Danica to F1?

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 3:30PM on Tuesday 27 May, 2008 11 Comments

Indy500 hopeful Danica Patrick got taken out of contention at Indianapolis on Sunday after she was tail swiped by Ryan Briscoe.

Danica's our favourite woman driver here at Top Gear, and we were hoping she'd become the first Miss Indy500...

'Ring finish

Posted by Nick Trott at 5:20PM on Sunday 25 May, 2008 2 Comments

Forgive me for being thoroughly partisan for a moment but, well, yippeee! Aston Martin has scored a 1-2-3 in the SP8 class at the Nurburgring in pretty much standard, road legal V8 Vantages...

F1 Monaco results

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 3:00PM on Sunday 25 May, 2008 7 Comments

People often talk about fate or luck playing a massive part in Formula 1, and that was certainly proven today.

Lewis Hamilton's early, forced pit stop on lap five looked to be a hinderance, but it actually played right into the Brit's hands, and made for another thrilling Monaco GP for us.

Wasn't it awesome?...

'Ring 4-hours left

Posted by Nick Trott at 11:20AM on Sunday 25 May, 2008 1 Comment

What a start to the 2008 Nurburgring 24 hour race.

We've had spins, retirements, punctures, collisions and incredibly the pole Porsche spent most of the warm up lap with smoke spewing from the left rear, dropping it down the field...