Thursday, March 14, 2019

What to watch this F1 Season Kickoff and 12hrs of Sebring Weekend (Mar 15th - Mar 20th)

  • The Grand Tour. Season 3 Episode 10. Friday (Amazon Prime)  
  • Formula 1 - Australian Grand Prix; from Melbourne/Albert Park Circuit. Practice 2. Friday @ 12:55am - 2:30am (ESPNNews(HD)) live
  • FIA WEC. 1000 miles of Sebring. Friday @ 3:30pm - 12:30am (MotorTrendHD) live
  • Formula 1 - Australian Grand Prix; from Melbourne/Albert Park Circuit. Practice 3. Friday @ 10:55pm - 12am (ESPNNews(HD)) live
  • WSCC - 12 hours of Sebring (FL). 67th annual running of this historic race. Saturday @ 10:30am - 1pm (CNBC(HD)), 1pm - 3pm (NBCSportsLive), 10:30am - 10:40pm (IMSA.com webcast), 3pm - 11pm (NBCSN(HD)) live 
  • Formula 1 - Australian Grand Prix; from Melbourne/Albert Park Circuit. Qualifying. Saturday @ 1:55am - 3am (ESPN2(HD)) live
  • Formula 1 - Australian Grand Prix; from Melbourne/Albert Park Circuit. Race. Sunday @ 1:05am - 3am (ESPN(HD)) live
  • Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (MotorTrendHD) replay
  • Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (MotorTrendHD) replay
  • Restoration Garage. Tuesday @ 10pm - 11pm (MotorTrendHD) new
  • Chasing Classic Cars. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrendHD) new
We've been waiting for this weekend all off-season -- the start of the 2019 F1 season. F1 testing sessions up 'til now show Ferrari with the edge, Merc getting things together and Red Bull ironing out kinks with its packaging in order to maximize the new Honda power plant. Haas and Renault look to battle it out in the mid-field and McLaren has some pace which they hope to prove is real this weekend. Meanwhile, the IMSA 12hrs of Sebring is also taking place this weekend, as well as a World Endurance Championship race on the same circuit. This should be a great start to the full motorsport season.

On a sadder note, our thoughts go out to Charlie Whiting's friends and family, as he passed away this week. Charlie went from a Brabum engineer in his younger days to becoming the F1 Race Director, overseeing high level motorsport for decades. He not only watched over races, but worked with teams and drivers on regulation nuances, requirements, safety regulations as well as working with the circuits themselves to ensure they were as safe as possible for each event. He'll be missed, to all of us motorsport fans as well as everyone in the motorsport world that relied on his technical acumen and effectiveness in his multiple roles.

Enjoy your motorsport weekends.


Video courtesy of Peterwindsor.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Neo-Vintage Motorsport Feature: 1983 March 83G: Spirit of Miami (Petrolicious)

This motorsport feature looks at the 1983 March 83G "Spirit of Miami" race car, driven by racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi and designed by lesser-known Andrian Newey, back in 1984. Emerson went onto IndyCar fame after this driving this car in the 1984 Grand Prix of Miami. This old race car has been restored/maintained and is driven once again by Emerson along with current-day racer James Roe Jr. Don't forget to turn it up.


Video courtesy of Petrolicious.

Monday, March 11, 2019