30 Apr 2009
With the refuelling ban made official F1 fans can look forward to the return of proper, low-fuel qualifying in 2010. The following passage deleted from the 2009 regulations for 2010 confirms the decision:
Fuel may not be added to nor removed from any car eligible to take part in Q3 between the start of Q3 and [...]
30 Apr 2009
The publication today of the FIA’s budget cap plan for 2010 shows it intends to get every team competing under the spending limit.
Rather than offering technical regulation that would allow cost-capped teams to compete on parity with the unlimited spenders, it seems to me the rules for next year would favour those sticking to the [...]
30 Apr 2009
This is a tribute video about the german Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher (brother of the 7-times world champion and Ferrari + Benetton driver Michael Schumacher, better known as Schumi) Some facts about his Formula one career : Teams Jordan F1 Grand Prix (1997 - 1998 with Giancarlo Fisichella and Damon Hill) BMW Williams F1 [...]
30 Apr 2009
The FIA has announced further details of changes to F1’s technical rules for 2010.
Chief among these is the widely-expected banning of refuelling and tyre warmers. The minimum weight of the cars is also being increased from 605kg to 620kg, and there are revisions to the rules governing KERS.
How are these changes, together with the expected [...]
30 Apr 2009
Never mind McLaren, does Dave Ryan deserve a life sentence?
"Knowing Dave as I do I find it difficult to understand why he made that decision. You can be sure it was not for the extra few hundred thousands pounds that come with third place. Ryan has given his life to the sport and has [...]
30 Apr 2009
the astonishing last moments of the incredible 1986 season
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30 Apr 2009
Aside from the latest McLaren drama the other major point of discussion at the FIA World Motor Sports Council has been plans to limit F1 teams’ budgets.
I’ve always been sceptical about this and when we first did a poll on it here almost a year ago so were two-thirds of you. But with the worsening [...]
30 Apr 2009
First of all, thanks to everyone who posted updates on the previous article about McLaren getting a suspended sentence following the Hamilton/Trulli controversy. (As I mentioned on Twitter earlier, I’ve been out of the country for the last two days and have only just had chance to catch up on the news.)
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29 Apr 2009
With a depressing air of familiarity, McLaren head off to the World Motor Sports Council today to hear the outcome of the latest investigation into the team’s conduct.
The team have already been stripped of Lewis Hamilton’s third place in the Australian Grand Prix for what some elements of the media have dubbed, with little imagination, [...]
28 Apr 2009
After the nice comments and feedback, I decided to change the first intro, and here I have a second one! Please comment, maybe another update then! Try to get the BBC using ‘The Chain’ again Unfortunately, I didn’t had much old footage to make a historic touch on it… Well, at least not [...]
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