Exclusive: First flying lap of new Silverstone circuit

Today I had the unique opportunity to drive around the new Silverstone circuit as a passenger in a 2 seater with my old friend and sparring partner Martin Brundle at the wheel.
It was drizzling and quite greasy when we were out there, but you still get a feel for the flow of the track and [...]

Schumacher: Title is still a possibility

Michael Schumacher is adamant he’s still got every chance of winning an eighth Formula 1 World Championship this season despite taking his time to get back up to speed.
After the opening three races, he is one of only five drivers not to outqualify his team mate.
The 41 year old began the season with a [...]

Vettel starts title race as Red Bull dominates Sepang

After leading but failing to win the first two Grands Prix Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix today at Sepang, thanks to a bold pass on his team mate the pole sitter Mark Webber at the start of the race.

It was another race where the start was decisive. That move by Vettel was [...]

My Top Ten Drivers of the Decade

It’s New Year and the end of a decade. The “noughties” were pretty good in F1 terms with some very talented drivers battling it out for glory. I spent most of it very close to the action as the commentator on British TV network ITV and I observed and worked with all the drivers very [...]

Readers’ Top 5 driver vote – update

The JA on F1 reader competition to name your top five drivers of the season has been a big success so far and we have had 870 entries in the last few days.
The competition runs until next week and the winners will be announced on Tuesday 24th. For those who missed it first [...]

Get your copy of the JA on F1 review of the 2009 season

I’m delighted to announce that on November 27th we will be publishing a book looking back on the 2009 season. It is a review of the goings-on both on and off the circuit in what has certainly been the most action packed season I’ve ever covered.
The book is the story of the 2009 season told [...]

Video: Night time high speed lap of Abu Dhabi and some race data

Last week I showed video of the first on-board laps of the new Yas Marina Island circuit in Abu Dhabi.
Here’s some footage from the same two seater F1 event, which I have edited up to give an idea of what the spectacle will look like on TV next weekend.
The event is set to be [...]

Winner of Fisi qualifying competition

It’s been great fun and we had over 300 people contributing ideas as to how close Giancarlo Fisichella would get to Kimi Raikkonen in qualifying for his Ferrari debut at Monza.
Thanks to everyone who took part and I’m sure we will do this again soon.

The prize is a signed copy of my biography of Michael [...]

Alonso starts talking about Ferrari

There is a fantastic interview with Fernando Alonso in the Gazzetta dello Sport today, in which he gently moves closer to talking about Ferrari and his possible move there.
According to Pino Allievi, the number one writer on the paper, Alonso has moved to a house on the border between Switzerland and Italy, near Lugano. He [...]

The scene in Monaco

While we wait for the grands fromages to have their meetings and decide what kind of spectacle we are going to see next year and beyond in Formula 1, I thought a brief colour post might be in order.
For the first time in years I’m not staying in Monaco this year. I’m in Villefranche, which [...]

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1	L Hamilton	1:29:04.260
2	M Webber	+00:01.571
3	R Kubica	+00:03.493
4	F Massa	+00:08.264
5	A Sutil	+00:09.094
6	N Rosberg	+00:12.359
7	M Schumacher	+00:15.548
8	+00:16.678	K Kobayashi
9	V Petrov	+00:23.951
10	J Alguersuari	+00:29.457

1	L Hamilton	182
2	M Webber	179
3	S Vettel	151
4	J Button	147
5	F Alonso	141
6	F Massa	109
7	R Kubica	104
8	N Rosberg	102
9	A Sutil	45
10	M Schumacher	44

1	Red Bull Renault	330
2	McLaren-Mercedes	329
3	Ferrari	250
4	Mercedes GP	146
5	Renault	123
6	Force India Mercedes	57
7	Williams Cosworth	40
8	BMW Sauber	27
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	11
10=	Lotus F1	0
10=	Hispania Racing F1	0
10=	Virgin Racing	0