Everybody likes a fairy tale, and the 2009 Australian Grand Prix will go down as just that. When Jenson Button learned last November, after all 2009 seats had been settled,…
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…
FOTA has reacted to the FIA World Council's tough new measures to force cost cuts in Formula 1. The governing body has rejected FOTA's proposal of the 12-9-7-5-4-3-2-1 points system…
This week sees the first day of spring. And that’s official. Even if it snows. In my neck of the woods spring arrived last weekend and suddenly there is work…
On March 5, in Geneva, FOTA – Formula One Teams Association – had its inaugural press conference, and my immediate impression was to feel a touch underwhelmed. Luca di Montezemolo,…
This is quite simply, brilliant. Bear with it and you may well see a rather novel way of cost cutting in Formula 1. Who needs the drivers anyway... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLoANg6nNY[/youtube] How…
Finally we have news on Honda Racing. It’s taken a fair bit of time, with rumours of various buyouts including a Richard Branson/Virgin takeover, but finally Ross Brawn released a…
This week has been all about James and Darren. James and Darren are carpenters. Their task this week has been to give our kitchen what I believe is known as…
The new USF1 team owned by Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson was formally announced on Tuesday afternoon on Speedtv in America. USF1 will design, build and race its cars from…
Few people would be taken seriously after making such a statement. Comparing Lewis Hamilton to Jim Clark? Dangerous territory. But if anyone has a right to mention both in the…
When it was announced at the Malaysian Grand Prix last year that the BBC would be taking over the UK broadcasting rights for Formula 1 in 2009, there was an…
In recent weeks a hot topic of debate has been the cost of the Formula 1 superlicence, which has been greatly – massively – increased for 2009, to the considerable…
Having lost the British Grand Prix to Donington, Silverstone replied by securing the British MotoGP round in 2010. However, as many of you may know the very flat, airfield circuit…
I am told that proper grown-up journalists do not waste time prognosticating about what may, or may not, happen in the future. Tough. It is harmless, it is vaguely amusing,…
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…
Peter Windsor (below) and Ken Anderson have been working for years to put together an American Formula 1 team and the pair will formally reveal their plans in a half-hour…
