http://f1insight.madtv.me.uk/ F1 Insight is all things Formula 1 Clive Allen RSS Feeder-breeder by Mad <br /><em>F1 Fanatic</em> has an article today on <a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/10/22/nascar-feels-the-michael-schumacher-effect-thanks-to-jimmie-johnson/" title="F1 Fanatic article">domina... 22/10/2009 15:57:00 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=602 <br />There is very little to say about the Brazilian GP that has not been said already but I will try. It was a good race with plenty of action throughout the field and (dare I say it) the best driv... 19/10/2009 16:54:27 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=601 <br />I was so pleased that the GP was to be held at Suzuka again after a two-year absence that my expectations may have risen above the possible. Yes, it is a great circuit but it is just as capable... 05/10/2009 17:49:02 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=600 <br />Now that Ferrari has confirmed Alonso as their driver alongside Massa for 2010, the silly season really gets going with rumors putting drivers "definitely" in one seat or another. In fact, only... 01/10/2009 15:29:19 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=599 <br />From the moment that Barrichello slid into the wall in qualifying, thereby ending Q3, this looked like Lewis Hamilton's race. From pole position he is generally unbeatable, sailing off into an ... 28/09/2009 16:52:01 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=598 <br />The more I see of the Singapore circuit, the more I like it. Others may complain about the difficulty of overtaking there but that is true of every GP venue these days; apart from that, the tra... 25/09/2009 17:27:15 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=597 <br />I find it quite surprising that, to the best of my knowledge, no one has questioned the FIA's announcement that <a href="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78776" title="Autosport artic... 23/09/2009 15:18:05 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=596 <br />Predictably enough, the WMSC has been lenient in the Renault race-fixing case, handing out <a href="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78771" title="Autosport article">a suspended ban o... 21/09/2009 16:48:53 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=595 <br />Were it not for the explosion of interest in the Renault/Singapore scandal, the big news this week would have been <a href="http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/09/15/bmw-sauber-sold-to-swiss-com... 18/09/2009 16:33:07 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=594 <br />Today's big news is <a href="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78668" title="Autosport article">the departure of Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds from the Renault team</a>, coupled with... 16/09/2009 15:36:33 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=593 <br />The F1 calendar seems so lop-sided at times. We have groups of the most featureless tracks imaginable and then the best two circuits on the calendar arrive one after the other, rather like Brit... 14/09/2009 17:41:47 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=592 <br />This appeared to be the battle between the competitors for Mercedes favor; all six of the German company's engine customer cars making it through to Q3 and only Raikkonen's Ferrari was able to e... 12/09/2009 16:13:24 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=591 <br />Mercedes is apparently in talks with Brawn GP at the moment, hoping <a href="http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=38899" title="Pitpass article">to buy into the team</... 08/09/2009 16:50:12 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=590 <br />Sometimes it seems that F1 cannot go five minutes without some sort of scandal running in the background. Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water, the Brazilian press reports P... 02/09/2009 16:39:03 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=589 <br />It seems I should pay more attention to my gut feelings; as mentioned in my previous post and despite my hope that Heidfeld or Fisichella would win this one, my foreboding that it would be Raikk... 31/08/2009 17:41:06 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=588 <br />What a wonderful place is Spa-Francorchamps. The circuit exudes atmosphere and history, the memories of brilliant races and wonderful moments piling in upon us as we view the swooping curves, t... 29/08/2009 16:49:36 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=587 <br />Keith Collantine has begun <a href="http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/08/27/f1-not-just-a-sport/" title="F1 Fanatic article">an interesting debate</a> on whether F1 is a sport, sparked by <a href=... 27/08/2009 16:15:23 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=586 <br />I have come to the conclusion that Red Bull are the most fashion conscious team in F1, at least when it comes to engines. When Dietrich Mateschitz first bought the team at the end of 2004, it c... 25/08/2009 17:12:56 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=585 <br />The race in Valencia went some way to redeeming its reputation as worst circuit of the year, I thought. Although this was one of those races decided by pit stop strategy rather than on the trac... 24/08/2009 17:19:48 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=584 <br />I don't care what they say, I quite like the race in Valencia. The setting is certainly atmospheric, with long, sweeping straights alongside the water, a very distinctive bridge and even the in... 22/08/2009 17:19:11 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=583