F1 breeds cyclists?
What can an F1 coach teach you?
Five unique McLaren Senna GTRs, created in celebration of the McLaren F1 GTR race cars that dominated the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in an astonishing display of motorsport achievement that included overall victory, are today revealed by McLaren Special Operations (MSO).
This is a really interesting one, sports fans. Chris Harris talks with Martin Brundle about his formative racing years, as well as his lengthy experience in F1, touring car racing, and Group C.
The Race has announced a new, 10-episode podcast series, Bring Back V10s. Covering a big chunk of recent F1 history from 1989 until 2005, this is sure to be awesome and very informative. Check out the description straight from the source:
Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, the Australian GP has been cancelled.
With F1 season starting soon, it is that time again: time to play Fantasy F1 with Winding Road readers and staff.
Motorsports safety equipment is always evolving and becoming more and more advanced every year. Not just from a comfort and breathability standpoint, but from a technological one as well. One brand we proudly carry, Alpinestars, has gone above and beyond to tailor to F1 and Moto GP racers’ needs – not just in comfort, but for saving weight and keeping an eye on drivers as well.
Not to be one-upped by anyone, Ferrari celebrated their launch of the 2020 SF1000 F1 car with an orchestra, ballet dancers, a choir, and a light show that rivals most of today’s chart-topping pop stars.
Recently, writer Darshan Chokhani posted an article on Drivetribe about MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi having his seat fitted at Mercedes F1 -a seat formerly occupied by 2019 F1 champion Lewis Hamilton.
Today, F1 released a heads-up on what its new 2021 regs are and how they will change the sport. Not just for capping costs and financially leveling the playing field, but to also literally clean up aerodynamics to allow for more battling on track.
This Road And Track article is a couple years old, but it’s a fascinating glimpse at the job of the sole certified McLaren F1 technician in the US.
I get asked this a lot. I was certainly very privileged to have run a stint in Formula One. It was an emotionally tumultuous time for me.
At the Russian Grand Prix this past weekend, Sebastian Vettel was in a position to win the race when the MGU-K electrical section of his powertrain gave up the ghost (“No K”). As you might imagine he was not pleased (note: language not G-rated):
Lando Norris, 19-year old driver for McLaren F1, is a great example of how eSports can be a valuable training tool in this article by PlanetF1.com.
This year’s Sweepstakes launched June 4th and will feature a grand prize of a VIP trip for two to the Formula 1 race at COTA on November 1st to 3rd.
F1 and IndyCar ran on the same weekend for the first time this year on May 11-12. This inspired us to comment on the relative success of each series in providing racing entertainment.
Let’s start this week’s episode of What Pro Racing Can Teach Us by looking at an incident from the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix. In this video, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) is running in P1 and Esteban Ocon (Racing Point Force India) is a lap down. Ocon, on fresher tires, is, apparently…
At Suzuka we got additional F1 lessons for club racers. Sebastian Vettel, after a bad qualifying session where he ended up P9, was charging through the field in a desperate attempt to limit Lewis Hamilton’s championship points lead. Vettel made it up to P4 when he came up on Max Verstappen’s Red Bull. Vettel went inside, the Ferrari and the Red Bull came together and Vettel spun.
Everyone knows TV broadcasts are expensive to produce. Everyone knows that road racing is a niche sport. Put those two factors together and you have a recipe for problems.
If you think about it, you realize that your success and safety on the track are the byproduct of work done by many people. And if you walk a mile in their shoes, you often realize that the work they do isn’t as easy as it looks.