Video: F1 Racing Cars Launching at Goodwood Festival

OK, so a highly-tuned Toyota Celica with the innards of a Corolla WRC (and then some) may have posted the fastest time at the Goodwood hill climb. And yes, it beat a handful of Formula 1 cars to achieve this win.
But we’re pretty sure that the sounds and sights of an array of F1 cars ranging from a 1939 Mercedes-Benz W165 to 2010 editions of Ferrari, Lotus and Red Bull, will make the back of your hair stand up. To find out if that’s true, just watch the video after the jump.

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2011 British GP: Red Bull’s Reign Disrupted

None of the usual suspects – aka the drivers of Red Bull or McLaren- occupied the top spot on the podium of the British Grand Prix that took place on Sunday at Silverstone. Instead, the winner was Fernando Alonso, who managed his first win of the season, and 27th overall in his career, making the best both of Ferrari’s obvious progress and the catastrophic pit stop of early leader Sebastian Vettel.

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British GP: Red Bull Takes the Front Row in Qualifying with Webber in Pole Position

The unpredictable weather conditions made the qualifying of the British Grand Prix something of a gamble, and the teams weather forecasts were expecting rain during the final session. So everyone made sure that they got out quickly in order to set a fast time before it started to rain again.

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McLaren and Red Bull Clash Over Throttle Regulations

Ever since the Spanish Grand Prix, FIA has investigated the matter of some teams using exhaust gasses when the driver is off the throttle to improve the downforce of their cars. Eventually, FIA ruled that throttle opening when the accelerator is released would be limited to 10%.
However, McLaren’s Martin Whitmarsh disputed on Friday before the British GP the new regulation, claiming that Red Bull’s Renault engine retains 50% of its power under a concession for reliability.

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British GP Practice: Massa Shines in the Rain

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa set the quickest time in Friday’s afternoon practice session of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix, which takes place this weekend at Silverstone. Just minutes before the beginning of the session, heavy rain started to fall, with all cars staying in the pits for half an hour because of the condition of the track.

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Caterham Logos to Appear on Team Lotus’ F1 Cars

It’s funny how things turn out sometimes. In 1973, Caterham, which was founded in the 1960s as a Lotus dealer, acquired the rights to build the Seven from Lotus. Now, Team Lotus has purchased Caterham Cars through a holding company, part owned by Malaysian Tony Fernandes.

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Williams and Renault Reunite in Formula 1

A legendary alliance is reforming in Formula 1: Williams and Renault Sport have decided to cooperate once again for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, when the rules stipulate V8 engines, and an option to continue in 2014 when the new turbocharged V6s are introduced.

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F1: Sebastian Vettel takes his 6th Win in Valencia

Sebastian Vettel is on a roll and no one seems able to stop him and his Red Bull from adding a second Formula 1 championship to their trophy list. This was confirmed once again today in the European Grand Prix in Valencia, in the eighth race of the 2011, where Vettel took his sixth win of the season. The German world champion started from the pole position and was never challenged during the race as he cruised to another win.
The only driver to even come close was Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso who started from fourth place and, like his team-mate Felipe Massa, made a terrific start. Alonso had a fight with the Red Bull of Mark Webber who, despite starting from the front row, eventually lost out to the Spaniard who finished the race second, more than 10 seconds behind Vettel.

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F1 to Adopt Turbo 1.6-Litre V6s, not 4-Cylinders, from 2014

It seems that Formula 1’s rules that were supposed to take effect from the 2013 season are being scrapped before they are even imposed. Those regulations called for the replacement of today’s 2.4 V8 motors by 4-cylinder turbocharged 1.6 liter units, a proposal that had being strongly opposed by certain teams such as Ferrari.
Now the sports’ governing body, the FIA, has offered an alternative: 1.6-liter turbocharged V6s with hybrid Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS), with the implementation of the new rules being pushed back one year, to 2014.

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German Vettel wins Japanese F1 Grand Prix 2010

Tokyo, Oct 10 German Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) today won the Japanese Grand Prix Formula One, held at Suzuka Circuit.

Vettel won the victory with a time of 1:30.27.323 hours to leave behind his team mate Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso Spanish (Ferrari), who crossed the line nine hundredths and 2.7 seconds, respectively, of Germany.

The Red Bull dominated the race without too much trouble getting the third double of the season, despite pressure from Alonso.

Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes), current world champion, finished in fourth place, ahead of his compatriot and teammate Lewis Hamilton.

He suffered another breakdown in the exchange and had to make way for Button, he was fighting for third place with Alonso.

Webber now leads the drivers' standings with 220 points, while Alonso and Vettel total of 206.

It was an incredible day in which I achieved first place in the morning departure, followed by victory in the afternoon, it was great, said Webber told reporters.

Rating Japanese Grand Prix (53 laps = 307.471 km.)

1-Sebastian Vettel (GER) 1:30.27.323 hours.

2-Mark Webber (AUS) in 0905.

3-Fernando Alonso (ESP) 2271.

4-Jenson Button (GBR) 13 522.

5-Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 39 595.

6-Michael Schumacher (GER) 59 933.

7-Kamui Kobayashi (JAP) 1.04.038 minutes.

8-Nick Heidfeld (GER) 1.09.648.

9-Rubens Barrichello (BRA) 1.10.846.

10-Sebastien Buemi (SUI) 1.12.806.

11-Jaime Alguersuari (ESP) around.

12-Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) one turn.

13-Jarno Trulli (ITA) two laps.

14-Timo Glock (GER) two laps.

15-Bruno Senna (BRA) two laps.

16-Sakon Yamamoto (JAP) three laps.

17-Nico Rosberg (GER) six laps.

Back unclassified.

-Adrian Sutil (GER) 44.

-Robert Kubica (POL) 2.

-Nico Hulkemberg (ALE)

"Felipe Massa (BRA)

"Vitaly Petrov (RUS)

"Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA)

-Lucas di Grassi (BRA)

Classification drivers' world championship:

1-Mark Webber 220 points.

2-Fernando Alonso 206.

3-Sebastian Vettel 206.

Lewis Hamilton 4-192.

Jenson Button 5-189.

Felipe Massa 6-128.

Nico Rosberg 7-122.

8-Robert Kubica 114.

9-Michael Schumacher 54.

10-Adrian Sutil 47.

11-Rubens Barrichello 41.

12-Kamui Kobayashi 27.

13-Vitaly Petrov 19.

14-Nico Hulkenberg 17.

15-Vitantonio Liuzzi 13.

16-Sebastien Buemi 8.

17-Pedro de la Rosa 6.

18-Nick Heidfeld 4.

19-Jaime Alguersuari 3.

20-Heikki Kovalainen

21-Jarno Trulli

22-Karun Chandhok

23-Lucas di Grassi

24-Timo Glock

25-Bruno Senna

26-Sakon Yamamoto

Classification constructors' world championship:

1-Red Bull Racing 426 points.

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2-381.

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 3-334.

Petronas GP 4-Mercedes 176.

5-Renault F1 133.

6-Force India F1 Team 60.

7-AT & T Williams 58.

8-BMW Sauber F1 37.

Scuderia Toro Rosso 9-11.

10-Lotus Racing.

11-HRT F1 Team.

12-Virgin Racing.

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