tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60049313444800415852011-12-13T03:11:33.038ZA blog bringing you all the latest Formula 1 and Grand Prix news, information, gossip and opinion. Putting a human face to a commercial sport.Display namenoreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004931344480041585.post-17055578925200370002010-06-30T09:58:00.000+01:002010-06-30T09:59:41.285+01:00

In Tennis they don’t suddenly say that players must use smaller balls and bigger rackets, in international football they don’t change the size of the goals every year, and even though they invent new forms of cricket and may paint the ball white, still the stumps are the same and so are the bats.Not so in Formula One where every year rule changes seem to make a mockery of what has happened before

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Despite recent poor performances, Jenson Button remains the hot favourite for the 2009 Formula One Driver's Championship in the online betting markets.Button goes into the European Grand Prix with 70 points, 19 ahead of closest rival and renault driver Mark Webber.Elsewhere Lewis Hamilton has revealed he is still buzzing following his win in Hunary 4 weeks ago:"It's great to be getting back to

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It all started from the outset. Webber was flying, he was aggressive (as he later showed even more) no one was going to be allowed to win that race. He was on it in true Mansell-esque form. No prisoners from the off. I think that he was spurned on by the fact that Red Bull had come out saying that they were favouring Vettel for next year with their car design. He needed to send a message that he

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1st Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h36m43.310s; 2nd Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h36m52.562s; 3rd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h36m59.216s.Q: Mark, take you back to November. You are lying on the road in Australia with a broken leg and maybe thinking your career is now over. Here you are today a grand prix winner. Tell us your emotions.Mark Webber: It is an incredible day for me. I wanted to win so badly

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1. WEBBER Red Bull 2. VETTEL Red Bull +9.2s3. MASSA Ferrari +15.9s4. ROSBERG Williams +21.0s5. BUTTON Brawn +23.6s6. BARRICHELLO Brawn +24.4s7. ALONSO Renault +24.8s8. KOVALAINEN McLaren +58.6s9. GLOCK Toyota +61.4s10. HEIDFELD BMW +61.9s11. FISICHELLA Force India +

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11:00Light Rain ShowerTemp: 14°C14:00Light Rain ShowerTemp: 17°C17:00Light Rain ShowerTemp: 17°C

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1 Mark Webber (lap 20)2 Sebastian Vettel +0.250secs (lap 19)3 Lewis Hamilton +0.614 (lap 18)4 Rubens Barrichello +0.617 (lap 14)5 Jenson Button +0.838 (lap 13)6 Adrian Sutil +1.474 (lap 28)7 Heikki Kovalainen +1.524 (lap 21)8 Felipe Massa +1.906 (lap 25)9 Kimi Raikkonen +2.025 (lap 26)10 Nelson Piquet +2.048 (lap 26)

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Drivers: 1. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 32.230s; 2. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn GP), 1m 32.357s; 3. Jenson Button (Brawn GP), 1m 32.473sQ: Mark, there is only one question to ask you. A crazy, crazy session but tell us what it means finally to have your first pole position.Mark Webber: It is a very special day for me to get pole. I have been close a few times in the past and also been on pole fuel

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1. WEBBER Red Bull2. BARRICHELLO Brawn3. BUTTON Brawn4. VETTEL Red Bull5. HAMILTON McLaren6. KOVALAINEN McLaren7. SUTIL Force India8. MASSA Ferrari9. RAIKKONEN Ferrari10. PIQUET Renault11. HEIDFELD BMW12. ALONSO Renault13. NAKAJIMA Williams14. TRULLI Toyota15. ROSBERG Williams16. KUBICA

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Technical directors: Paddy Lowe (McLaren), Sam Michael (Williams), Adrian Newey (Red Bull) and Pat Symonds (Renault).Q: A question to you all. Obviously the pace of development is very important in Formula One at the moment. Can you give us an indication of the pace of development and the new parts that you have brought to this particular race? Pat Symonds: Well, as always the emphasis is on an

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1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m32.149s 2. VETTEL Red Bull 1m32.331s3. BUTTON Brawn 1m32.369s4. WEBBER Red Bull 1m32.480s5. TRULLI Toyota 1m32.511s6. SUTIL Force India 1m32.585s7. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m32.664s8. ALONSO Renault 1m32.774s9. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m32.872s10. PIQUET Renault

