#P1 Mag – Vettel’s Spa win, Schuey’s fire and Penske’s historic day
Formula One has returned into action. And what a race the Belgian Grand Prix was. Plenty overtaking action and a couple of really impressive performances spiced up the beginning of the season’s second half-term.
Not only the two Red Bull Racing drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber impressed, Jenson Button shone with a superb chase through the field – with a damaged car! No less impressive was Michael Schumacher’s charge from dead last in his jubilee race. For once the fire was visibly burning.
Having said that, there was great racing all around Europe and the US with Team Penske scoring their first 1-2-3 since 1994 and Will Power improving his situation in the IndyCar championship. All of that you will find in this latest P1Mag issue.
You can download P1Mag issue no. 31 AS ALWAYS FOR FREE by clicking HERE. Enjoy the read.
#IndyCar – Penske 1-2-3 in Sonoma
Will Power, Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe in the Sonoma IndyCar Grand Prix scored Team Penske’s first 1-2-3 since 1994, holding the same order over the finish line they already had scored in qualifying. Points leader Dario Franchitti finished fourth from Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate Scott Dixon and rookie Giorgio Pantano, who defended P6 against Sébastien Bourdais with all of his might till the line.
#MotoGP – Stoner wins in Indy, too
Casey Stoner beats team-mate Dani Pedrosa for a Respsol Honda 1-2 at the Indianapolis Grand Prix with Ben Spies beating reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo for the final podium position.
Full report in P1Mag’s next issue on Tuesday
#Moto2 – Marquez wins as Bradl recovers well
Marc Marquez took a dominant fifth win of the season at the Indianapolis Grand Prix to shorten the gap to points Stefan Bradl, who nevertheless showed a phantastic recovery in the race to finish in P6 – behind Brits Bradley Smith and Scott Redding – after his practice crash and having started from a low P22 on the grid. Pol Espargaró and Esteve Rabat made a full Spanish podium.
#F1 – Vettel wins dramatic Spa showdown
In a frantic Belgian Grand Prix Red Bull Racing overcame threatening tire problems to take an impressive 1-2 with Sebastian Vettel winning from Mark Webber and ahead of a flying Jenson Button, coming from 14th on the grid. Phantastic performance by Michael Schumacher, who finished in fifth behind Fernando Alonso – having started from dead last on the grid! Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil, Vitaly Petrov, Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado complete the top ten.
#GP2 – Vietoris wins, Grosjean is champion
A third place in the GP2 feature race in Spa-Francorchamps behind pole-sitter Christian Vietoris and Jules Bianchi was enough for Romain Grosjean to clinch the Gp2 Series title with still three races to go in the 2011 season.
#F1 – Vettel scores dramatic pole
In a frantic finish during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, Sebastian Vettel beats Lewis Hamilton with a lap time of 1:48.298 by nearly half a second for pole position. Mark Webber finsished third ahead of Felipe Massa, Jaime Alguersuari, Bruno Senna and a disappointed Fernando Alonso.
Remembering Charles Pozzi
27/8/1909, Charles Pozzi is born in Paris, France.
Carlos Pozzi was of Italian parentage and born in Paris, so he became known as Charles, the French translation of his name. Working as an automobile broker he only began racing in the late 1940s, when he was already 37 years old, while building up his luxury automobile business in Paris. He worked closely with Eugene Chaboud who helped him to become the French Champion of 1947. Eventually he and Chaboud set up their team called Ecurie Lutetia. Pozzi won the 1949 Grand Prix de l’ACF, which was held that year for sports cars. When the World Championship began he took part in the first French Grand Prix at Reims, driving a Lago Talbot to 5th place. He competed twice in the Le Mans 24 Hour Race in the early fifties, finishing eighth with Pierre Levegh in 1953. He was for many years a Rolls Royce and Chrysler dealer but in 1958 started dealing in Ferraris as well and was so successful that in 1968 he became the sole importer of the Italian cars to France. In the 1970s he became a well known entrant of Ferrari sports cars at Le Mans and was still running teams up until his death in 2001. His death came after a period of ill health in a hospital in Levallois Perret in the west of Paris close to the site where he founded the Ferrari concession.
Born: 27th of August 1909 in Paris, France;
Died: 28th of February 2001 in Levallois-Perret, France, aged 91.
The 1991 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps was Michael Schumacher’s debut in the world’s top racing series. His break into Formula One would mark the beginning of a legendary career at the top of the motor sport World. We wind the clock back and remember his ascension from rookie to arguably the best ever F1 driver.
