Give us a break between Grands Prix and we start to scrape the bottom of the barrel for F1 news.
Formula 1 Sport has the exciting story that Alonso has turned down an invite to go frolicking in the Mediterranean with Hamilton and Mansour Ojjeh's daughter, and then backs it up with news of Flavio's and Bernie's attempts to buy British football teams. F1-Live attempts to keep the Spyker story alive with Michiel Mol's confirmation that he might buy the team and Pitpass, obviously in desperation, just runs an advert for their sponsors.
Prodrive's Dave Richards
The only real news is that Prodrive has been stung by suggestions that they might not make it to the grid next year and have advised that they are working away quietly behind the scenes. Everyone has this one, although Grand Prix dot com's is probably the most interesting, since it adds information about the relationship between Prodrive and McLaren. It is still largely speculation, however.
And, while on the subject of speculation, has anyone thought about how convenient it would be for Prodrive to run a McLaren chassis if everything does not go to plan in the forthcoming FIA appeal case? If the worst happens and the court decides to slap a year's ban on McLaren, Prodrive could be in a very interesting position as unofficial McLaren representative in the coming season. Come to think of it, that could be another very good reason for each manufacturer to have a B team in F1 - sort of FIA insurance, you could say.
It does say something about this interminable mid-season break, however. When the only news item worthy of the name is a matter of possibilities and guesses, it shows very clearly that F1 has gone on vacation. Time for the hacks to dig out the history files and crystal balls, indeed.
Plus, it leaves me with very little to write about. Hey, I just wrote a post about nothing at all...
Formula 1 Sport has the exciting story that Alonso has turned down an invite to go frolicking in the Mediterranean with Hamilton and Mansour Ojjeh's daughter, and then backs it up with news of Flavio's and Bernie's attempts to buy British football teams. F1-Live attempts to keep the Spyker story alive with Michiel Mol's confirmation that he might buy the team and Pitpass, obviously in desperation, just runs an advert for their sponsors.
Prodrive's Dave Richards
The only real news is that Prodrive has been stung by suggestions that they might not make it to the grid next year and have advised that they are working away quietly behind the scenes. Everyone has this one, although Grand Prix dot com's is probably the most interesting, since it adds information about the relationship between Prodrive and McLaren. It is still largely speculation, however.
And, while on the subject of speculation, has anyone thought about how convenient it would be for Prodrive to run a McLaren chassis if everything does not go to plan in the forthcoming FIA appeal case? If the worst happens and the court decides to slap a year's ban on McLaren, Prodrive could be in a very interesting position as unofficial McLaren representative in the coming season. Come to think of it, that could be another very good reason for each manufacturer to have a B team in F1 - sort of FIA insurance, you could say.
It does say something about this interminable mid-season break, however. When the only news item worthy of the name is a matter of possibilities and guesses, it shows very clearly that F1 has gone on vacation. Time for the hacks to dig out the history files and crystal balls, indeed.
Plus, it leaves me with very little to write about. Hey, I just wrote a post about nothing at all...