Global spirits giant Diageo – via Formula One sponsor, Johnnie Walker – began their anti-drunk driving “Join the Pact” campaign in 2008 and have now successfully garnered more than 20 million consumer pledges after August numbers were released. Diageo’s target is 50 million pledges by 2025. Former two-time F1 world champion Mika Häkkinen is one […]
Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly, one of the four non-Mercedes drivers – albeit, the fourth – with a semi-reasonable chance of winning a Formula One race in 2019, crashed out in the second free practice session in preparation for this weekend’s 2019 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. Ferrari dominated the first two sessions with Sebastian Vettel […]
Formula One chief crusty barnacle Bernie Ecclestone likes to charge exorbitant hosting fees for the “privilege” to host a Formula One race in a city or country. Frugal Germans do not like to pay exorbitant hosting fees to crusty barnacles, so in a completely expected development, the German Grand Prix is off the 2017 Formula […]
The recently completed 2016 German Grand Prix was yet another in a long line of Mercedes snoozefests in Formula One with the only entertainment coming from how many times F1 officials figured they had to place signage for sponsor Rolex around the track. As for the race itself, it was over in five seconds. That […]
Speaking of Bernie Ecclestone’s definitely-not-bribery-or-extortion payouts for hosting Formula One races, Germany’s famed Nurburgring had a rotational F1-hosting arrangement with Germany’s other F1 track at Hockenheim, but the Nurburgring’s owners balked at paying Bernie money in 2015 and that meant there was no German Grand Prix this year. Hockenheim agreed to pay Bernie money and […]
The German Grand Prix has officially been dropped from the 2015 Formula One schedule. Originally scheduled to be held on July 26 at the famed Nurburgring track, the race was dropped because the Nurburgring’s new owners did not have a contract with Formula One to hold the race and last year’s site – Hockenheim – […]
The 2015 German Grand Prix was supposed to be at Nurburgring this year in an alternating arrangement with Hockenheim but instead will officially return to Hockenehim for the upcoming Formula One racing season. Nurburgring is under new ownership and had yet to form a contract with F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone for the 2015 season, so […]
Making life slightly more difficult, Lewis Hamilton crashed his Mercedes after a brake failure entering a hairpin turn in the first session of Formula One qualifying for the upcoming 2014 German Grand Prix and will start in the 16th spot on the grid for tomorrow’s race while his teammate and current season leader, Nico Rosberg, […]