http://en.espnf1.com (c)ESPN EMEA Ltd. en http://img.espngp.com/logo_rss.jpg http://en.espnf1.com/ %] Nelson Piquet's victory in front of his home crowd caused wild celebrations in Rio de Janeiro but he was not in a position to make the most of them after collapsing on the podium, a victim of heat and exhaustion http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/104934.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/104934.html Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:33:44 GMT %] Alain Prost won the season opener at Kyalami, but once again the weekend was dominated by off-track politics, a grim portent of what was going to be yet another year where behind-the-scenes bickering tarnished the sport's image http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/99368.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/99368.html Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:54:18 GMT %] Nelson Piquet claimed the world championship thanks to a fifth-place finish in Las Vegas, the two points it brought enough to put him one point clear of Carlos Reutemann who was back in eighth. Alan Jones, who had announced his retirement three weeks ear http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98423.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98423.html Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:18:03 GMT %] Jacques Laffite's second win of the year in the penultimate race in Canada set up a tense finish to the season, sending the Formula One circus to Caesar's Palace with three drivers in the hunt for the title - Carlos Reutemann on 49 points, Nelson Piquet o http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98421.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98421.html Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:04:11 GMT %] Another weekend where the turbocharged cars dominated ended with Alain Prost securing his third win of the season from Alan Jones, while Carlos Reutemann regained the championship lead. The race was also memorable for a spectacular accident involving John http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98419.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98419.html Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:47:48 GMT %] Alain Prost took his second win of the season for Renault, leading the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort for all but a few dozen yards during a fierce battle with Alan Jones. Nelson Piquet's second place put him level with Carlos Reutemann in the drivers' cha http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98415.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98415.html Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:28:06 GMT %] The Austrian Grand Prix was won in style by Jacques Laffite for the Talbot-Ligier team and much of the work was done by someone else many months before http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98334.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98334.html Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:55:19 GMT %] Nelson Piquet put his championship aspirations back on course with victory in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98214.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98214.html Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:58:36 GMT %] John Watson followed third in Spain and second in France with a popular victory in his McLaren at Silverstone http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98196.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98196.html Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:34:09 GMT %] It was a happy weekend for the local fans as Alain Prost driving a Renault won the French Grand Prix http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98137.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98137.html Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:16:58 GMT %] After a season dominated by off-track politics and disputes, purists were delighted that the Spanish Grand Prix was memorable for the right reasons, Gilles Villeneuve winning a thrilling race where less than one-and-a-quarter seconds separated the first f http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98134.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/98134.html Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:48:14 GMT %] Carlos Reutemann won the Belgian Grand Prix but it was a weekend marred by endless bickering over the legality of cars and the death of a mechanic when he fell from the pit wall and a serious accident involving another http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/94795.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/94795.html Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:00:56 GMT %] Nelson Piquet scored his second successive win with victory at the San Marino Grand Prix, taking him within three points of championship leader Carlos Reutemann http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/94791.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/94791.html Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:55:33 GMT %] Williams' dominance of the first two rounds was ended by Nelson Piquet's victory in Buenos Aires, his success angering a highly partisan crowd who had come in the expectation that Carlos Reutemann would record a second successive win http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/94788.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/94788.html Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:56:17 GMT %] The second race of the season produced another Williams 1-2, although the order was reversed with Carlos Reutemann taking the win from team-mate and defending champion Alan Jones. http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/94777.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/94777.html Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:07:59 GMT %] Alan Jones, who had secured the title a week earlier in Canada, polished off the season in fitting style with victory at Watkins Glen, his fifth of the season - sixth if the discounted Spanish Grand Prix was included http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/92377.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/92377.html Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:36:26 GMT %] Alan Jones won the Canadian Grand Prix and in so doing secured his first and only world championship. The race itself was hardly a classic, more memorable for accidents, breakdowns and a re-start than any outstanding driving skills http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/92376.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/92376.html Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:26:49 GMT %] Nelson Piquet won the Italian Grand Prix, which took place at Imola rather than the usual Monza circuit, and in so doing overtook Alan Jones in the drivers' championship http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/92051.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/92051.html Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:03:59 GMT %] The battle between Alan Jones (Williams) and Nelson Piquet (Brabham) for the world championshop closed to two points when Piquet won the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/90292.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/90292.html Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:45:17 GMT %] Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who had not finished in any of the previous nine rounds, won the Austrian Grand Prix, holding off the determined championship leader Alan Jones and his Williams team-mate Carlos Reutemann http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/90291.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/90291.html Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:55:08 GMT