Month: December 2009 articles archive

Congratulations again to our 2009 F1 Fanatic Predictions Champion SaloolaS who will shortly be taking delivery of his F1 car painting by Rob Ijbema. As requested by SaloolaS, Rob painted a scene of Timo Glock rounding Tabac during the Monaco Grand Prix. You can see more of Rob’s work at his Car-a-day site which was … Continue reading SaloolaS claims his predictions prize

At the beginning of the year I summoned up the full extent of my F1 geekery and used it to peer into the mists of time and calculate what would happen in the season ahead. Maybe I would have been better off with a crystal ball and a Ouija board. Here’s the 15 predictions I … Continue reading 2009 F1 predictions – how did we do?

Update: Find the new F1 Fanatic gift guide for 2012 here: 2012 F1 Fanatic Gift Guide The festive season is upon us and whether you’re buying a gift for an F1 fan or hoping to unwrap some F1 goodies we’ve got a stack of present ideas for you. Using your F1 gift ideas as a … Continue reading 75 great gift ideas for F1 fans

The new Mercedes Grand Prix team has suffered an early setback with the potential loss of a sponsorship deal worth £81m (?óÔÇÜ?¼90m / $130m). German financial newspaper Handelsblatt reports Brawn signed a three-year contract with Henkel in July. But Henkel now claims its head of sponsorship activities did not have the authority to approve the … Continue reading Mercedes lose £81m Henkel deal

Michael Schumacher says yes to £20m Mercedes return to Formula One (Daily Mirror) "Contrary to reports that the sport's most successful racer would be earning just £6million, the German will actually rake in the biggest salary in F1 next season, totalling nearly £20m." Lotus F1 Racing Driver Announcement Q&As (Lotus) Jarno Trulli: "We have to … Continue reading F1 links: More Schumacher return rumours

Jenson Button failed to win this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award – having gone into the competition as favourite. He finished runner-up to footballer Ryan Giggs.

Felipe Massa is to have another test run in an F2007 in the coming week. Testing restrictions mean he is not allowed to drive the F60 except for promotional activities. Instead he will use a two-year-old car supplied by Ferrari’s Corse Clienti Department using demonstration tyres at Mugello in Italy. He last drove such a … Continue reading Massa to drive F2007 this week

Max Mosley: the inside story on McLaren’s ‘spygate’ and the F1 teams breakaway (Daily Telegraph) "But for me, personally, "spygate" and its consequences marked a new era. The view that I was too aggressive, too confrontational and perhaps even a bully was peddled non-stop. I was blamed (wrongly as it happens) for the size of … Continue reading F1 links: Mosley tells all

Earlier this week I asked for your nominations for the best F1 race of the 2000s – and hundreds of suggestions poured in. Those have been whittled down to a short list – you have ten options and one vote to decide the greatest Grand Prix of the last ten years. If you’ve already got … Continue reading Vote for the best F1 race of the 2000s

Few things generate more heated debate on this site than decisions taken (or not taken) – by F1 race stewards. In the last few seasons stewards’ decisions have often contradicted earlier decisions, and similar verdicts can take anything between minutes and hours to be taken. The FIA at least seems to have recognised the system … Continue reading F1 stewarding gets another overhaul

The new points system which was surprisingly proposed by the F1 Commssion yesterday will be used in F1 in 2010. A statement from the FIA read: Due to the expanded grid of 13 teams, and further to the recommendation of the F1 Commission, a new points system will be in place for the 2010 season.