F1 Fanatic

While Ford USA is healthy, Ford Europe loses money and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. They also canceled their long running WRC program due to costs. With F1 being Europe based, I somehow don’t […]

Considering that building an F1 engine is very expensive, I find it weird that there is a company building one and has not announced anything. It could be that they may haven’t got a contract with a team, but […]

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@prisoner-monkeys While I agree with your points about infrastructure and resources, these were not HRT’s main problems. Their problem was that they were penniless. Even if they had access to the world’s greatest […]

@bakano True, his most recent results are not his best. On the other hand, Jordan GP during the late 90′s and Enstone during the early 00′s were very well run squads. One could be able to work properly in a right […]

@psynrg Emmm, no… I’m in all probability his fanboy… And now that I realize that, I may have to lock myself in the bathroom and weep from self-pity… :-P
Still, the engineer in me has big respect for the […]

@psynrg I sincerely apologise for confusing you! I meant the F1 single seater designing business and not the Legless Reptilian Lubrication Solutions Provider one! After all, this is the f1fanatic.co.uk and not the […]

I didn’t really expect them to be any higher than 10th, but I did expect them to “steal” a point or two and I never thought they would come under fire from Marussia. They underperformed. Still, if the budget is […]

@psynrg Not exactly…. During his spell in Jordan Grand Prix, he designed the Jordan 199, their most successful single seater, ever. His move to Enstone marked the team’s rise from Minardi competitors to race […]

Was this a Ferrari special event? If so, it is curious they still run the original livery that includes current McLaren sponsor Vodafone and omits Santander.

Changing a gearbox or an engine is more lenient, because it is not always the teams fault. Failing to uphold the rules, is a different matter whatsoever. It is harsh, but not unfair. Remember the case with […]

Not only that… Sometimes we tend to forget that drivers tend to race for teams. In any team sport, everyone applauds putting the team gain above the individual one, so why should F1 be any different? After all, […]

In the only race last year with restricted EBDs, they were the class of the field. Yet, in this post EBD era, they ditched last year’s car and came up with the F2012. Yes, they know better than I do, but the […]

@fixy you’re right! I did miss him!
I’m curious, as soon as the Italian driver affair dies out, who is gonna be the next “prime candidate” for the 3rd Ferrari seat…

That is if they last the race distance. The MR01 is a completely different beast, compared to its predecessors and it’s bound to have a few teething problems. The F112, on the other hand, is a 3 year old Dallara […]

Luca is being a car salesman again. Every now and then, he will come by and say “If we could run a 3rd Ferrari, we could use it to field [enter name of a prominent non-F1 driver]“. Before it was Danica Patrick, […]

True. CFD is not advanced enough and as soon as the wind tunnel data start coming in, they will be able to develop their car better. The McLaren partnership, will (at the very least) give them access to their […]

Everyone keeps blaming Wirth’s all-CFD approach for Virgin’s misfortunes. Still, I fear the blame for their poor form is mostly down to money, or -more accurately- down to the complete lack of money.
Virgin […]

Looking good… Even better than before!