Archive for the 'Car Racing' Category
Felipe Massa was declared the winner of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton was penalized for cutting a corner during a late duel with world champion Kimi Raikkonen.
Hamilton crossed the line 14.4 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Massa in a dramatic finish that saw Raikkonen crash into a barrier, but the McLaren driver was penalized […]
Robert Kubica just notched the victory in the Montreal Grand Prix. Last year, he almost lost his life at the same race.
See the crash from last year here:
See the crash in 3D:
Hmm… can we script such a thing?
LONDON — Formula One’s governing body is keeping its distance from sexual allegations in a British tabloid newspaper about its president, Max Mosley.
“This is a matter between Mr. Mosley and the paper in question,” an International Automobile Federation (FIA) spokesman said.
“We understand that Mr. Mosley’s lawyers are now in […]
Time Warner takes a page from the book of “give people what they want”
Enter SI Vault. If you are wondering what SI Vault is, as the name would imply, it’s 54 years of Sports Illustraded’s covers, images, stories and much more. If an image is worth a thousand words, what would 54 years’ […]
Interesting choice for the top moments in Nascar car racing. Here’s #1:
The fight
Moment Number 1: Cale Yarborough & Donnie Allison crash & fight on last lap… Petty Wins
Date: February 18, 1979
Location: Daytona International Speedway. Daytona Beach, Fla.What happened: It was the perfect storm, literally and figuratively, for NASCAR on February 18, 1979.
Due to winter storms […]
Tags: Car Racing, Nascar|
Posted By: froosh | Feb 15th
Will Nelson Piquet Jr. be Fernando Alonso’s Lewis Hamilton in 2008?
Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso is heading back to Renault.
The 26-year-old Spaniard announced his return to the French team Monday after a turbulent season at McLaren.
At Renault in 2005, Alonso became the youngest driver in F1 history to win the title. He repeated […]
What a year, what feels like a decade in terms of scandals, storylines, rumors etc., was actually just one year:
“Since I was a boy I had always wanted to drive for McLaren, but sometimes in life things do not work out,” Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso said in a statement.
Alonso, who still has a […]
Tags: Car Racing|
Posted By: froosh | Oct 9th
Yesterday the sporting world was shocked to hear about McLaren being stripped of all of its Constructors Championship points. While that hurts the car racing team’s pride and ensures it won’t win the 2007 Team award, the massive $100M fine its parent will absorp is a stinging hit.
While McLaren boss Ron Dennis maintains that his job […]