya in a little fight after an accident (yup the F1 tradition is alive in NASCAR as well) 
Montoya’s fight in NASCAR
Here is a video where Juan Pablo Montoya calls F1 legend Michael Schumacher ‘blind or stupid’. Schumi doesnt react to him.
[...] This kid is really really arrogant, i dont like his tone in various interviews, just read :
“I’ve ticked off Monaco, I’ve ticked off winning the British Grand Prix. Now, I’ve got to tick off winning the world championship. Those were the targets for this season. Winning at Silverstone has given [...]
Press Release :
Changes to the designation of corner numbers will mean that the Marina Bay circuit is officially reduced from 24 to 23 corners for the 2008 FORMULA 1â„¢ SingTel Singapore rand Prix on 28th September. The change in designation reflects amendments to Turn 10, at the end of St [...]
In the final blow to the Super Aguri formula one team and lay rest to all takeover speculation, Super Aguri has appointed SHM Smith Hodgkinson as auctioneers to auction off their assets. These assets include the transporters of the team and also a formula one [...]
Thanks to the commentator on our previous post for this tipoff, this video shows 2 fans of Redbull racing and David Coulthard searching for the Scott just before his last British Grand Prix at Silverstone. David Coulthard talks about the Silverstone track.
This is the first video from [...]
It was an eventful race, and in the end Brit Lewis Hamilton emerged victorious to claim the golden trophy. A series of goof-ups by Ferrari in terms of tyres were enough to ruin Kimi’s race. Lewis was ecstatic after the race calling it his best win in terms of the [...]
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