The Moncao Grand Prix in Monte Carlo is traditionally extremely hard to pass on. This year proved no different with the exception of Giancarlo Fisichella’s banzai attempts. What was more interesting though was the 4 way fight that could have been between Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Mark Webber and Juan Pablo Montoya.
Once again it turned […]
The 2006 Monaco Grand Prix marks McLaren’s 40th anniversary in Formula One. They are the second most successful team, not far behind Ferrari. To mark the occasion, Steinmetz created a diamond-encrusted steering wheel for Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya that is being used during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
The show-stopper however, was a full-scale […]
While Spain has a hero in Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso, Portugal has their own man Pedro Lamy flying around the circuits - literally. Our old mate Pedro used to drive for Lotus in Formula 1 and finished his career with Minardi in 1996. Now he’s driving an Aston Martin ALMS racecar and is […]
After months of speculation, Valentino Rossi has finally decided not to join the Ferrari team to race in Formula One. It seems the team were extremely impressed with Rossi, yet he has unfinished business in MotoGP. Rossi was quoted as saying:
I will continue, at least for some time more, to race motorbikes…My friends at Ferrari […]
Thanks to Carlos who pointed out the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix trophy is in fact a reproduction of the Montjuic Telecommunications Tower in the heart of the Barcelona Olympic site. It was built in 1991 by none other than Telefonica - sponsor of both the Renault team and the Spanish Grand Prix.
