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Justice isn't for the ones who race in the cruel and unfathomable world of motorsports. It claims the lives of the ones so young with so much ahead of them and leaves behind nothing but a bitter memory in the minds and an unthinkable but forced phrase 'we move on' on the lips of the people of motorsport. Today, the next victim of this merciless sport is Jules Bianchi. Anyone associated with the sport, or seen him drive a race will shed a tear or send up a prayer for Jules. He was a champion at heart with an unbelievable ability which puts some today's front runners to shame. He was young and he had miles to go before he could sleep. The only driver who could bring home points for a back-running Marussia at the most feared circuit on today's calendar: Monaco and the driver whose talents were too much at times to be recognized by his short period. Rest in peace Jules Once again, this isn't a proof, rather a glimpse of how motorsport continues to be a s...

Mark Thompson/Getty Images Some say Formula 1 had peaked in the 1980 ’ s and ever since, the sport has seen nothing but a decent in its graph leading to a straight-line hit below on the x axis today. Racers of the yesteryear are unable to keep up with the way things are run; slowly letting that passion fade. And the new kids on the block, who are filled with relief and joy having made that final big step to join one of the crown jewels of motorsport, are being battered by the golden eyed racers of back-then. It is fair enough to say, two drivers who fit into this category are Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Japanese grand Prix is one of the stand out races of the 2005 season. It was one race that cemented Alonso and Kimi ’ s names in the prestigious ‘ greats ’ book of Formula One. The former Ferrari teammates who ’ d qualified at the back of the grid in P17 (Raikkonen) and P16 (Alonso) due to hostile weather conditions sighed a breath of relief to know the race on Sunday...

Murray Walker once said ‘Anything can happen in Formula 1 and it usually does’. Probably if you were watching the 1980’s races, you wouldn’t have been so wrong, but this today, it is definitely one quote distant from delineating the reality of Formula 1. An F1 fan in India had to stay awake up till 1am to watch the grand prix du Canada. With hindsight, Canada never fails to provide a good show. In 2011, the race went on for 4 hours with Jenson Button pitting 6 times, being thrown back to dead end of the field but finally taking the win. And who could forget 2014 when Daniel Ricciardo snuck his car ahead of the Mercedes to take his first win in what was a fantabulous race overall? Evidence is in the bag, nothing could go wrong with the thrilling competition around here. Unfortunately, 2015 was the beginning of may one-offs. The race was comfortably won by Lewis Hamliton, who as such as already pretty much sealed his world title this season, followed by Rosberg an...

Starting on the front row for the Austrian Grand Prix are the two Mercedes drivers - Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg alongside Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.  Here's how the grid is set for tomorrow's race! 

Bernie Ecclestone has been all over the news lately; making comments that he shouldn't be making and suggesting ideas that could potentially destroy the sport and evaporate the fanbase. I admit, I used to be a big fan of Ecclestone.. I would say a bigger fan of Bernie than F1. But the guy has shown his true colors in the media, parroting certain hypocritical statements which wasn't well received by the fan base or the audience. Either he is showing signs of REAL old age (he's 84, mind you!) or he is on the verge of developing something called cranial rectosis which basically means crap for brains/ head up your rear end (you can substitute any other word you want for that..) A conservative, hypocritical genius  I have always been a fan of Senna. He's an epitome of 'man and machine in one body sharing the same soul' (probably because the cars back then could have a soul) And what better picture do you need than the whole 1988 season or the 1993 European GP...

Red bulls fighting for 10th and 11th positions. Daniel Ricciardo and Kvyat both faced brakes issues and also got lapped by the race leader! Exhaustion after 56 laps of chasing and fighting, Vettel and Hamilton are seen sitting on the podium and having a chat as Eddie Jordan interviews Nico Rosberg. Pepe Jeans displaying their special edition 'Middle-age leisure swag' line. Not much of a celebration going on in the McLaren garage.. nevertheless, JB and Kevin Magnussen seem optimistic. Drivers standing for the Malaysian anthem. Maurizio Arrivabene, Ferrari team principal, often nicknamed Ironmauri for his emotionless character is seen getting emotional seeing his driver up on the top step of the podium.  A good Sunday for Italy after Vettel's first win for Ferrari followed by Valentino Rossi's win in Qatar for Yamaha after a thrilling battle ...

Formula One fans who have grown with the sport might have reminisced back to those good old days when Michael Schumacher won with Scuderia; the days when the German and Italian anthems were played together. A fairly new Formula One fan must have flashbacked to those very stories told by those thousands of fans who had witnessed the beginning of a new era in Formula One, some say, the greatest era there has been. Well, Malaysia should have given those newbies, myself included, the real taste of what the Scuderia Ferrari team was always meant to be, only lost somewhere in the middle, but has risen from the ashes this season with a driver with who always looked like the one who could come closest to the man those thousands often used to talk about: Sebastian Vettel. Here's the official classification of drivers: 1. First off, always the winners- Sebastian Vettel hinted the entire paddock of Ferrari's strength back in Melbourne and has kept up to the impression he ma...