2010 April archive
F1 Fanatic round-up: 24/4/2010 24th April 2010, 0:05
The second “Why you should watch…” will be up later today and, for the first time, a guest writer will be picking one of their favourite racing series and urging us all to watch it. Some time after that the next part in the “Making F1 better” series will be on the site. In the [...]
When was F1 at its best? The rose-tinted spectacles problem (Making F1 better) 23rd April 2010, 15:47
In the golden days of F1 every Grand Prix was a classic, with 20 changes of lead and a photo finish. Dashing drivers would climb from beautiful, sponsor-free cars, light a cigarette and regale the world’s press with quick-witted quips. Nonsense, of course. It’s easy to write off modern F1 as a pale shadow of [...]
The pecking order as the teams ready their Barcelona performance upgrades
With the four ‘flyaway’ races behind us the teams look to the start of the European season to accelerate development of their cars. Aside from a quick excursion across the Atlantic for the Canadian Grand Prix, from now until late September the teams will be racing at venues much closer to their factories, making it [...]
F1 Fanatic round-up: 23/4/2010
Today’s your last chance to enter the competition to win one of five copies of Stuart Codling’s “Art of the Formula 1 Race Car.” Get your entry in before midnight GMT. Here’s today’s round-up: Links The big man is hungry (Metro F1) Toro Rosso’s Giorgio Ascanelli on developing an F-duct for the STR5: “If I [...]
Making F1 better: a discussion series 22nd April 2010, 23:21
In recent years F1 has become fixated with “improving the show”. And the calls for better racing doubled after the dull season opener at Bahrain. Since then we’ve had three much better races. That doesn’t necessarily mean F1′s problems are solved. In a new series starting today I aim to start a constructive debate on [...]
Button: Avoiding mistakes key to title
Championship leader Jenson Button says avoiding mistakes during race weekends will put him in a good position to win this year’s championship. Speaking after his second race win of 2010 he said: What’s most important is that we didn’t really make any mistakes in China we didn’t really drop the ball. And I know from [...]
Mosley attacks “weak” di Montezemolo
Former FIA president Max Mosley has fired off another broadside at Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo in an interview with F1 Racing magazine. He also said letting that Ferrari keep their one-two win in the 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix was a mistake: Luca is very, very good company with people and he’s certainly a very [...]
F1′s tyre wars (F1 in numbers)
The F1 world is waiting to discover what tyres the cars will be running on next year. An announcement is expected soon. As tipped here two weeks ago ago, Cooper has joined Michelin in expressing interest in supplying F1 tyres next year. But while Michelin enjoyed championship success in both its previous F1 appearances, Cooper [...]
F1 Fanatic round-up: 22/4/2010
I had the chance to fix a couple of problems on the site yesterday. Coming up on the site today we’ll have a look at tyre wars in F1 and, time permitting, the beginning of a new discussion series to run between now and the next race. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Tony goes to China [...]
A step forward in stewarding – so far 21st April 2010, 18:00
The standards of refereeing in Formula 1 has been a hotly-disputed topic in recent years after a catalogue of controversial judgements. For the first time this year experienced racing drivers have been brought in to advise the stewards. At the same time, the role of permanent steward previously occupied by Alan Donnelly has been abolished. [...]
