F1 Preview. Chinese Grand Prix. 2009 – Red Bull’s First
Sebastian Vettel takes Red Bull Racing’s first Formula 1 victory in appalling conditions at the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix. Of his 39 victories (a total that places him fourth on Formula 1’s all-time list...
View ArticleMcLaren F1. Wide open throttle. VMAX
With values hitting stratospheric levels, you don’t often get to see McLaren F1s out and about, let alone being given wide open throttle. We therefore give this chap all the kudos in the world for...
View ArticleSir Jack Brabham at Monaco. F1 Tribute
Tribute to three-time Formula 1 World Champion Jack Brabham. J News that Sir Jack Brabham – formerly the oldest surviving Formula 1 World Champion – has died at the age of 88 paved the way for tributes...
View ArticleKen Block vs. Lewis Hamilton. Barbados
Yes, you did just read that title right. Lewis Hamilton and Ken Block go head to head… in their own cars. F1 vs Fiesta! The Top Gear Festival in Barbados has just wrapped up and from the images and...
View ArticleF1 Preview. Monaco Grand Prix. 1987 – Senna’s First
In 1987, Ayrton Senna took only his fifth ever Grand Prix victory around the streets of Monaco. Eight years later, the Brazilian was a record six-time winner. Climb on-board for his first winning run...
View ArticleA Quick Chat with… Nelson Piquet Jr
crankandpiston.com grabs a few words with Nelson Piquet Jr to discuss his NASCAR conquests, his budding World Rallycross Championship career, the difficulties of rookies in Formula 1, having a two-time...
View ArticleVIDEO. Red Bull RB8 meets Ferrari F1 87-88C
Reigning Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel and former Grand Prix winner Gerhard Berger take turns around the Red Bull Ring in Austria aboard the Red Bull RB8 and the historic Ferrari F1 87-88C...
View ArticleMcLaren F1 GTR. Justin Bell. Eargasm
Acclaimed racing driver Justin Bell takes you on a first person perspective ride in the unicorn of all cars; The McLaren F1 GTR. Just shy of twenty years on from victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in...
View ArticleGetting intimate with James Hunt’s 1977 McLaren M26 in Dubai
We get up close and personal with James Hunt’s 1977 McLaren M26 Formula 1 car at the Dubai Autodrome. Earlier this month, James Hunt‘s final race-winning car – a 1977 McLaren M26 – was sold at auction...
View ArticleF1 Preview. Austrian Grand Prix. 1982 – Victory by a nose
The Austrian Grand Prix returns to Formula 1 in 2014, an event that in 1982 produced one of the closest finishes in the sport’s history. For the first time since 2003, the Austrian Grand Prix returns...
View ArticleThe Jim Bamber Collection. A tribute
A tribute to Jim Bamber, and The Pits Some of you may already be familiar with the work of the late Jim Bamber, the satirical motorsport cartoonist who tragically passed away this weekend after a...
View ArticleWilliams FW18. Bring the noise
We get nostalgic as the Williams F1 Team puts Damon Hill’s 1996 championship winning FW18 through its paces at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Remember when Formula 1 engines used to sound like…well,...
View ArticleF1 Preview. British Grand Prix. 1998 – Winning on pitroad
1998 saw one of the most bizarre Grand Prix finishes in history, with Michael Schumacher taking the chequered flag in the pit lane. Ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix, Ferrari will be looking...
View ArticleCaterham F1 Team by the numbers
Little known facts you might not know about the recently sold Caterham F1 Team. It’s no secret that the Tony Fernandes’ reign as team principal has now come to an end, the Queens Park Rangers owner...
View ArticleThe sounds of motorsport. It really IS necessary
Sound is essential to motorsport. I like to think that half the experience of watching a race, be it Formula 1 or the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is the noise of the cars. This video of a Pagani Zonda...
View ArticleF1 Preview. German Grand Prix. 2000 – Invasion
Rubens Barrichello takes his first Formula 1 victory after a little help from a track invader. It had been sometime since Formula 1 had seen a track invasion, one over-excited fan almost derailing...
View ArticleF1 Preview. Belgian Grand Prix. 1991 – Enter Schumacher
History in the making as Michael Schumacher makes his Formula 1 debut at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix with Jordan Whilst Marussia’s test driver Alexander Rossi is left wondering what might have been...
View ArticleWhen Formula 1 demonstrations go wrong
Max Verstappen makes an auspicious – and expensive – Formula 1 debut run by crashing his Toro Rosso STR7 an official demonstration in Rotterdam. He is far from the first to suffer the embarrassment...
View ArticleMemento Exclusives. A lamp made from an F1 car
For $1800, you could own one of only SIX lamps from Memento Exclusives made from the exhaust pipe of an actual Formula 1 car. If spendthrift ways mean your man cave now boasts a Racing&Emotion Art...
View ArticleF1 Preview. Singapore Grand Prix. 2013 – Webber’s taxi ride
Sebastian Vettel secures his seventh Formula 1 victory of the year at the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix. But Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber grab the headlines… By the time the Formula 1 circus landed for...
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