Le Mans racer Mike Hawthorn takes us on a tour of the Le Mans track in 1956 in his Jaguar D-Type, with driver's eye view and commentary. He discusses the safety improvements following the 1955 disaster,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 11 months 1 week ago • 159 views • 5:43

YouTube description: Chris Harris interviews Porsche driver Nico Hulkenberg on the Porsche 919 LMP1 car and the differences between Formula One and Le Mans. On location at the Bahrain International... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 1 month ago • 151 views • 2:34

YouTube Description: Many are familiar with New Zealand's famous road, the Crown Range Pass. This public road climbs to 1,100 meters above sea level by the way of fast twisty corners and steep uphill... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 5 months 1 week ago • 191 views • 11:15

Motorsport engineering company Rennwerk GMBH took an Arrows A22 Formula 1 car to an open track day at Circuit Zolder in Belgium. This provides a nice comparison between a vintage formula 1 car and the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 6 months ago • 628 views • 3:21

YouTube Description: Hockenheim 2014 saw Nico Rosberg become the first German driver to win the German Grand Prix in a German car since 1939 with victory in the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 W05 Hybrid! ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 939 views • 2:22

YouTube Description: Jeff Zwart in the Porsche GT3 Cup Turbo Hill Climb Special, during Pikes Peak 2014. Soon after leaving the starting line, one of the fuel pumps begins to fail, only to get worse... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 10 months ago • 716 views • 11:46

YouTube Description: Williams Martini Racing development driver Susie Wolff became the first woman in 22 years to drive in an F1 weekend when she took part in FP1 at the British Grand Prix on July 4. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 10 months 1 week ago • 237 views • 3:50

YouTube Description: Drivers of the #30 MOMO NGT 991 Porsche GT3 Cup, Henrique Cisneros and Kuba Giermaziak, explain step-by-step what it feels like to take on one of the most difficult turns in racing:... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 832 views • 3:47

YouTube Description: A dream has come true... even for a world championship winning driver. Lewis Hamilton gets his first chance with the help from BBC Top Gear to drive Ayrton Senna's monstrous MP4-4.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 8 months 1 week ago • 338 views • 3:55

YouTube Description: What happens with F1 race cars when they are not racing on one of the race tracks around the world? They are transported back home to the factory, disassembled (or stripped) right... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 9 months 3 weeks ago • 270 views • 3:58

Make sure annotations are enabled. YouTube Description: Installation laps... We all know the drivers have to complete them, mainly on Fridays during Free Practice sessions... But do you know what... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 9 months 3 weeks ago • 330 views • 4:45

Although it's a common marketing tactic to hot up a production car, install a racing driver, and turn in a supiciously hot lap of the Nordschleife, this is a more low budget exercise. Holden, the Australian... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 10 months 1 week ago • 130 views • 8:43

In this video, Martin Brundle explains the telemetry data that teams get from the car, and how it helps the team and the drivers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 153 views • 1:56

You often hear teams and drivers talk about setup, so what options are actually available in Formula 1 cars? BBC commentator and ex F1 racer Martin Brundle explains.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 149 views • 1:35

YouTube Description: Joseph Haugh, member of the Williams F1 Team pit crew, talking about the role of a wheel gun man in an F1 pit stop. Practising 60 pit stops every race weekend, there's no time for... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 4 weeks ago • 393 views • 1:08

YouTube Description: Dickie Stanford, Race Team Manager of the Williams F1 Team talks about the pressures of an F1 pit stop, including how he used to hate it and how the whole world is watching... About Williams ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 1 month ago • 243 views • 1:02

YouTube Description: MERCEDES GP PETRONAS driver Nico Rosberg can shift gears up to 3100 times during a Formula One race. He is able to change gears within a split second. In this feature, Nico and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 318 views • 2:27

South African Jet Car driver Pieter DeWit has survived a horrifying incident at the Perth Motorplex last night, where the parachute on his ‘Gravity Storm’ dragster failed at 450kph, spearing him across... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 758 views • 16 secs

Former F1 driver and current F1 commentator Martin Brundle is given the opportunity to drive a reasonably recent Ferrari F1 car around the Ferrari test track at Fiorano. Brundle was known as the best... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 3 months ago • 234 views • 6:10

Romain Grosjean is a Swiss born Formula 1 driver for the Lotus team, who lists his official nationality as French (due to lack of support from his home country). He is quite quick, and can be quite a... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 242 views • 2:28