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rsp123 commented on the post, Renault want to reduce F1 engine supply 2 months, 4 weeks ago
What will Ross Brawn do next? Will he retire, or might he go to another team? He certainly doesn’t want for money. Could he take some equity in another team – Williams perhaps? Maybe Toto Wolff will part with his […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, France could take New Jersey’s 2013 calendar slot 6 months, 3 weeks ago
On a different topic, I see in the news today that the government of Bahrain has taken a turn for the worse – they have banned all protest now, and the omens are that things will only get nastier for those who do […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Maldonado hits back at “crying” Perez 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Widely reported today: “IOC President Jacques Rogge has ruled out Formula One as an Olympic sport, saying the games are about contests between athletes, not engines.”
But what if all the olympic cars were […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Questions over invisible Force Indias in qualifying coverage 1 year, 1 month ago
Is F1 a respectable modern sport or something run along more Stalinist lines? Talk about the Emperor’s New Clothes. Look at the ridiculous contortions the team personel (and others) perform so as not to offend BE […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, The Bahrain Grand Prix: A matter of conscience 1 year, 1 month ago
The BBC has just reported that a Force India staff car has been caught up in a protest in which a fire bomb was thrown. The report points out that:
Teams and drivers are known to have private misgivings about […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, The Bahrain Grand Prix: A matter of conscience 1 year, 1 month ago
Superb piece Keith. Spot on.
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rsp123 commented on the post, New Jersey race could be delayed until 2014 – Ecclestone 1 year, 1 month ago
Well said.
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rsp123 commented on the post, Button wants better post-race celebrations 1 year, 1 month ago
No, I don’t assume that. I’m inferring, from the behaviour and silence of those within F1, as well as recent events, that F1 is a culture in which people cannot speak their minds. There are obvious conflicts of […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Button wants better post-race celebrations 1 year, 1 month ago
The biggest problem F1 has, in my view, is the omerta. No one dare say anything that might upset the top dogs. Look at what happened to Adam Parr. It is the Emperor’s New Clothes writ large. “We have complete […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Button wants better post-race celebrations 1 year, 1 month ago
So now we know why Jean Todt got the FIA gig – he’s a mouse. He’ll do as he’s told (by you know who). Kevin Eason is brave to reveal that no one wants to go to Bahrain – his access to FIA and FOM authorities in […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, F1′s Bahrain Grand Prix brinkmanship is all about money 1 year, 1 month ago
Very nice piece Keith. Best article on Bahrain and F1 I’ve come across.
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rsp123 commented on the post, Hill: Racing in Bahrain ‘Could create more problems than it solves’ 1 year, 1 month ago
I’m well aware that there were GPs in 1930s Germany and 1980s South Africa. The point is: *should* there have been?
International sport is almost always political to some extent. F1 is being used here.
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rsp123 commented on the post, Hill: Racing in Bahrain ‘Could create more problems than it solves’ 1 year, 1 month ago
Imagine it is April 1938. Should there be a Grand Prix in Germany?
Imagine it is an April in the 1970s or 1980s. Should there be a GP in South Africa?
Obviously no sport can weigh every country’s human […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Hill: Racing in Bahrain ‘Could create more problems than it solves’ 1 year, 1 month ago
The reason Damon Hill seems to flip-flop on this is the same reason why most people in F1 either do not say a word on the matter or else repeat the FIA and FOM position: there are political realities within F1 […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, UK TV audience falls by one million at Sky’s first F1 race 1 year, 2 months ago
When Japan went down this hybrid route of part live and part highlights on free to air TV, the ratings fell away and haven’t come back. F1 is in peril in Japan. Will they still have a GP in 5 years’ time?
The […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Lotus hope to regain lost test days 1 year, 3 months ago
It will be interesting to see what the viewing figures are for F1 in Britain this year. With only 10 races being offered free to air it may be that many people find it all a bit too fiddly and do something else […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Tensions rise in Bahrain as protest anniversary passes 1 year, 3 months ago
Bernie’s remarks today, downplaying the recent events in Bahrain and claiming that “all the teams” are as happy as larks about going to Bahrain, are revealing, and not in a good way. He might like to think that F1 […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Senna: “I just want to get the maximum possible out of the car” 1 year, 4 months ago
Ouch. You may be right, but I bet Williams are aiming for regular points finishes this year, and they’ll want both cars in Q3 most weekends.
On a wider note, what does the retirement of Patrick head augur? Had […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Bahrain circuit reinstates employees fired for joining 2011 protests 1 year, 4 months ago
This story has a way to go yet. The sponsors and the Saudis will decide things. If one or two of the big payers get cold feet and want their names taken off the cars, the race will have to be pulled. And if the […]
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rsp123 commented on the post, Construction continues at Circuit of the Americas 1 year, 4 months ago
The bahraini GP for 2012 is suddenly looking more remote again. The political situation on the island state has degraded again, and there is yet more violence as the regime seem to have abandoned pledges they made […]
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