Archive for the ‘Feature’ Category
Feature includes interviews, Q+A’s, behind-the-scene stories and breaking news.
Tonio Liuzzi: Crazy race in Spa
Tonio Liuzzi had an eventful race in Belgium that ultimately rewarded him with a point for 10th place. He was handicapped in the first half of the race by nose damage after contact with Jaime Alguersuari, and then he lost time – but finally got a new nose – with an extra stop after an [...]
Q+A with Dr. Colin Kolles
The Team has improved a lot from the first race in Bahrain until today… Yes, the team is becoming more and more one unit and we are making progress. The Belgium race was the 13th of the season. What can you say about the performance of your drivers? I think that both drivers are doing [...]
Kubica happy to be fighting in front
Robert, you finished on the podium at Spa – talk us through your race… It was a really incredible race, but also a difficult race because of the changeable conditions and it was very easy to make mistakes. I think we had all weather conditions in the race: completely dry at the start, then slicks [...]
A typical Friday at the track
Friday at a Grand Prix is always a hectic time, even though the end-of-day press release usually just talks about a ‘normal Friday’. There’s a massive amount of work to shoehorn into just three hours of track time. Tyre compounds need evaluating, data needs collecting, and the drivers must find a good set-up direction for [...]
Rubens Barrichello 300 not out
At the end of 2003, Bernie Ecclestone was asked to name Formula One’s biggest stars. Michael Schumacher, then a six-time world champion, was at the top of his list and Kimi Raikkonen was second. Next up was Rubens Barrichello. “Rubens is a good driver and he’s been around a long time,” said Bernie. “The fans [...]
Hamashima time – Pt 1
Known around the world as Bridgestone’s motorsport tyre expert, Director of Bridgestone Motorsport Tyre Development Hirohide Hamashima has been an employee of Bridgestone his entire working life. After studying polymer physics at university, Hamashima joined Bridgestone Corporation in 1977, moving to the passenger car tyre development programme in 1980. In 1981, he moved to the [...]
