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The Best of the Italian Grand Prix 2012 [video]

A few weeks ago we showed you a highlights package of the Belgian Grand Prix. Mainly due to changeable weather conditions, Spa usually provides plenty […]

Posted by Sudhir Matai - 6 September 2013

The Best of the Italian Grand Prix 2012 [video]

A few weeks ago we showed you a highlights package of the Belgian Grand Prix. Mainly due to changeable weather conditions, Spa usually provides plenty […]

By CAR magazine - 6 September 2013

The Italian Grand Prix

The trend continued at Monza. Not a trend saying Car A is more competitive than Car B or that Driver X is on top form and has the measure of contenders Y and Z. No, the continuing trend shows the 2012 season to be eventful but inconsistent and unpredictable.

By CAR magazine - 10 September 2012

Belgian GP report

A large chunk of the Belgian Grand Prix story was written within seconds of the start as a multiple accident took out four of the leading contenders. But that incident should not detract from headlines carved out by the man who led from start to finish. Jenson Button was clear of the chaos thanks to having taken pole position in the same commanding style he would use to control the 12th round of the championship.

By CAR magazine - 2 September 2012

Funky flash mob

Pirelli put together this funky flash mob ahead of the Italian Grand Prix a few weeks ago. http://youtu.be/06R5AhbmrcI

By CAR magazine - 6 October 2011

Funky flash mob

Pirelli put together this funky flash mob ahead of the Italian Grand Prix a few weeks ago.   http://youtu.be/06R5AhbmrcI

By CAR magazine - 6 October 2011

Cometh the hour, cometh the champion

McLaren’s first one-two finish at Monza could not have come at a better time for the Woking-based team. And as for Fernando Alonso, his maiden Italian Grand Prix victory may rank as one of the best performances of the double world champion’s career.

By CAR magazine - 10 September 2007

GP comment: Luck evens out

Although Fernando Alonso was criticised for making negative comments about his team after the Chinese Grand Prix, he turned in a polished performance at Suzuka.

By CAR magazine - 8 October 2006

GP Comment: Schumi to retire

Even though the announcement that Michael Schumacher will retire at the end of 2006 was not really a surprise, it’s still hard to believe that the man that put F1 on the world map will soon bid farewell to it all.

By CAR magazine - 10 September 2006

Review: Italian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher decimated Fernando Alonso’s lead in the F1 driver’s championship by dominating the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday. By contrast, the Ferrari star’s Spanish rival suffered a devastating engine failure nine laps from the chequered flag.

By CAR magazine - 10 September 2006

F1 comment: It takes two!

The championship’s main protagonists, Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher, deserve credit for making the Turkish Grand Prix such a grand spectacle.

By CAR magazine - 28 August 2006

BAR’s speed record washed out

BAR Honda’s attempt to set the first official F1 land speed record, with South African-born Alan van der Merwe at the helm, has been delayed, following rain in the area.

By CAR magazine - 6 October 2005

The importance of being Nick

BMW has confirmed that Nick Heidfeld will drive for the Munich-owned F1 team, formerly known as Sauber, next year… Could the German’s imminent departure from Williams explain his current (extended) absence from the FW27’s cockpit?

By CAR magazine - 19 September 2005

Belgian GP: Make or break?

Renault’s Fernando Alonso could become the youngest ever F1 world champion this weekend, but the sheer pace of McLaren-Mercedes suggests last year’s Belgian Grand Prix winner, Kimi Raikkonen, will be tough to beat at Spa Francorchamps . . .

By CAR magazine - 9 September 2005

Pizzonia in for Heidfeld

After an impressive display at the weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, BMW Williams test driver, Antonio Pizzonia, will again race in place of Nick Heidfeld in Belgium.

By CAR magazine - 7 September 2005

SA’s Van in F1 record attempt

BAR Honda intends to set a new F1 land speed record on the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah next month and has recruited South Africa-born F1 hopeful Alan van der Merwe to drive a track-legal BAR Honda 007 at over 400 km/h!

By CAR magazine - 5 September 2005

GP Comment: Getting tired of tyres?

Monza marked the umpteenth time that the 2005 F1 race regulations (pertaining to engine-change grid penalties and a single set of qualifying/race tyres) ruined an intriguing grand prix.

By CAR magazine - 4 September 2005

Monza a must-win race for Kimi

Following several years of Ferrari domination at Monza, McLaren will be the team to beat in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix. Renault may be forced to adopt a conservative strategy and Michael Schumacher will be eager to salvage some pride for the Scuderia.

By CAR magazine - 2 September 2005

Come and get us, Alonso taunts McLaren

Championship leader Fernando Alonso had no answer to rival Kimi Raikkonen’s pace at Istanbul, but in the lead up to this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, the Spaniard is not worried about his title chances… far from it.

By CAR magazine - 30 August 2005

Rossi unstoppable at Mugello

Valentino Rossi extended his lead in the MotoGP championship to 49 points on Sunday when he beat off a trio of compatriots to clinch a dramatic home victory at Mugello.

By CAR magazine - 6 June 2005

Mugello next on Rossi’s hitlist

Valentino Rossi, the reigning MotoGP champion, will be chasing victory in the Italian Grand Prix this weekend, but can he make a win at Mugello stick despite increasing pressure from the Hondas?

By CAR magazine - 3 June 2005

F1 comeback kids on the trail

Ralf Schumacher tested a Williams-BMW FW26 at Silverstone on Tuesday. He might return to racing at the Chinese Grand Prix, and could be joined by another old F1 face – Jacques Villeneuve.

By CAR magazine - 14 September 2004

Blazing Monza exit for Bruni

The Italian Grand Prix was not all it was expected to be as Minardi’s Italian driver, Gianmaria Bruni, had a short-lived race when dramatic events in the pits brought his Monza race to a fiery halt.

By CAR magazine - 13 September 2004

Preview: Honour at stake at Monza

Ferrari wants to cap its year of domination with a win, Kimi Räikkönen intends to beat Michael Schumacher again and BMW will unleash a potent new engine at Monza. Who will emerge victorious at the year’s last European grand prix on Sunday?

By CAR magazine - 10 September 2004

Kimi raring to upstage Ferrari

Even though he has gained a fan in Ferrari team boss Jean Todt, McLaren-Mercedes star Kimi Raikkonen plans to spoil the Scuderia’s victorious homecoming at Monza this weekend.

By CAR magazine - 9 September 2004