2009 July archive
F1 links: Walker criticises Mosley 9th July 2009, 18:57
Here’s a round-up of F1 news and other interesting links I’ve found today. If you’ve spotted a hot news story, interesting new website or just something funny from the world of F1, please share your links in the comments below. Ferrari or bust, says GP chief Australian Grand Prix organiser Ron Walker: "In my view [...]
Schumacher on fitness and rivals (video)
Shell and Ferrari have put out this short video interview with Michael Schumacher ahead of this weekend’s German Grand Prix. Schumacher talks about how punishing his F1 fitness regime was, which were his favourite tracks – and the rival he rated above all the others. Not as much fun as his appearance on Top Gear, [...]
Nick Heidfeld’s career in video (part 2)
The early part of Nick Heidfeld’s F1 career was respectable, if unremarkable. But by the end of 2003 he was at something of a dead end, and found himself at Jordan, a team that was on its last legs. Despite that, he soon found himself allied to one of F1′s emerging powerhouse teams – BMW. [...]
F1 links: FOTA criticise FIA over deal
Predictably, FOTA has reacted to Max Mosley’s attempt to undermine the June 24th deal by insisting it be honoured. I can’t imagine what other reaction Mosley might have expected from them, or what he think his options are if he fails to get the FOTA eight on board for 2010. I can only conclude he’s [...]
Nick Heidfeld’s career in video (part 1) 8th July 2009, 12:30
F1 Fanatic guest writer Journeyer gets us ready for the German Grand Prix by looking back at the career of Nick Heidfeld. After a three week break, F1 is back in business at the Nurburgring. There are five German F1 drivers on the grid today, but one of them has been particularly good at this [...]
Non-F1 cars at the Goodwood Festival
By popular demand, I’ve put together a small selection of pictures of non-F1 cars that I took at Goodwood. The collection includes rally cars, sports cars, supercars and more. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
German Grand Prix TV times 7th July 2009, 21:40
Here are the times for the BBC’s F1 coverage in Britain this weekend. Friday 10th July First practice: 9:00-10:30, BBC Red Button and online Second practice: 13:00-14:30, BBC Red Button and online Saturday 11 July Third practice: 10:00-11:00, BBC Red Button and online Qualifying: 12:10-14:15, BBC One, BBC Red Button and online (session starts 1pm) [...]
F1 links: Mosley’s U-turn on FOTA deal
Max Mosley has refused to honour the terms of his deal with FOTA, telling the eight teams the agreement reached last month will only stand if they can get the three new teams plus Force India and Williams to agree to it. Although this news has only broke publicly today, Mosley’s instruction to FOTA was [...]
Rain likely at German GP weekend
The last Grand Prix at the Nürburgring was hit by heavy rain and we could be in for a repeat this weekend. Several weather sites are reporting a strong chance of rain at some point over the weekend, with race day looking the most likely to see wet conditions. Weather Underground rates the chance of [...]
Toyota confirm Fuji Speedway will not hold an F1 race in 2010
Toyota has admitted the Fuji Speedway will not be on the 2010 F1 calendar, confirming rumours that circulated at the end of May. As I said at the time, I’m not sorry to see Fuji go – it’s not a great circuit in its own right and it pales in comparison to Suzuka, which will [...]
