Round 11 - Belgian GP 1994 (Spa-Francorchamps)

Rubens Barrichello with his friend Ayrton Senna in 1994. Senna died in the third race that same year.

Rubens Barrichello's first start from pole in his F1 career.

2004 Malaysian GP - Full race

Mark Webber's first front row start in Formula One!

F1 Legends - Nigel Mansell

I can't believe I haven't posted this earlier! Well.. here it is.

F1.COM: Maldonado to race for Lotus alongside Grosjean in 2014

Lotus have signed Pastor Maldonado for the 2014 season, it was announced on Friday. Maldonado, who leaves Williams after three seasons with the British team, replaces the Ferrari-bound Kimi Raikkonen.

With Lotus also retaining Romain Grosjean after his strong 2013 campaign, Maldonado’s confirmation effectively ends Nico Hulkenberg’s chances of moving to the Enstone-based squad from Sauber.

“It is a fantastic opportunity for me to join Lotus F1 Team for 2014,” said Maldonado. “It’s no secret that I have wanted a change of scene to help push on with my Formula One career and Lotus F1 Team offered the very best opportunity for me to be competitive next season. The regulations and cars will change significantly so it is a very good time for a fresh start. I can’t wait to be racing in black and gold.”

Maldonado, the 2010 GP2 Series champion, made his F1 debut with Williams in 2011 and went on to become the first Venezuelan to win a Grand Prix with his 2012 victory in Spain. This year he has scored just a single point on his way to 18th place in the drivers’ championship.

Grosjean’s re-signing with Lotus means the Frenchman goes into this third successive season of F1 competition with the team, having scored 132 points - including six podium finishes - in 2013, placing him seventh in the drivers’ championship.

“I am very happy to have official confirmation that I will be continuing to drive for Lotus F1 Team next season,” said Grosjean. “This past year has been tremendously satisfying for me. We have worked well together, and I know everyone at Enstone is motivated to continue the fight for every last point available. I am very excited about next year’s car and I cannot wait to get out on track for pre-season testing before heading to Australia for the first race of the season.”

Commenting on Lotus’s 2014 driver line-up, team principal Eric Boullier said: “It is with great pleasure that we can formally confirm that Romain Grosjean will continue with Lotus F1 Team next season. He has really made the most of his tremendous talent over the latter part of the 2013 season and will be a fantastic asset to our 2014 challenge.

“Romain will be joined by Pastor Maldonado; a driver I have known since he drove for me at DAMS in the 2005 World Series by Renault season. It is clear that Pastor has pace and potential - demonstrated by his 2010 GP2 Series title success and then through strong races throughout his career at Williams F1 Team - and we are convinced that we will be able to provide the correct environment to enable him to flourish regularly on track.

“We have been working on our new car in alignment with the new regulations for over two years and we are confident that we have a very good solution to all the challenges ahead. With Romain and Pastor I believe Lotus F1 Team will be able to cause quite a few surprises next year.”

(Source f1.com)

Seconds From Death: The Death Of Ayrton Senna (Full)

I found another Ayrton Senna documentary from National Geografic!

Race of Champions 2012 - Individuals

Do you watch the race of champions every year? I do! If you missed it last year then here is the second day with the individual races. You can spot several F1 drivers in this video ;)

The season is over but F1-4-LIFE isn't!

First of all I would like to thank everybody who have read this blog and liked the Facebook-page. There are over 1100 F1-4-LIFErs on Facebook already! We have become a nice big family and we are still growing.

Now when there isn't any Formula One until March it is very hard to go on. I know.. it is terrible.

I usually watch old GP's or F1 documentaries to ease the pain.

I have a whole bunch right here for you to watch and I'm going to post more every time I find something interesting. Just click on documentaries or video above.

If you know good videos on YouTube that I don't have here then please post them to the F1 4 LIFE Facebook-page. Post them on the wall or send them with a private message. I will post some of them here for everybody to see.

I like the idea that everybody could come here and browse trough good F1 material from the video and documentary sections.

Other things that I usually do when I miss Formula One: read F1 related books and magazines or play the newest F1 game on Playstation3! I bought this in Dubai before the Abu Dhabi GP. I guess I forgot to mention that when I was writing from Dubai.

 

I also ordered Diddy Kong racing to my Nintendo DS lite.

When I'm sitting on an airplane the funnest way to pass the time is to play racing games on GameBoy or Nintendo DS. My favorite is Mario Kart of course! One of the best games in the world.

What would you like to see or read about before the 2014 season starts?

Share your ideas and suggestions on the facebook-page or here.

You can also write me an email regarding anything to f14lifeblog@gmail.com