F1 Insight
Formula 1 analysis and race pondering
596 posts
- Drivers
Reputations and Re-shuffles
I was reading all the reports about Fernando Alonso finally signing for Renault and the accompanying driver changes and re-shuffles when an amusing thought struck me. Could Alonso be setting himself up as the greatest…
- Teams
Super Aguri on the Brink
Amidst all the excitement over Alonso's return to Renault and speculation regarding Kovalainen's dwindling options as a result, a little item regarding the threat to Super Aguri's existence caught my eye. After a season…
- Politics
Max Mosley Reveals All
I was going to write today about the little war of words between the FIA and Martin Brundle but GrandPrix dot com has written such a good post on it that I have very little to add. Let me just point out that the FIA's…
- Politics
The Death of F1 Engineering
There has been very little comment on the FIA's ratification of the engine rules for 2008 to 2017. Either this is because everyone is still trying to cope with the blatant favoritism of the ruling on the Renault case…
- Politics
The FIA and Credibility
Now that the FIA has produced its entirely predictable ruling on the Renault industrial espionage case, together with its reasons, we are able to make comparisons with the earlier handling of the McLaren case. As…
- Races
Wheel Fairings and the FIA
Sometimes the decisions of the FIA seem totally illogical to me. Take the matter of wheel fairings for instance. It is quite clear that they were accepted as legal because Ferrari were the first to run them and had the…
- Drivers
Remembering Ayrton
I see Sidepodcast dot com are running a series entitled Days That shook The F1 World - and the second article, posted yesterday, is about the death of Ayrton Senna . It was a terrible day for the sport, an event that…
- Teams
Stuck With Audi
The announcement that Hans-Joachim Stuck is moving from BMW to the Volkswagen Group as their Motorsport Representative has sparked some speculation that this is preparatory to VW/Audi entering F1. The connection is, of…
- Teams
Careful, Cautious BMW-Sauber
To begin with, apologies for the site being down yesterday - all thanks to the service provider, it turns out. Needless to say, they have fixed their problems and we can return to more important matters. Quick Nick in…
- Misc
Off Season Bits and Pieces
Talking of rumors, the Mole has an excellent entry to our contest today, almost knocking Steven Roy off his perch as clear winner of the best rumor award of the week. Steven hangs on at the last, purely because his…
- Misc
The F1 Rumor Mill
A regular commenter on Formula1Sport dot net has this to say regarding F1's rumor mill: "It is amazing how rumors in this sport spread. One thing that I noticed is that there is no shortage of them in F1 and they all…
- Misc
A Beer and a Couple of Crab Cakes
With the F1 news being thin on the ground today and nothing in particular from history occurring to me, I am free to reflect on the events of yesterday. It did not reach the headlines nor trouble the F1 bloggers to put…
- Teams
Sutil, Force India and the Future
Autosport carries a short article today on Adrian Sutil's statement that he will be staying with Force India for the foreseeable future. In spite of its brevity, this article is quite telling in what it reveals about…
- Regulations
Super Aguri and Customer Cars
With the news that Super Aguri is having to decrease its staffing levels as a result of financial difficulties, my attention turns to the plight of the small team in F1. SA are walking a well-worn path in their money…
- Teams
Honda Prospects
Last year I managed to make the worst prediction ever for the world driver's championship. I knew it was sticking my neck out a bit going for Jenson Button but there were promising signs in the improving performance of…
- Races
Musing on the Future
There are times when F1 watchers are double-minded. On the one hand, everyone waits with bated breath to see whose car Alonso will be driving in 2008, showing that we still believe that the driver can make a big…
- History
Open Wheel Racing
We quite often hear F1 described as an "open wheel" form of motor sport, to the extent that it might be thought that this has been one of the fundamental requirements of the formula since its inception in 1950. In fact,…
- Drivers
Alonso Rolls the Dice
Renault are creeping closer to bringing Fernando Alonso back into the fold for 2008, Flavio Briatore now putting the odds at 60%. And, linked to that, is the likelihood that Nelson Piquet Jnr will be in the second car.…
- Teams
Philosophy in the Boardroom
Ralf Schumacher has been letting off a little steam about Toyota after finally getting free of its F1 team. He points out that the company had no interest in employing Ross Brawn, its corporate view not allowing room…
- Politics
Insult as Argument in F1
It is a general rule that the person who resorts to insults is the one losing the logical argument. This is a principle often forgotten these days, now that most public debate has descended to the level of mud-slinging…