
As car launch season picks up speed throughout the rest of the week, confident words will be flung around by everyone as they big up their chances for 2012. But as Patty explains, pity the team that is too confident at their launch.

As car launch season picks up speed throughout the rest of the week, confident words will be flung around by everyone as they big up their chances for 2012. But as Patty explains, pity the team that is too confident at their launch.

With The People's Kimi having set off on his voyage back to the Formula One grid this week with his special extra test for the Lotus squad, Patronise F1 takes a look back at six standout moments from Raikkonen's first stint in F1.

Next season, the new Tilkedrome in Texas will hope to become the 77th venue to be used for F1 racing throughout the years. They'll also be hoping for more than one race at the track, which would be more than these tracks managed.

The calendar is already full-to-bursting, with the 20-race-per-season ideal already looking like a complicated balancing act. But with New Jersey and Russia already on the way, Patty looks at six more countries gunning for an F1 race.

Although the championship has been decided, and the final four races of the season are now largely meaningless, that doesn't mean we won't have some cracking races. Patty takes a look at six great dead rubber races from down the years.

After the entertainment and standing around of Canada's red flagged two-part race last weekend, The Elbow takes a look back at six of the great two-part races from F1's past, from Hamilton's spot of fortune on Germany to Berger's fiery end at Imola.

Ahead of Patronise F1's questionable coverage of the Le Mans 24 Hours, The Elbow picks out six drivers aiming for glory at La Sarthe this weekend who never quite got a break, or even scored a point, in their Formula One careers.

After Jenson Button ludicrously pulled up in the Red Bull Racing pitbox at the Chinese Grand Prix, Patronise take a look back at some of the other disastrous incidents to have occurred in the slow lane throughout history.

The opening race of a Formula One season usually provides some extra thrills and spills for fans eager for some racing fun after a long winter off. So with 2011 about to get going, Patronise F1 remembers six great opening GPs.