F1 Full Races

New Teams. New Drivers. New Seats.. Let's find out all the goodies for 2002! First of all, No more Murray Walker of course who retired and James Allen was the lead commentator with M. Brundle on co com! Teams:- Prost liquidated and were no longer around.. Phoenix Finance bought part of Prost and attempted to field Mazzacane and MArques from Malaysia, but were denied because they did not acqui...

So it was to be the final race of the 2001 Season. A dominant one for Michael Schumacher & Ferrari, Schumacher's victory was his ninth of the season, tying his own record from 1995 and 2000 and Nigel Mansell from 1992 . As a consequence of the race, Schumacher finished the year with a season-record 123 championship points scored in the World Drivers' Championship, breaking Alain Pros...

Just a few drivers changes for this one.. Both drivers represented their countries in F1 for the first time. Thomas Enge =, the Czech driver, reaplced the injured and bruised Luciano Burti after his horror smash in Belgium. Alex Yoong also became the first ever Malaysian Driver to compete in F1 replacing Tarso Marques, who stayed on as the teams reserve and test driver. Montoya had 2 previous pole...

Lot of emotion in this one! This would not only prove to be the Race winners LAST EVER F1 victory, but it ironically came 2 weeks after he said he would be taking a sabbatical from the sport in 2002 with a replacement on the horizon. It would also turn out to be Murray Walkers FINAL EVER race he would commentate on and James Allen would be taking the reigns from here on out. A Legend of the sport,...

This was a bit of a bizzare race! Drivers Stalling, new drivers in new teams, a weird situation where a car was up on its jacks at the start lights and a HUUUUUGE Shunt for Luciano Burti would mean it would be his last ever F1 start. It would also be Tarso Marques' last F1 start for Minardi as he would be replaced by Alex Yoong after this race. It would also be the last podium for the 3rd pla...

Few Driver Swaps happening here.. Jean Alesi went from Prost to Jordan, and he was replaced by Heinz Harald Frentzen who was sacked by Jordan a few races prior. So this was it. David Coulthard, try as he might was 37 points behind the Immovable German, M. Schumacher. He NEEDED a miracle to keep the championship fight alive. Could the Mclarens deal some damage, or would the Ferrari combination be t...

Mike Schumi could take one giant leap forward to his 4th world championship with a win here. But as the story usually goes at a home GP, it is never that simple. Montoya took his first ever pole. One HUGE Crash on the start line would have implications for the rest of the race. Few things to note, this was the last time the race was held on this classic track. The race for 2002 would be on a short...

Round 10 saw Ralf Schumacher who was already having a very good season pick up his first ever pole position. Always nervy when its your first.. But could the younger schumacher stave off the competition form his brother, team mate and the flying Scot Coulthard? Drivers Standings  AFTER the race:- 1 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | 78 2 | (GBR) David Coulthard | 47 3 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher | 31 4 | (B...

Mclaren had been mighty strong the last 2 years with David coulthard winning them both. This year he had the chance to be the first British driver to do it since The great Jim Clark. As always, the Ferrari and Schumacher was strong but so was the Mclaren package. DC NEEDED a win to keep his slim titel hopes alive.. But the eventual winner would be an almighty popular one given his season was prett...

Was the championship starting to dwindle already? Could Coulthard breathe some life back into it? Well, IT was to be an historic day with the winner and 2nd place making history! 3rd Place would go to a man who SORELY needed it! For One of the podium finishers, this would already be his 90th marking him as the 2nd ever driver to reach this feat! Drivers standings AFTER the race:-  1 | (DEU) Michae...

Pundits were starting to ask if favouring DC Over Hakkinen for the championship was to be a thing? DC stated he just focused on winning races and that Mika realised the complexity of the situation. But the Williams were on fire over recent rounds and Montoya (Who at this point, had only finished once in 8 races) NEEDED a result! After missing the previous race after a HUGE crash, Jordans Heinz Har...

The Championship battle was heating up here between Ferrari & Mclaren once more, but again, it would be the Scotsman who would be taking the challenge to Schumacher! Ron Dennis had publicly shamed DC after his start line stall in Spain (He later retracted the remark though) but the relationship was strained and DC needed to keep his head cool and focus on the races in hand. Starting 7th, what...

Lot of drivers had many reasons to be optimistic here. David Coulthard, Fresh off that amazing Austria win, took pole position here. (and it would actually become his LAST ever pole) Schumacher aimed at tying Graham Hills 5 wins at Monaco record. Eddie Irvine had always gone well here too, but also Mika Hakkinen was looking in good shape. This could go any which way, unfortunately for one driver,...

