This week marks 30 years since the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the most tragic race weekend in modern Formula 1 history. The deaths of rookie Roland Ratzenburger and three-time champion Ayrton Senna shook the sport to its core and fundamentally shifted the championship’s efforts to improve driver safety. It’s easy to overlook that Ratzenburger’s … Read more
Fernando Alonso thinks that he’ll be physically capable of racing Formula One’s 1000-horsepower hybrid monsters until he’s 50 years old. The 42-year-old, currently racing with Aston Martin, made his F1 debut in 2001 with Minardi. Alonso’s move to Aston last year immediately led to an uptick in form, with the Spaniard finishing on the podium … Read more
When car enthusiasts get together in groups, it’s inevitable that the bench racing hypotheticals will start flying. If Betty White was driving a Viper, do you think you could beat her in a race driving your Toyota Celica? Would Michael Schumacher in his prime beat Fangio if they were both driving the same car? How … Read more
