Reporting from the Ragged Edge
Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix marks the end of the 2012 Formula One season, and with it the end of the most remarkable career in the history of the sport. Michael Schumacher is retiring, this time for good. Schumacher's stats leading up to his final race are: Grands Prix: 307 World Championships: 7 (1994-1995, 2000-2004) Wins:... Continue Reading →
Rain can play havoc with the time-sheets, and today was no exception. Free Practice 2 was so wet that only 10 drivers set laptimes, and all of those laps were finished after the chequered flag fell. When the spray settled, Marussia's Charles Pic emerged quickest. Practice times are normally difficult to interpret, as the top... Continue Reading →
Fernando Alonso has taken pole position for tomorrow's German Grand Prix, in a brilliant display of wet weather driving. Although there had been rain earlier in the day, the racing line in Q1 was completely dry, and the teams streamed out onto the track, fearing that the weather might affect the latter part of the... Continue Reading →
Fernando Alonso has been the stand-out driver of 2012, as the only driver to have won two races thus far. But before yesterday, the Spaniard had not yet secured a pole position this season. That changed in a drenched Silverstone qualifying session. The rain came down just before the start of Q1, as a result... Continue Reading →
On Saturday, I had my first wet weather racing experience. A 125 superkart, slick tyres, and a very wet Killarney race-track in the morning presented a somewhat steep learning curve. The kart is small and the track is big, which makes avoiding the large puddles quite easy. So aquaplaning was not a problem. The major issue... Continue Reading →
