Behind the scenes at Barcelona
A team in celebration - and then involved in a huge scare - birthday parties, and Kung Fu movies. Jonathan Noble reports from behind the scenes in Spain
In a year where Formula 1 is delivering more surprises than many can remember, the Spanish Grand Prix gave us perhaps one of the most dramatic weekends for years.
The on-track sensation of Pastor Maldonado taking his maiden victory (the first for his team since 2004) was just the tip of the iceberg, for we also had the drama of Lewis Hamilton being moved from the front to the back of the grid after qualifying, and then an inferno in the Williams garage post-race.
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Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.
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