Iconic moments from F1 History

The BBC F1 website is currently running a series of iconic pictorial moments from F1 click here to view the slideshow.

Who is the greatest driver of all time. For me there are Hereos and Legends, the greatest is harder to judge as each of the contenters lived and raced in different times, Ayrton Senna was both a hero and a legend, but was he the greatest? Join the debate and vote at F1athome.com

Senna The movie is on General Release across the UK Now.

Bid for F1 Confirmed

Its five years since private equity firm CVC took control of F1 and yesterday, 3 May 2011 they confirmed that they had been contacted by EXOR, an organisation backed by Newscorp with links to ferrari. As is customary in these situations CVC issued a statement of confirmation but stated that the company was not for sale.
There has been speculation for a while including statements from Bernie Eclestone who runs F1 on behalf of CVC denying there had been an approach.
Let's hope that continued speculation about the future of the sport does not detract from what is turning out to be a classic season.

AutoItalia at Brooklands Museum April 2011

On Saturday 30th March Brooklands historic racing circuit came alive to the sound of Italian engines, as enthusiasts soaked up the sunshine at the 2011 AutoItalia Event.

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Rossi the man most likely to...

Valentino Rossi continues to tease fans with regular outings on four wheels. Rossi’s has been seen in WRC cars and a test with Ferrari in November 2008 resulted in a total of 51 laps of the Mugello test circuit with a time which was better than Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer.

Rossi is the only man alive who could come close to equalling John Surtees in becoming a world champion on two and four wheels. John Surtees remains a true legend of motorsport. Like Rossi he started on bikes becoming world champion in 1955 on an MV Augusta. After claiming world titles in both 350cc and 500cc events he was in demand by Ken Tyrell and Colin Chapman and in 1960 he was racing both bikes and cars. In 1964 he became f1 world champion driving for Ferrari claiming his eighth world championship title. John Surtees continues to be close to motorsport, supporting the A1 Grand Prix series.

Rossi continues to have regular outings in both Ferrari F1 and Rally cars. Ferrari team principle Stefano Domenicali says he would like to see Rossi in F1, whilst Rossis own preference seems to be the Rally option. Either that or he is staring his own bidding war!

Rossi does however have the best website!

http://www.valentinorossi.com/

http://www.johnsurtees.com/

Charles Edmund "Titch" Allen 1915 - 2010

The Vintage Motorcycle Club’s founder, Charles Edmund “Titch” Allen passed away on 18 March 2010.

Born in May 1915 he spent most of his life involved with motorcycles, founding the Vintage Motorcycle club in 1946. On 28 April of that year, after lunch in a cafe on the A31 Hogs back near Guildford in Surrey, 'Titch', took the chair and outlined his ideas. His main objective was to promote the use and preservation of 'Vintage' machines and from his vision the Vintage Motor Cycle Club was formed.


On Sunday 2 May 2010 thousands of motorcyclists will mark that event, and this year pay tribute to this great man who contributed so much to our motorcycling heritage, by taking part in a memorial run featuring checkpoints all over the country.

A Memorial Event will be held at Mallory Park on 18 May 2010. In announcing the event Titch’s son Steve said “In remembrance of the many happy times that Dad spent at the circuit there will be a parade of bikes and vehicles around the track before the service at Kirby Mallory church. I would be especially pleased if anyone who currently owns a machine that was once owned by my father or has any special connection or memory associated with him could bring the bike along to be part of the parade”.

A replica of Ivan Wicksteed’s world record breaking Triumph built by Titch Allen and his son Roger in 1968

Introduction

The history of motor-sport is such a large subject, so we will attempt to break it down into manageable chunks. And because of its size we will rely heavily on others to contribute, correct and enlarge this record of historic motor-sport history.

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