These days you can’t seem to get publicity without splashing yourself all over Twitter or Facebook. Even Driving Spirit has a Twitter feed and a shiny new Facebook page (pop by, say hello, leave a comment if you want). Now the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 team are using Lewis Hamilton to publicise their own social media offerings on Facebook. I’ll...

With the 2009 season of F1 returning to the BBC, questions have been asked about the availability of broadcasts over the internet. Having acquired the rights to televise F1 in March last year, twelve years after losing the sport to ITV, the BBC promised that they would be using the web to deliver coverage. Now they have confirmed that the race and qualifying...

He’s finally gone and done it – Lewis Hamilton has secured his first Formula 1 World Championship title.In a nail-biting finish he managed to secure fifth position at the Brazilian grand prix, giving him the one point he needed to beat Felipe Massa to the title, despite the Ferrari driver winning the race. It hasn’t been an easy season for...