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@aish You don’t really think PDVSA go around paying people to call attention to the fact that a driver they sponsor nearly killed a marshal once, do you?

@andae23 I’m not saying there definitely aren’t others, I haven’t checked. I think Fangio entered once but didn’t qualify or didn’t start for some reason.

@bobby-balboa @alfa145 We’ve seen the best and worst of Maldonado at Monaco.

He won three times at Monaco before reaching F1 (in 2006, 2007 and 2009). He had a strong run in a poor car on his F1 debut in 2011 […]

@andae23 Ascari definitely did both, he raced at Indianapolis in 1952.

Any news on the weather? I read somewhere that its not completely unrealistic that we have a bit of rain during the Saturday, which might throw a spanner in the works for Mercedes.

Oh, and if Mercedes do […]

The trouble with that is, that with a lack of Concorde Agreement, Bernie does not have much to say, but the teams neither, as its the FIA’s right to define the rules of the competition without having to consult […]

Seems STR are going to announce their change to Renault engines this weekend (reports from Bild)

I am pretty sure its not just Frank Williams opposing customer chassis really. I would be surprised if many others apart from Ferrari, Red Bull (including STR) were big fans.

After all, why have the likes of […]

Brawn is Team Principal, Aldo Costa is Engineering Director, Geoff Willis is Technology Director and (currently) Bell is Technical Director. With Lowe’s title sounding alarmingly (if you are Mr. B. Bell) similar […]

“To deliver in these circumstances, a successful team needs strength in depth. Paddy’s arrival will further strengthen our organisation and puts us in a strong position for the future.”

With Brawn, Bell, Costa, […]