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Brad's Formula 1 Blog August 2008 Archive

By Brad Spurgeon, About.com Guide to Formula 1

Phil Hill Dies

Friday August 29, 2008
Phil Hill, the only American-born Formula One world champion, has died of complications from Parkinson's disease, at the age of 81. Hill won the title in 1961 while driving ... Read More

Felipe Massa's 100th GP

Monday August 25, 2008
Felipe Massa pointed out in a Ferrari team press release after the race in Valencia yesterday that his ninth career victory here was in fact also his 100th Grand Prix ... Read More

Paddock Notes From Valencia

Sunday August 24, 2008
After I mentioned the Nascar.about.com story about motor sports and the Olympics on my IHT F1 blog The Red Bulletin paddock newspaper in today's edition notes that there has already ... Read More

Felipe Massa Strikes Back

Saturday August 23, 2008
Felipe Massa continued on his roll today, providing a superb performance just when it was needed by scoring pole position on the Valencia street circuit for tomorrow's European Grand Prix. ... Read More

The Case of Kimi Raikkonen

Friday August 22, 2008
Kimi Raikkonen has been slightly eclipsed in recent races as his team mate at Ferrari, Felipe Massa, has climbed up the standings and had better results, while the Finn has ... Read More

Bridgestone's 200th Race

Thursday August 21, 2008
Bridgestone is commemorating its 200th race in Formula 1 at the European Grand Prix this weekend. The company first began racing in F1 in 1997, and it is now ... Read More

F1 Valencia Bound

Monday August 18, 2008
With the world still thinking "Olympics," and motor racing far out of the radar, Formula 1 prepares for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. In fact, what better race ... Read More

Dino Toso

Thursday August 14, 2008
The Renault team announced the death of its former aerodynamics director, Dino Toso. "It is with great sadness that the ING Renault F1 Team confirms that former Director of Aerodynamics, Dino ... Read More

Speed Wins Another Race

Sunday August 10, 2008
Unlike former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve, the former driver who had a hard time in F1, Scott Speed, the last American driver in the series, has done well in ... Read More

The F1 Silly Season

Wednesday August 6, 2008
The summer break is here, but the silly season is nevertheless continuing on. That's the time when we learn of where the drivers move to next season. This ... Read More

F1 Excitement Without Safety Cars Or Accidents

Sunday August 3, 2008
Although it was fabulous news that Heikki Kovalainen took the first victory of his career at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, probably the best news of the race was ... Read More

Lewis Hamilton In NYT Magazine

Sunday August 3, 2008
I'm a little late on this one, although I knew it was coming. Still, even if it is late, I highly recommend the story in the New York Times ... Read More

Nascar Talk At Hungaroring

Friday August 1, 2008
It is not often that we hear a lot of vital talk about Nascar in the Formula 1 paddock, especially in a place as remotely connected to it as at ... Read More

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