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1. WEBBER Red Bull 1m33.082s2. BUTTON Red Bull 1m33.463s3. MASSA Ferrari 1m33.745s4. TRULLI Toyota 1m33.795s5. FISICHELLA Force India 1m33.839s6. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m33.840s7. ROSBERG Williams 1m33.902s8. VETTEL Red Bull 1m33.909s9. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m33.952s10. ALONSO Renault 1m34.148s11. HEIDFELD BMW 1m34.221s12. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m34.227s13. HAMILTON McLaren 1m34.483s14. KUBICA BMW

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This press release below from the FIA... I think quite blatently shows that they are now back at war. Especially in paragraph two. Not only does it refer to Luca di Montezemolo's previous comments about the FIA - it mocks what he said. This is simply now blow for blow punches. Or it is more like a tit for tat squabble in a playground. Both sides need to grow up and get on, ultimately they are

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Drivers: Timo Glock (Toyota), Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber), Nico Rosberg (Williams), Adrian Sutil (Force India) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).Q: It has been three weeks since the last grand prix. I would like to ask all drivers what have you done and what your team has done to make you faster for this race?Nick Heidfeld: The team obviously did quite a lot at the factory. We will have a couple of

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Round nine of the 2009 Formula One calendar takes place at the Nürburgring circuit in Germany. The circuit, which was originally known as the Nordschleife, is located in the Eifel region of Germany and is 60 kilometres north-west of Koblenz and 90 kilometres south-west of Cologne. Alternating with the Hockenheim circuit, the last event at the Nürburgring track took place in 2007.The modern

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All 8 teams in FOTA walked out of a meeting with the FIA.The meeting was at the Nurburgring to discuss next years rules and budgets. However the FOTA members left during the meeting when the FIA cheekily told them that they had not entered the 2010 championship so they had no voting rights on any of the technical and sporting (money) issues.FOTA said in a statement that it "puts the future of

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Friday 10 JulyFirst practice: 0900-1030, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/onlineSecond practice: 1300-1430, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/onlineInside F1: 1830-1845, BBC News Channel, then repeated on the Red ButtonSaturday 11 JulyThird practice: 1000-1100, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/onlineQualifying: 1210-1415, BBC One/BBC

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Fuji Speedway has decided not to host the race in 2010. The track is owned by Toyota and they have blamed the economic downturn on pulling the race. Toyota have had a record £2.8bn loss last year and suspects it will be worse this year. No doubt the huge fees Bernie Ecclestone demands to host a race have not helped the decision.Fuji has hosted the race for the last two years and was meant to host

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Bernie has categorically shot himself in the foot over the Hitler comments and made himself look completely inappropriate to run Formula 1. It also appears he has scuppered chances for the future of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.After the crazy comments about Hitler in the British Times Newspaper a top German politician, Baden-Wurttemberg state premier Gunther Oettinger at the Nurburgring

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F1's governing body reportedly selected only new teams with no ties to car manufacturers to make their Grand Prix debuts in 2010.Britain's Daily Telegraph has quoted annoyed team bosses who missed out in the FIA's selection process for 2010. They’re alleging that there was a unwritten condition to commit to independent engine supplier Cosworth to ensure a spot on the grid.US F1, Manor and Campos,

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Bernie Ecclestone has had an interview with the Times. In it he goes on to speak well of Adolf Hitler and seems fairly supportive of right wing politics and dictatorship. So no surprises he is in cahoots with Max Mosley (son of fascist black shirts movement leader Oswald Mosley) when it comes to running Formula 1. Also it goes to show what Bernie's world views are like are in my opinion a bit odd

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Goodwood Festival of Speed is set to be a great event this weekend. Brawn, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams, Toyota and Red Bull are all going to be there. Not to mention the fact that 40 years of Williams is going to be celebrated there. Which is great because let’s face it Williams are in desperate need of something to celebrate. Their last Formula 1 wins were back in 2003 when Ralf Schumacher won at

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BBC pundit / quiet mumbler will be answering questions. This is all done through the BBC all you have to do is email 13 times grand prix winner David Coulthard at F1@bbc.co.uk with 'Question for DC' marked as the subject. The BBC assures us they will sift out the best questions which he will answer in his regular column… Great.Now what I was thinking was what questions do you really want to ask

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Bulgaria are after a race... Yes that's right you read it correctly... Bulgaria are trying to get Bernie Ecclestone to sign them onto the F1 calendar. Looks like it will be from 2011 onwards.So us Formula 1 fans are going without a race in Canada, with the race in Belgium under threat and no grand prix in the USA. Looks like were probably going to loose the British Grand Prix too if Donnington

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British GP Edition30th June, 2009 Funeral for Formula Elaborate Bluff / Discussion of British GP / News from Other Categories (Superleague)(MP3 format, 12.0mb, 34 mins) Click here to download.

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