Tag: 2009

Badger's staff writers have a trip down Melbourne memory lane. Charlie Eustice looks back at 2009, and how it was the beginning of a life's passion.

What's in a name? Formula One has had some fabulous names over it's history, and we're not talking World Championships and grand prix victories - no, we're talking about the actual names drivers...

First of all, an apology is in order for all our lovely readers - sorry that F1 Badger hasn't been around over Christmas.  The...

It may be only eight days until Christmas (and 86 days until F1 returns), but Formula 1 doesn't sleep, and neither does Badger.  So...

It's a tricky one, but following on from looking at our favourite F1 cars, it's time to look at the worst - the complete...

Fancy smelling "like F1" or doing the ironing BrawnGP style..? Here are some more delightful (and barmy) F1 related gifts for your F1 fan friends and family. If you've found anything amazing, shocking, or utterly brilliant then share it in the comments...

Republished from earlier this year - When Badger met Sir Stirling Moss... "The point is, if somebody comes along and says, ‘Listen, I'm going to give you 3 or 4 million." You're not going to say ‘Well I'm not worth it,'" he smiles. "It's an unrealistic amount to pay I think, for a safe sport."

  The second half of the season was Button's iffy period, leaving four different drivers - Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Rubens Barrichello and Kimi Raikkonen...

Badger's full season review continues with a look back to when F1 2009 made it to Europe, round 5 in Spain through to round...

    The 2009 season has been one of the greatest in the sport's history with six different grand prix winners, new teams, underdog success, overtaking...

Picture this! Ever wondered how F1 photographers get such awesome photos from grands prix, or how you could be an F1 photographer? Wonder no more - The Badger has managed to catch up with one of F1's official photographers, ask a few questions and find out more about being an international motorsport photographer...

As we sit down with a cup of tea in the garden of the West Sussex cottage where he grew up, Freddie admits that...

Following the unfortunate events in Saturday's qualifying, we were left in some doubt as to whether we could possibly enjoy this year's Hungarian Grand Prix. Thankfully, and despite the last 35 laps of mundane misery, Eddie, Flavio and the boys were in town...

After the festivities on the track it was time to head over to the ‘Grand Prix Party.’ Now I had seen this on...

An early start and a dash to Luffield stand for a good spot to unfurl our camping chairs found us not to, in fact have not been early enough with the stand already packed by 9am....

Friday of the British Grand Prix and although it looked like sun this was because a positively Arctic gale was blowing across the track and pushing the clouds away. But me and the other badgers braved the cold (some in shorts!) and headed to the track to see the new Red Bull nose and our first glimpse of the Brawn car in the flesh [..]

Finally the Badger goes on the road and because so much happened over the weekend, the Badgerometer is going supersize this week with a series of articles in no particular order (well actually that’s a lie they’ll be in chronological order, but no particular order of preference) and this week’s 'miffed with' is to be replaced by a 'stunned by' and I will do my best to adequately describe the horrors bestowed on us by Eddie Jordan...

Turkey, it was never not going to be exciting, Vettel in pole with a hungry Jenson behind him and a record of pole-sitter wins,...