A newbie's guide to Formula One

[sameerrao]

The 2006 season is almost upon us.

In the spirit of things, I thought I would start a thread providing links to help someone new to F1 or those with a passing interest learn the ins and outs of it.

Hopefully this would mean more participation in the race discussion on JW during the season.

Intro to F1 - What, where and hows...
http://www.formula1.com/insight/
http://www.formula1.com/insight/technicalinfo/11/468.html

History of F1, Driver biographies...
http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/index1.htm --> Fantastic
http://www.formula1.com/archive/halloffame/
http://www.grandprix.com/gpemain.html

F1 Rules and Regulations
http://www.formula1.com/insight/rulesandregs/13/995.html
http://www.f1technical.net/

F1 News - keep up with the latest news
http://f1.racing-live.com
http://www.itv-f1.com/Home.aspx
http://www.pitpass.com/
http://www.f1racing.net/en/index.php

Live race feeds, race results
http://www.formula1.com/ --> need to register first
http://www.itv-f1.com/Features_Home.aspx --> good race reports from the Cock :)
http://www.circuitcat.com/ingles/index.asp --> Barcelona testing times

F1 Pictures, Videos
http://www.barphoto.host.sk/
www.farzadsf1gallery.com
www.f1onboard.com --> the vids are gone now thanks to Big Bernie
http://experience.renaultf1.com/

Statistics
www.f1db.com
http://www.formeleins.de/04/index.html
http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/

Specialized F1 discussion boards
www.ten-tenths.com

F1 fun -cartoons, games, etc.
www.lloydia.com/cartoons.htm


By no means is this meant to be comprehensive so if you can add some more cool sites, please add it...

PS: this is a good site containing links to F1 sites: http://www.formeleins.de/04/index.html --> click on the links icon

** updated with links provided by kksh, vexor

[kksh]

Excellent! I thought I knew good sites for F1 but they're nothing compared to this one. Way to go!

Great Job!

As for F1 news,

http://www.f1racing.net/en/index.php (fast updates)

Get live testing times from Circuit de Catalunya here

http://www.circuitcat.com/ingles/index.asp

[tanelvali]

Good post! I consider myself not as a greenhorn in F1 field but its always good to se nice selection of links all together. I surely will examine them (some of them AGAIN) as i have some more time. Many thanks!

p.s. from your avatar i see you support ferrari. Thats Goooooood. :D

[sameerrao]

You are welcome .. please contribute your fave links and I will update it.

p.s. from your avatar i see you support ferrari. Thats Goooooood.
I am certainly a Ferrari fan but Ferrari is #3 in my heirarchy:

#1 Drivers - Schumi, big gap, Raikonnen, Alonso, Montoya from the current generation
#2 Racing - I want to see a competitive season - 2003 and 2005 were my faves in rescent years for this reason. Dont want another 2002 or 2004 ... blech
#3 Ferrari - love the brand, the mystique, the history
#4 The rest

[vexor]

http://experience.renaultf1.com/

Renaul F1 Teams website
It doesn't seem to be updated right now with the new season data, but last season they had Real Time telemitry.. speed, G-forces, lap times, etc... It's really cool.

[DeMoN]

Im trying to get HDTV for F1, but dont think Ill b able to afford one.

[sameerrao]

Im trying to get HDTV for F1, but dont think Ill b able to afford one.

Speed TV is on regular broadcast - not on HDTV - I have watched it on my new plasma which upconverts the signal to a psuedo 720P or 1080i signal - the telecast is slightly better than on normal TV but isnt comparable to regular HDTV programs for sure.

[nthfinity]

i wonder, is Sky satalite sold in the US at all? their coverage of motorsport is unquestionably the best i've heard of... including the channel that listens to all the pit chatter... im sure most of what they have for F1 is available in HD... and since its satalite, it should be able to be tuned in here