As the 2010 Grand Prix season beckons, most of my acquaintance are agreed that it’s been a very long time since we anticipated a year with such relish. Schumacher back… Alonso at Ferrari… Button with Hamilton at McLaren… four World Champions in the pack… the prospect of four highly competitive… Read more
Tag: Renault
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Alonso, but not by much…
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Will Ferrari come calling for Kubica?
Renault – in more ways than one – has had a poor time of it in Formula 1 over the last couple of years. True, Fernando Alonso returned to the team, after a single season with McLaren, but even the world’s best driver can do little with a fundamentally uncompetitive… Read more
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A time for clarity in F1
Much has been written about Nelson Piquet Jr’s deliberate accident at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, which, lest anyone has forgotten, precipitated a safety car period, which in turn created a situation that handed the race on a plate to Piquet’s Renault team-mate Fernando Alonso.
It was, by general consent,… Read more
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Enough with the conspiracy theories
September 28th, 2009 | Rob Widdows | 21 Comments
During the course of an interview with the BBC last Saturday, Mr Ecclestone invited us to consult a dictionary to check the meaning of the word ‘conspiracy’.
For those of you who either missed the interview, or failed to take up the invitation, allow me to clarify the definition of… Read more -
Singapore Grand Prix summary
September 28th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 8 Comments
Lewis Hamilton (1st)
Even though both Vettel and Rosberg put pressure on him at different points during the Grand Prix, you got the feeling that Hamilton was driving at nine-10ths the whole way through. He had time to have a quick chat with his pitcrew and to reboot his KERS… Read more -
Spanish Grand Prix summary
May 10th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 6 Comments
Another Grand Prix and another win for Button. He may have lost a place to team-mate Barrichello at the start, but the Brit got his head down and gave us another remarkable display of driving and getting the most out of the car and tyres. A large shunt at the… Read more
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Chinese Grand Prix summary
April 20th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 13 Comments
The Chinese Grand Prix was another soaking affair, yet this weekend it wasn’t Brawn GP scoring a one-two but Red Bull. Sebastian Vettel, who proved his prowess in the wet at last year’s Italian Grand Prix, once again drove faultlessly to score a maiden victory for the team.
1st: Sebastian… Read more
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Fernando never had this trouble…
March 25th, 2009 | Rob Widdows | 24 Comments
Like a bird on the back of a buffalo, I am watching my little world move around me.
Life can be like baseball, or perhaps that should be cricket where I come from. You take what is thrown at you. And just when you think you’re on a home run…… Read more -
Grand Prix Special. Turkey – Practice 1 and 2
May 9th, 2008 | Ed Foster | No Comments
So here we are in Istanbul, Turkey. The sun isn’t quite shining, but it certainly looks like we’ll be in for a good race on Sunday – this being one of the Formula 1 tracks where it is actually possible to overtake.
As expected the Ferraris seem to be roughly… Read more
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Grand Prix Special, Spain – Practice, Full Results
So the European season has begun. Almost all 22 cars completed the two Friday practices without incident and the Ferraris look like they are the pace setters at the moment. The Scuderia occupied the top two spots in the opening practice and were just under half a second quicker than… Read more
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