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: Robert Kubica
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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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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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When the punishment is a crime
Dear Nigel,
I am thoroughly enjoying reading your work online and in the mag, and I very much appreciate your views.
I was wondering if you have ever understood what it is some stewards have against racing?
Last year’s Massa/Bourdais non-incident in Japan was one example, but following the Kubica/Vettel contretemps in Melbourne, Vettel was awarded a grid penalty for the next race in Malaysia. Don’t the ‘powers that try to be’ know that in the course of racing cars will, from time to time, trip over each other? In my view Vettel was blameless (as was Bourdais last year, for what it’s worth) – he was on the inside of the corner on fading tyres, Kubica tried a slightly risky move which didn’t come off, and that should have been the end of it.
It’s all very well for certain people to come up with incentives to encourage drivers to race, but until there are stewards who demonstrate evidence of having seen a motor race rather than watching nice orderly parades, there seems little point in changing anything. Nobody wants to see stupid or dangerous driving on the track, but for heaven’s sake, it’s racing!
David O’Dell
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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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Australian Grand Prix summary
March 30th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 29 Comments
The F1 season is finally under way… After a winter of wondering whether Honda would be saved, whether McLaren could carry on its 2008 form and whether Piquet could turn things around and keep his Renault on the Tarmac, some of our questions have finally been answered.
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Safe bets for 2009
February 17th, 2009 | Ed Foster | 4 Comments
Some of you may remember that a couple of weeks ago my esteemed colleague Rob Widdows, wrote a blog about his predictions for the 2009 Grand prix season.
Well, I decided that it’s all very well making predictions but what are the odds of any of these happening? I annoyingly… Read more
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Some predictions for F1 2009
February 4th, 2009 | Rob Widdows | 33 Comments
It is truly remarkable just how many people love to watch motor racing. Almost everyone I meet knows something about the forthcoming Grand Prix season. Many have plans to go to at least one race. Many have their favourite drivers.
They all have opinions, both negative and positive, about the… Read more -
Grand Prix Special – Monaco – Practice 1 and 2
May 22nd, 2008 | Ed Foster | 2 Comments
The Formula 1 circus has come to Monaco and so far, apart from a few gentle brushes with the walls, the whole grid has managed to complete the opening two practice sessions.
The forecast is for rain and what better race to have it at than Monaco, when none of… 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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