While summer is on outside, we decided to have a closer look at what Michelin has learned in decades of motor racing and rallying succcess and went tire testing for you. Interesting read particularly for those who love to extract the most of their road-going car – or their track-tool.
Enjoy the read
About Schuey, tire testing and hot summer racing action
The 1991 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps was Michael Schumacher’s debut in the world’s top racing series. His break into Formula One would mark the beginning of a legendary career at the top of the motor sport World. We wind the clock back and remember his ascension from rookie to arguably the best ever F1 driver.
While you’re enjoying your well deserved summer break, we decided to have a closer look at what Michelin has learned in decades of motor racing and rallying succcess and went tire testing for you. Interesting read, we should think, particularly for those of you who love to extract the most of their road-going car – or their track-tool for that matter.
With Formula One to resume normal services next weekend, we spent time compiling all of this week’s racing and rallying action for you, including reports from North and South America, Europe and Asia. We got roughly 80 pages of coverage from all around the globe waiting for you in P1Mag’s latest edition.
You can download P1Mag issue no. 30 AS ALWAYS FOR FREE by clicking HERE
#WRC – Ogier/Ingrassia win Rally Germany
Sebastien Ogier has claimed his fourth win of the season and his first victory on a Tarmac-round of the World Rally Championship by winning ADAC Rallye Deutschland with co-driver countryman Julien Ingrassia. Citroen has won the last eight rounds of the world championship season.
Remembering Dennis Poore
19/8/1916, Dennistoun Poore is born in London, UK.
Dennis Poore came from a military family, with links to the Scottish aristocracy, that controled the ship propeller manufacturers Manganese Bronze, he was a British Hillclimb Champion in 1950 and also funded the launch of motor sport magazine Autosport. He was briefly involved in the Connaught team and raced two Grands Prix for the team, his best result being a 4th place finish at the 1952 British GP. He later raced successfully in the Aston Martin sports car team, sold off the propeller business and tried in vain to save Britain’s motorcycle industry by buying Associated Motorcycles, the company which owned Norton, AJS and Matchless, also acquiring Villiers, Triumph and BSA. With the motorbike business having failed, Manganese Bronze developed a car component division, which Dennis ran until his death in 1987.
Born: 19th of August 1916 in London, UK.
Died: 12th of February 1987 in Kensington, UK, aged 70.
Remembering Clemente Biondetti
18/8/1898, Clemente Biondetti is born in Budussò, Italy.
A pre-war Maserati factory driver, Biondetti’s debut in Formula 1 came in the 1950 Italian Grand Prix at Monza with a bizarre, not very competitive Jaguar-powered Ferrari 166. He insisted to develop the car in 1951 but it was a still born project. By then he accepted an offer from Enzo Ferrari, with whom he had shared great success in sports car races, especially the Targa Florio and winning more Mille Miglias than other driver. In F1 he drove for the Scuderia in 1952 and Lancia in 1953, returning to Ferrari in 1954. Battling with cancer for some time, Biondetti passed away in February 1955.
Born: 18th of August 1898 in Budussò, Italy.
Died: 24th of February 1955 in Florence, Italy, 56 years
Here’s your weekly racing mag, wherever you’re spending your holidays
This issue is out slightly later than our usual late Tuesday deadline, due to a public holday at our location last Monday, but you will notice that we’ve again tweaked P1Mag a bit to allow for shorter production times and slightly improving the looks in some areas, too. Check it out.
And while we wait for Formula One to resume normal services, we got all the racing action from the weekend for you, including the reports on the exciting MotoGP races at Brno Automotodrom, the mayhem the Loudon race for the IZOD IndyCar Series ended in, all the action from the ADAC Motorsport Weekend at the Red Bull Ring, tin tops, single-seaters, it’s all there within those roughly 80 pages we compiled for you.
So, no summer break here, we got nearly 80 pages of coverage from all around the globe waiting for you in P1Mag’s latest edition.
You can download P1Mag issue no. 29 AS ALWAYS FOR FREE by clicking HERE
#NASCAR – Ambrose wins delayed Sprint Cup race
Marcos Ambrose passed Brad Keselowski on the first lap of a green-white-checkered-flag finish at Watkins Glen and won Monday’s rain-delayed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen under caution when a violent multicar wreck exploded behind him. Ambrose became the fifth first-time winner in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series this year.
#IndyCar – Ryan Hunter-Reay wins chaotic Loudon race
In a rather ridiculous restart orchestrated 7 laps from home, race director Brian Barnhart basically asked for trouble, given the moist track surface at New Hampshire Speedway. Danica Patrick lost it under accelaration, Takuma Sato and Will Power got involved. Thankfully no-one got hurt.
