7 Days and counting

Just a quick heads-up to say I’m not gonna be around for the next week or so. Unfortunately this means no Hungarian Grand Prix coverage, mainly because I’m likely to miss the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Also a note on First F1’s race coverage. Today I posted the coverage of the German Grand Prix weekend, over a [...]

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German Grand Prix ‘08

The Hockenhiemring has made a successful return into Formula One with yet another action-packed race, mostly thanks to Timo Glock and McLaren. The race marks some significant changes in the seasons setup but lets take a look at all the action last week in Germany.
Free Practice One
Formula One made its return to Hockenheim in the [...]

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Four drivers, Nine races, One title

As the 2008 season arrives at the half-way point, three drivers were left on equal points. Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen are all on 48 points with Robert Kubica only 2 points behind on 46 heading into todays race. At the moment, this years world champion is any ones guess with the competition [...]

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Preview – German Grand Prix

The Hockenheimring hosts the 55th German Grand Prix and the tenth round of the 2008 World Championship. After negotiations with the rival German circuit, the Nurburgring, broke down the German Grand Prix was canclled for 2007. But it’s back now and will alternate between the circuits each season. This year its in the Hockenheimring at [...]

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Not new news, but confirmed news

Red Bull have finally announced, to nobodies surprise, that Sebastian Vettel will take David Coulthards seat at Red Bull from 2009, ending any interest from double world champion Fernando Alonso. The young German started his F1 career in 2006 testing for BMW. He has been racing for Red Bull’s sister team, Toro Rosso, since the [...]

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What about the Aussies?

Bernie Ecclestone has one again changed his mind over the future of F1 in Australia when the FOM announced that the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne will continue to host the Australian Grand Prix until 2015 last week. From 2009 onwards the Grand Prix will start at 5:00pm local time (6:00am GMT), one hour and [...]

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Preview – British Grand Prix

Seeing as the British Grand Prix marks the half-way point of the season and that it is First F1’s home race, I thought it would be a good idea to try a new layout for this week’s race preview. All feedback is encouraged.
The 59th British Grand Prix marks the ninth round of the 2008 championship [...]

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One last British GP for DC

David Coulthard has enjoyed 15 years of Formula One, but has announced today that 2008 will be his last. The Scot has said this weeks British Grand Prix will be his final race at Silverstone and he will leave his Red Bull team with a spare driver seat in 2009. In a press conference today, [...]

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F1 Focus – Allan McNish

The First F1 Focus post follows Allan McNish. A man who spent his whole career chasing an F1 drive, only to end up becoming a successful sports car driver. He won this years 24 Hours of Le Mans two weeks ago, but lets take a look at all his other achievements.
McNish was born on the [...]

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Calm down dear, it’s only provisional

Most of us probably wont want to think to much about 2009 yet, but yesterday the FIA released the provisional calendar for the 2009 season. The races are yet to be confirmed and changes can still be made, but there are no real surprises on the first draft of 2009.
I’ll look at the races [...]

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