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Spanish Grand Prix preview: Q&As; with Jolyon Palmer and Nick Chester (Infiniti - Division of Nissan Co Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
(Source. Infiniti - Division of Nissan Co Ltd). Jolyon Palmer makes his Formula 1 race debut for Renault Sport Formula One Team, after performing Third Driver duties for the previous Enstone iteration of Lotus F1 Team in 2015 ... Following is an interview with Palmer ahead of the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. Q1 ... Palmer ... Q2 ... Nick graduated from Cambridge in 1991 to join Simtek Research in vehicle simulation, moving to their Formula 1 entry in 1994....

LiveRussian Grand Prix - final practice

Edit BBC News 25 Apr 2016
The Austrian's career may not have been as illustrious as his Brazilian counterpart, but the Simtek driver's death was as much of a driving ......

Hungarian Grand Prix 2015: Practice smash evokes grim memories but Sergio Perez walks away safely

Edit The Independent 25 Jul 2015
Sergio Perez crash in pictures ... The incident was unpleasantly reminiscent of Andrea Montermini’s accident in practice for the 1994 Spanish GP when the Italian ran wide in the final corner and crashed his Simtek, insofar as it came at a very sensitive time when everyone was hyper-alert about safety in the aftermath of the tragedies involving Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at the previous race at Imola ... Video ... It’s natural ... --> ... ....

Lewis Hamilton reminds people of F1 dangers after Jules Bianchi’s death

Edit The Guardian 24 Jul 2015
Sergio Pérez survives a nasty crash in practice in Hungary as world champion Hamilton admits he still gets a thrill out of racing at high speeds. @giles_richards. If Formula One were not already experiencing a sober enough time in the wake of Jules Bianchi’s death, the danger at its heart was front and centre yet again in practice at the Hungaroring ... Roland Ratzenberger, the Simtek driver, died on the same weekend as Senna ... ....

20 years ago today: F1’s last race with a full grid

Edit F1Fanatic 28 May 2015
The last Formula One race to feature a full grid of 26 cars took place on this day in 1995. The Monaco Grand Prix, round five of the championship, was contested by 13 constructors each fielding two cars. The collapse of the Simtek team following the race left Formula One without enough cars to fill the grid – a situation which has persisted ever since ... Mansell departs ... The marriage did not last ... ....

Ayrton Senna: The inside story of the Formula One legend's death at Imola

Edit The Daily Telegraph 01 May 2015
Special feature. Twenty-one years after the Brazilian driver's death, read Oliver Brown's moving account of how events unfolded ... PA. < >. EXCLUSIVE. Read interview with writer of the 2010 film 'Senna'. TOP 10 MOMENTS ... Comments ... After Senna had retreated, dazed and tearful, from a glimpse of the shattered remnants of Ratzenberger's Simtek, he became convinced that something at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari was profoundly wrong ... 162 ... ....

Goodwood announces new hillclimb category for F1's not-even-nearly men

Edit The Daily Telegraph 29 Apr 2015
The 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed will include a hillclimb category for some of the least successful Formula One cars ever built ... Adam Beresford. By Steve Huntingford. 9.30AM BST 29 Apr 2015. Comments ... There's the Simtek S951 raced by current F1 rookie Max Verstappen’s father Jos “the boss”, and a Pacific PR02, which will be driven at the Goodwood Festival of Speed by 2002 British Formula 3 champion Robbie Kerr ... ....

Pay drivers “not what we want” in F1 – Webber

Edit F1Fanatic 26 Feb 2015
In the round-up. Mark Webber hits out at the rise of pay drivers in Formula One. Links. Your daily digest of F1 news, views, features and more. Sebastian Vettel will relish new Formula 1 challenge at Ferrari, says former teammate Mark Webber (Herald Sun) ... Alonso to miss test (Sky) ... Small F1 teams push for 'core car' plan (Autosport) ... Honda unsure over second team (F1i) ... 1995 Simtek Jos Verstappen Formula 1 (Legends Automotive) ... Tweets ... Tweet ....

Like father, like son - the second-generation F1 racers (Formula 1 World Championship)

Edit noodls 19 Jan 2015
(Source. Formula 1 World Championship) When Max Verstappen takes to the grid in Australia he'll be creating history ... In anticipation, we analyse how the other 11 sons of famous racers fared when following in their father's wheel tracks…. Hans-Joachim Stuck (son of pre-war Grand Prix ace Hans) ... A single 15th place finish was all David could manage in a torrid campaign and his final F1 outings, with minnows Simtek in 1994, were no better....

How Brundle’s 1994 Suzuka crash mirrored Bianchi’s

Edit F1Fanatic 28 Oct 2014
The dreadful events of this year’s Japanese Grand Prix were foreshadowed by what happened in the same race 20 years ago ... Twenty years later, Bianchi was not so fortunate ... There were two more debutants on the grid – Mika Salo in Herbert’s old seat at Lotus and local driver Taki Inoue at Simtek, in the seat originally occupied by Roland Ratzenberger ... Hill under pressure ... Row 1 1 ... Simtek-Ford Row 13 25 ... Simtek-Ford ... ....

‘No consensus’ to stop teams collapsing – Kaltenborn

Edit F1Fanatic 19 Oct 2014
In the round-up. Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn says there is no agreement over what should be done to prevent F1’s vulnerable teams from collapsing. Links. Your daily digest of F1 news, views, features and more ... Dan ... Simtek tested Taki Inoue and Vincenzo Sospiri 20 years ago today, but although Inoue was the slower of the two it was he who got the nod to make his race debut for the team in his home grand prix at Suzuka....

Schumacher edges clear as fuel rig thwarts Hill

Edit F1Fanatic 16 Oct 2014
At Simtek Jean-Marc Gounon was replaced by Domenico Schiattarella ... Simtek-Ford 26 ... Simtek-Ford....

Schoolboy racer Verstappen worries driving F1 legends

Edit The Times of India 02 Oct 2014
SUZUKA (Japan) ... Some worry that, at 17, the son of Formula One veteran Jos Verstappen, is taking a risk at a tender age ... Jos Verstappen took part in 107 Grands Prix between 1994 and 2003 in a journeyman career for Benetton, Simtek, Arrows, Tyrrell, Stewart and Minardi ... It can go either way ... Jos Verstappen took part in 107 Grands Prix between 1994 and 2003 in a journeyman career for Benetton, Simtek, Arrows, Tyrrell, Stewart and Minardi ... ....
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