#MotoGP – Stoner cruises to Czech GP win
After Dani Pedrose fell off his Repsol Honda while in the lead, Casey Stoner went on to take a comfortable race win in the Czech Grand Prix at the Brno Automotodrom from Repsol Honda teammate Andrea Dovizioso with Marco Simoncelli in third. After an early charge for the lead Jorge Lorenzo had to take it easier due to tire choice that didn’t work the way the reigning World Champion had expected, finishing fourth from teammate Ben Spies and the Ducatis of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden.
#Moto2 – Iannone wins Czech GP
After an exciting battle between the top 5 riders Andrea Iannone, Stefan Bradl, Marc Marquez, Alex de Angelis, Tom Lüthi it was Iannone who took the Moto2 win in the Czech Grand Prix at the Brno Automotodrom beating Marquez and Bradl to the line with de Angelis and Lüthi completing the top 5.
Remembering Willy Heeks
13/8/1996, Wilhelm Heeks dies.
Wilhelm Heeks was a very talented driver, who had success in hillclimbs, Formula 2 and did well on national level in Germany. His only two appearances in Grand Prix racing were in 1952, driving an AFM-BMW in the German GP, and in 1953, now at the wheel of a Veritas Meteor in the same event. Apart from these two outings he remainde a sports cars racer until his retirement in 1962.
Born: 13th of February 1922 in Moorlage, Germany.
Died: 13th of August 1996 in Bocholt, Germany, aged 74.
Remembering Vincenzo Lancia
12/8/1881, Vincenzo Lancia is born in Fobello, Italy;
Vincenzo Lancia sarted out as test driver with Italian car manufacturer FIAT and was keen on engineering, design and the construction side of the business. Being a very talented driver as well, he was invited to compete in races for his employer. He was an exceptionally fast driver, perhaps the fastest of them all, but often hampered by mechanical failure. His best result remained a 2nd place in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup. That same year he founded his own Lancia car company with Claudio Fogolin and when his bosses at Fiat found out, he was removed from all racing activites. He then made a couple of attempts to race his own Lancia cars but from 1911 on concentrated on production and development of fast and stylish sportscars . The Lancia car company stood out because it provided a perfect balance of build quality and production numbers. Vincenzo Lancia died in 1937 from a heart attack at 55 years of age at his home town Fovello.
Born: 12th of August 1881 in Fobello, Italy;
Died: 15th of February 1937 in Turin, Italy, aged 55.
Remembering Johnny Claes
11/8/1916, Octave John Claes is born in London, UK.
A talented jazz musician, Johnny Claes and the Clay Pigeons were en vogue in the late 40s, the British born heir of a wealthy family got the racing virus while visiting the French GP and acting as a translator for British teams and drivers. He decided he should have a go himself and bought a Talbot Lago, scoring 7th places in the 1950 Monaco and 1951 Belgian Grands Prix, which would remain his best results over the coming years. He died at just 39 years of age from Tuberculosis.
Born: 11th of August 1916 in London, UK.
Died: 3rd of February 1956 in Brussels, Belgium, aged 39.
Räikkönen ready to replace Schumacher
Something is going on at MercedesGP now and everyone involved is working on a new scenario that is likely to arise: Schuey might quit at the end of the season.
Kimi Räikkönen, a top driver who has his fans among Mercedes-Benz top brass since the days when he was McLaren-Mercedes’ best bet in the title bid and still is massively popular among racing fans all over the World, despite being away from the top class for almost two years now, is the logical choice. We explain why in our latest issue.
So, no summer break here, we got nearly 70 pages of coverage from all around the globe waiting for you in P1Mag’s latest edition.
You can download P1Mag issue no. 28 AS ALWAYS FOR FREE by clicking HERE
#NASCAR – Keselowski beats the Busches
Staying out on the track on old tires under a caution with 21 laps left in Sunday’s rain-interrupted Good Sam RV 500 at Pocono Raceway, Brad Keselowski pulled away from Kyle Busch after a restart on Lap 185 of 200 to secure his second victory of the season—despite driving with a broken left ankle. Kyle finished second from brother Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman.
#IndyCar – Dixon wins in Mid-Ohio
With a daring passing move on team-mate Dario Franchitti pole-sitter Scott Dixon took the lead at Mid-Ohio and never relinquished the lead to the flag after a total of 49 laps led at the Road course near Lexington, Ohio, and scoring his first race win of the year. Franchitti finished second, completing a Chip Ganassi Racing 1-2 and extending his championship lead further. Ryan Hunter-Reay, Takuma Sato and Tony Kanaan completed the top 5.
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