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Although it was widely acknowledged as a mere formality in the build-up to the Italian Grand Prix, Monday’s confirmation that Daniel Ricciardo will drive for Red Bull for the 2014 season was met with murmurs of discontent in some quarters. Fans, naturally, want to see the best drivers in the best cars. Red Bull’s decision to overlook 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen and...
Published: August 25, 2013
Formula One driver Mark Webber has announced that Daniel Ricciardo will replace him at Red Bull Racing. James Allen first reported the news on his website Sunday, as Webber informed the reporter of the decision prior to Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix during a segment on Australian Network 10. Ricciardo has yet to officially acknowledge his status as Red Bull Racing’s newest driver and...
Published: August 19, 2013
Formula 1 racing games have come a long way in the last 30 years or so. I can clearly remember my first one, the imaginatively named ‘Formula One Simulator’ by Mastertronic for my 48k ZX Spectrum (remember that rubber keyboard?). Having waited five minutes for the game to load up in the tape deck, beeping and chirping away, it was something of a disappointment. Simple, blocky graphics and...
Published: July 26, 2013
As Phil Mickelson basks in what has undoubtedly been the best two weeks of his golfing life, it seems to be the perfect time for a little retrospective on the career of the Champion Golfer of the Year. The man is a full-fledged, card-carrying member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. However, many times he suffers in comparison to Tiger Woods—just like everyone else who has had the fortune/misfortune...
Published: November 4, 2012
Just when it seemed that this Formula One season had settled down into a moderately understandable pattern, Sebastian Vettel and the Red Bull team had their worst day of the season. Vettel missed most of the third free-practice session with brake issues, having only a handful of laps to get used to the soft tyres. And it showed. Vettel clipped the wall in the first session and, although it did no damage,...
Published: September 18, 2012
Codemasters doesn’t just want to have you play F1 2012, they want to educate you on many of the nuances of the sport. No matter the level of interest in Formula One racing, there is a logical starting point for you in F1 2012. If you’re brand new to the sport, and wouldn’t know Sebastian Vettel from Jimmie Johnson, the Young Driver’s Test is for you. If you’re already...
Published: September 13, 2012
Sometimes, objects that are well-constructed fall apart all at once. Other times, it’s a piece-by-piece destruction. That’s a pretty good description of how Tiger Woods fell from the the dominant position in the world of golf to a player has struggled through swing changes, coach changes, injuries and a Tour of competitors who no longer shrivel up and go away when he glares at them. Here...
Published: April 18, 2012
Coming into Formula 1 as a brand new team can be very difficult, as Caterham, Marussia and HRT have demonstrated over the past few seasons. The sheer amount of money required to put together a Formula 1 team can stop teams in their tracks. Proposed teams have collapsed due to a lack of funds before they ever really began, including Mastercard Lola, USF1, DAMS and Dome. Each of these failed teams were...
Published: October 9, 2011
Before the top three from today’s Japanese Grand Prix took to the podium, BBC coverage showed Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso taking a well-earned breather in a drivers’ room. To stir things up a bit, Button quizzed newly crowned double World Champion Vettel on what the start was all about. The incident in question saw a faster starting Button, starting from second,...
Published: June 12, 2011
Lewis Hamilton has had another bad weekend and received some harsh criticism from two former champions. Following on from Monaco, where he attracted a lot of criticism and the attention of the stewards, Hamilton would have been hoping for a less adventurous race day. Sadly for Lewis, it was not to be. Due to the inclement weather, race director Charlie Whiting decided to start the race behind the safety...