Motorsport Maniacs » articles in full http://motorsportmaniacs.com Motorsport news Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:14:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Upgrade will help us fight for British GP win, Hamilton and Button say http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/upgrade-will-help-us-fight-for-british-gp-win-hamilton-and-button-say/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/upgrade-will-help-us-fight-for-british-gp-win-hamilton-and-button-say/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:17:10 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/upgrade-will-help-us-fight-for-british-gp-win-hamilton-and-button-say/

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button said they expect to be in the hunt for victory in the British Grand Prix this weekend as McLaren bring another performance upgrade for their home race. Speaking at a press conference in London today the pair were also enthusiastic about racing on the revised Silverstone circuit, with Hamilton saying he expects the track will be “even faster” than before.

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Upgrade will help us fight for British GP win, Hamilton and Button say

]]> http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/upgrade-will-help-us-fight-for-british-gp-win-hamilton-and-button-say/feed/ 0 Technical review: European Grand Prix http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/technical-review-european-grand-prix-2/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/technical-review-european-grand-prix-2/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:49:48 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/technical-review-european-grand-prix-2/ A raft of updates appeared on several of the front-running cars in Valencia. As in 2009 when Brawn dominated the first half of the season with its double diffuser, Red Bull has enjoyed a similar performance advantage this year. The key difference is that in the first few races no-one could put a finger on why the RB6 was so quick

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]]> http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/technical-review-european-grand-prix-2/feed/ 0 Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – massive 300-picture gallery http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2010-%e2%80%93-massive-300-picture-gallery/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2010-%e2%80%93-massive-300-picture-gallery/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:21:51 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2010-%e2%80%93-massive-300-picture-gallery/ The Goodwood Festival of Speed came to a close today. We’ve already uploaded well over 300 pictures of F1 cars to our comprehensive galleries featuring Lewis Hamilton , Jenson Button, Mika Hakkinen, Emerson Fittipaldi, John Sutrees and more in over 50 different Formula 1 cars.

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – massive 300-picture gallery

]]> http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2010-%e2%80%93-massive-300-picture-gallery/feed/ 0 Top ten non-F1 cars at Goodwood http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/top-ten-non-f1-cars-at-goodwood/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/top-ten-non-f1-cars-at-goodwood/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:10:27 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/top-ten-non-f1-cars-at-goodwood/ There’s much more to the Goodwood Festival of Speed than just the Formula 1 cars. Here’s a collection of my ten favourite non-F1 cars at the show this year, including some stunning Alfa Romeos, an Indianapolis 500-winning Lotus and more. Lotus-Ford 38 Lotus-Ford 38 This is the very car that Jim Clark won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 with

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]]> http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/top-ten-non-f1-cars-at-goodwood/feed/ 0 Every F1 car pictured at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/every-f1-car-pictured-at-the-2010-goodwood-festival-of-speed/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/every-f1-car-pictured-at-the-2010-goodwood-festival-of-speed/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:34:17 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/every-f1-car-pictured-at-the-2010-goodwood-festival-of-speed/ McLaren-Cosworth MP4-8 The selection of F1 cars on show at the Goodwood Festival of Speed span six decades and include championship-winning cars from such illustrious names as Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Lotus and many more. Below you can find galleries of all the cars on show with many of them pictured in action and in close-up

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]]> http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/every-f1-car-pictured-at-the-2010-goodwood-festival-of-speed/feed/ 0 Button, Webber, Senna, Hakkinen and more in action at Goodwood (Pictures) http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/button-webber-senna-hakkinen-and-more-in-action-at-goodwood-pictures/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/button-webber-senna-hakkinen-and-more-in-action-at-goodwood-pictures/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:37:18 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/button-webber-senna-hakkinen-and-more-in-action-at-goodwood-pictures/ The second day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed saw Formula 1 drivers past and present driving a selection of spectacular racing machines. World champion Jenson Button drove Alain Prost’s McLaren which won the 1986 world championship while Mark Webber demonstrated last year’s Red Bull. Bruno Senna drove his uncle’s last McLaren and HRT team mate Karun Chandhok was at the wheel of Keke Rosberg’s championship-winning Williams.

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]]> http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/button-webber-senna-hakkinen-and-more-in-action-at-goodwood-pictures/feed/ 0 Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010: First pictures of the F1 cars in action http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2010-first-pictures-of-the-f1-cars-in-action/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2010-first-pictures-of-the-f1-cars-in-action/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:11:33 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2010-first-pictures-of-the-f1-cars-in-action/ The Goodwood Festival of Speed begins today and there are over 50 F1 cars present celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first world championship season. The picture collection below show the F1 cars’ first run up the hill this morning in front of a packed crowd. More pictures will be posted on F1 Fanatic throughout the weekend including a complete index of all the Grand Prix cars present plus some of the non-Formula 1 cars of interest.

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]]> http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2010-first-pictures-of-the-f1-cars-in-action/feed/ 0 Coulthard’s concern over closing speeds http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/coulthard%e2%80%99s-concern-over-closing-speeds/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/coulthard%e2%80%99s-concern-over-closing-speeds/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:16:33 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/coulthard%e2%80%99s-concern-over-closing-speeds/ David Coulthard has blamed Mark Webber’s spectacular crash in the European Grand Prix on the difference in speed between the Webber’s Red Bull and Heikki Kovalainen’s Lotus: Obviously the Red Bull [has] massive top speed relative to the Lotus and it just catches the drivers out. You don’t want to have more than six, seven eight kilometres an hour difference between the fastest and the slowest cars

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]]> http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/coulthard%e2%80%99s-concern-over-closing-speeds/feed/ 0 Highlights from the FOTA F1 Fans Forum http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/highlights-from-the-fota-f1-fans-forum/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/highlights-from-the-fota-f1-fans-forum/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:28:53 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/highlights-from-the-fota-f1-fans-forum/ McLaren’s Martin Whitmarsh, Ferrari’s Luca Colajanni, Lotus’s Tony Fernandes, Mercedes’ Jock Clear and Force India’s Paul di Resta faced question from 150 Formula 1 fans in London today. The forum, hosted by James Allen, discussed topics including the quality of racing to green technologies in the sport and how F1 is presented on television. F1 Fanatic was there – here’s a summary of what was said during the forum’s major talking points

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]]> http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/highlights-from-the-fota-f1-fans-forum/feed/ 0 Should in-season testing return? (Poll) http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/should-in-season-testing-return-poll/ http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/should-in-season-testing-return-poll/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:37:38 +0000 admin http://motorsportmaniacs.com/2010/07/should-in-season-testing-return-poll/ Circuit testing during an F1 season has been almost entirely banned since the start of last season But now several prominent figures in F1 have voiced a desire to bring back in-season testing in the near future.

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Should in-season testing return? (Poll)

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