Back to the ever epic Imola circuit where, again, Schumacher M wanted to take a stranglehold on the championship.. The Mclaren boys were not going to let that happen with David Coulthard in scintillating form at this early stage of the season. A Mclaren 1 - 2 whetted the appetites, but it was Schumacher R... Old Ralfie boy who was in prime position to spoil the silver party! This would also be the...

Schumacher VS Coulthard.. 26 points each going into this race.. But the story of the day was a MEGA return to form for the flying Finn Mika Hakkinen. There would be one of the biggest last lap genuine heartbreaks that F1 rarely sees too (I am not talking about the whole Nigel Mansell slowing down too early thing either) There would also be a first ever podium for one driver and the first for his c...

Michael Schumacher was the bookies favourite going into this race after winning the first two races of the season, but as ever in F1, chaos would ensue at some point. This was it. Mika Hakkinen REALLY needed to take back some control after scoring just one point in the opening 2 rounds. It WOULD seemingly look like a straightforward race until the Brazilian Heavens opened wide! A German driver wou...

2001 Begins with a whole host of changes including some ones that would go on to become almost legendary! Olivier Panis went from test driver for Mclaren to full time driver with BAR. Alex Wurz went from Benetton to the Test role at Mclaren. Jenson Button was loaned out by Williams to replace Wurz and a certain Colombian, Juan Pablo Montoya took his place at Williams. Marc Gene lost his drive at M...

There was a lot of safety talk and modifications made to protect Marshalls and Track side personnel after the tragic death of marshall Graham Beveridge in Australia. F1 was in a dark place after that, but Charlie Whiting and the gang made sure the correct and logical safety implementations were made. To the racing, and after Schumi smashed Aus with a wooden pipe, could this be where Mclaren strike...

So, this is it. After a terrible time for Mika in the US, to keep the championship alive to the last round in Malaysia.. He NEEDED to outscore schumi. Nothing else in this race mattered. Mclaren VS Ferrari again. Drivers Standings AFTER the race:-  1 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | 98 2 | (FIN) Mika Hakkinen | 86 3 | (GBR) David Coulthard | 67 4 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | 58 5 | (DEU) Ralf Schumach...

So, with the drivers championship secured for Schumacher & Ferrari, The Constructors was still up for grabs! Which way would the final championship swing? Well the winner would become the first ever constructor to win 10 championships. This would also be the very last starts in F1 for both Pedro Diniz & Johnny Herbert. Johnny had had enough of fighting for scraps, and Pedro (After an argum...

Formula One is BACK in America for the first time since 1991 and the stakes couldn't have been higher. The atmosphere was incredible, the tension was palpable. Most drivers were ok with the circuit, with some drivers saying the first three hairpins were just too slow, but the rest of the lap was great. This was Alex Wurzs 50th race start. The 3rd place driver of the race, his team would not g...

This race would turn out to be a very sad one. After a huge first lap collision involving a Ferrari, Mclaren 2 Jordans & An Arrows, local marshall Paolo Gislimberti would tragically lose his life. Back to the racing however, and the final few races would once again go down Michael Vs Mika. On the back of that AMAZING racew winning move at Spa, confidence was high in the Mclaren garage. Schumi...

First up, This was Minardis 250th race (Impressive given their lack of points over the years). There would be a 3rd constructor to finish on the podium 250 times. The pole sitter would be his countrys last until 2003 too. BUT, this race was remembered for one of the GREATEST overtakes in F1 history. A Lap 13 spin put the leader almost out of contention, but he would fight back in extraordinary sty...

The championship was hotting up now! After 2 consecutive first lap incidents for Schumacher, he HAD to avoid anything and finish well. 2 points seperated the German and the 2 mclarens so this was an extremely decisive race! Barrichello was only 10 points behind after his famous Germany win, so all to play for! (Witha Ferrari podium, they would be the first constructor to reach 450 podiums) Drivers...

The championship battle was heating up with the two Mclarens homing in on the Scarlet bullet. A win here would see either Hakkinen OR Coulthard (Who was his 100th race start incidentally) really ramp up the pressure...  A first corner collision would determine just that. This was also the debut of Luciano Burti who replaced the very unwell Eddie Irvine. Drivers Standings AFTER the race:- 1 | (DEU)...