Injuries are a common thing in Formula One and events such as these have often been the chance for many a future Formula One champion to step into the limelight and grab their chance at glory, fame and history. You might only get one good chance to show that you have the right stuff to be a Formula One driver if you’re given a chance – a feat that requires skills that are far beyond the driving skills displayed on the roads around the world every day – and move into the seat left vacant by an injury to another …read more

Pressure has a varying effect on different individuals that often isn’t determined until the person in question has been through the fire and come out the other side without any major burns. The pressure was certainly on for Sebastian Vettel on Sunday, anything less than a victory in the Japanese Grand Prix would have meant he was at least 26 points down with only a maximum of 20 points available to be grabbed, and his chances for the 2009 Formula One drivers championship would have evaporated like a gas.
Vettel seemed to know this as he came out onto the track …read more

The European Grand Prix is just around the corner and after the show that Valencia put on last year with its inaugural European Grand Prix the drivers, fans and team members can’t wait to get to this Spanish city’s streets. Spain is a hot and dry environment that has its own problems for the cars, drivers and teams, but it’s still a wonderful environment in which to run a Formula One competition.
Lewis Hamilton will be looking to keep his speed up on this demanding circuit that will punish you hard if you make a mistake. The circuit isn’t the fastest …read more

The Formula One Grand Prix World Championship makes a stop in Spain next week, after four international races away from the friendly confines of Europe and for the next Formula One stop on the venue, Barcelona Spain. The first four contests haven’t been the predictable events that we were expecting and they don’t seem to have any perceptible patterns, so the results at the Spanish Grand Prix and the Circuit de Catelunya are anybody’s guess. There are only a few short days to go and the drivers are gripping their steering wheels in anticipation of competing on a track with …read more