2nd is the new 1st as Red Bull continue their dominance in Monaco – Round 4

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

The jewel in the crown as it is known is a race that every driver covets but few succeed in winning. Unfortunately for the rest of the field this year’s race was as expected a fight for second with a thoroughly dominate performance by Red Bull leaving the field to battle it out for the minor [...]

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Red Bull runs wild in Spain – Round 3

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

The sun-drenched Circuit de Catalunya in Spain delivered an entertaining 3rd round of the Drivers’ Championship on Sunday. Red Bull ace Brett O’Connor overcame some early dramas to take line honours, followed by the hard charging Tony Bargarey and Stuart Ireland, making up a familiar looking podium. Drama down the field saw Caterham pilot Glen [...]

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Boycott?

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

Rumblings in the paddock at Sepang were growing as some drivers were continuing with their media boycott. This is a concern to the FIA as all drivers are contracted to be available to the media post-race. The Drivers association had renegotiated the terms of the contract last year but surprisingly for some reason a small [...]

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Back to reality in Malaysia as O’Connor coasts to victory – Round 2

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

A rain affected qualifying saw McLaren on pole, Red Bull taking up the second slot and the current championship leader having to settle for third. The surprise of the session was not the stunning lap from Crook in the Mercedes but the failure for the Lotus team to even get their car on the track [...]

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Ireland breaks through on home soil – Round 1

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Stu Ireland has emulated the likes of Fernando Alonso and Mario Andretti by taking victory for Ferrari in his first outing for the team. At the same time, Ireland also broke his winning drought, taking his maiden F1 victory in sopping wet conditions at Albert Park. As always, it was a race of high drama [...]

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Season Preview with Jacques Villeneuve

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Season III of the PS3 F1 World Championship is upon us. This time of year usually brings high hopes all the way along pitlane about a change in fortune and renewed commitment to the year ahead. Sadly, many of these high hopes are misguided, naïve and overly optimistic. We take a look at this year’s [...]

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Testing Times

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

As pre-season testing is fast coming to a close the talk of the paddock is how drivers and their respective teams have come to grips with the new regulations and tyres. Concerns were raised as early as November last year as buzz words like ‘peak slip, saturation, linearity and dead zone’  were commonly heard throughout [...]

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Summer of discontent

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

Caterham, although happy with their new signing Glen Hoffman, apparently still harbour ill feeling towards the new Ferrari driver, Stuart Ireland. This has come to light as they refuse to let Ireland drive the new F2013 until Christmas morning at the earliest. Ireland is far from happy with Caterham’s stance and is quoted as saying [...]

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Force India fails to find Driver for the 2013 Season

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

Force India Formula 1 team looks set to officially close down for at least a year after failing to find a driver before the FIA’s deadline. Attempts were made to find a driver before the entry deadline and F1 Analysis understands that they tried to court former Williams Driver Simon Hill but were unsuccessful with [...]

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