F1 Insight
Formula 1 analysis and race pondering
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- Politics
Waiting for a Verdict
With the hearing on the Ferrari documents affair taking place before the World Motor Sport Council in Paris today, it has been hard for F1 enthusiasts to think of anything else. So much depends upon the decisions to be…
- Scott Speed
Silly Season Tensions
The silly season has begun in earnest, with rumours of driver changes and speculation popping up everywhere. But this year there's a new hint of passion in the mix; undercurrents of bad feeling have surfaced and become…
- Politics
Montezemolo on Stepneygate
Grand Prix dot com has an article on the cooling of the Stepneygate affair , pointing out that things may be a good deal more complicated than previously suspected. The flow of "revelations" via the Italian media has…
- Races
Thoughts on the European Grand Prix
That was an exciting one, wasn't it? Cars flying off the road, also-rans appearing in points-winning places, and a position swap at the front in the dying laps. Rain (or in this case a deluge) did its usual job of…
- Scott Speed
The Trouble at Toro Rosso
The lurking problem at Toro Rosso has surfaced at last. And it seems that it's not the drivers after all, although Franz Tost, co-owner of the team with Gerhard Berger, would disagree with me on that one. His statement,…
- Races
Friday Practice 2 at Nurburgring
The second practice session confirmed that there is very little to choose between the Ferraris and McLarens at the Nurburgring circuit. This time Raikkonen was quickest although, like most of the drivers, he was a…
- Races
Friday Practice 1 at Nurburgring
There were no great surprises at the Nurburgring this morning, with the usual two teams heading the timesheets and BMW getting amongst them. Hamilton led the way for McLaren with Raikkonen two tenths behind and Alonso…
- Championship
Raikkonen's Championship?
Kimi Raikkonen has been talking about his chances of success in this coming weekend's European GP at the Nurburgring. It's a pretty standard driver's interview, mentioning his previous bad luck at the circuit but…
- Teams
Engineers on the Carousel
As pointed out by Grand Prix dot com today, there has been a lot of movement in the F1 engineers market of late. Jorg Zander, BMW's chief designer, recently jumped ship and went to Honda, and Geoff Willis, Honda's…
- Circuits
Lumps and Bumps and Circuits
My apologies for the site being down for part of yesterday; a little tweak by our resident programmer, Mad, had unexpected effects that I did not discover until after he had gone to sleep for the night. All is well…
- Drivers
Nick Heidfeld - Quiet but Quick
All the fuss this season (on the track, at least) has been over the new drivers entering F1. Lewis Hamilton has set the British media alight with his performances, Robert Kubica is living up to expectations after his…
- Scott Speed
Scott Speed and the Future
In May of this year, Keith Collantine's F1 Fanatic asked the question Scott Speed Heading Out Of Toro Rosso? . As ever, I sprang to the American driver's defence, pointing out his improving record, particularly against…
- Politics
Formula 1 in Crisis
I really don't want to write more about the Ferrari document scandal but I am beginning to suspect that the whole thing, linked to another event in the last day or so, could change the face of F1 forever. Before looking…
- Circuits
Drivers and a Revised Spa Circuit
Testing has been going on at Spa since Tuesday but the times tell us little - the weather has been changeable, at times making the track wet in some parts and dry in others, and the time sheet looks a bit odd as a…
- Opinion
The Coughlan Case Cancelled
Well, I guess it's all in how you see it. The adjourned court hearing for today has now been cancelled, Mike Coughlan having agreed to provide the sworn affidavit that Ferrari wanted. But whether that means the British…
- Opinion
Back to Industrial Espionage!
Now that we have the British Grand Prix out of the way, perhaps we can return to the real business of F1 - the saga of the Ferrari/Stepney/Coughlan scandal. Today was supposed to be the moment of full revelation when…
- Races
Thoughts on the British Grand Prix
It is easy to say it now but I had a feeling about Raikkonen all weekend; the doubts seemed to have vanished and he looked like the determined Kimi of old. That may have had something to do with the Ferrari team knowing…
- Races
Saturday Practice 3 at Silverstone
Kimi Raikkonen remained the fastest man on track for the final session of Practice today. The Ferraris did not have it all their own way, however, Alonso being next up ahead of Massa. Hamilton seemed a little subdued,…
- Races
Qualifying at Silverstone
Well, the new star did the business when required - Hamilton took pole for the British GP and Raikkonen had to be content with second spot. Hamilton's performance fitted into what is becoming his usual pattern: he did…
- Races
Friday Practice 1 and 2 at Silverstone
The big surprise of Practice was the performance of the Toyotas; they are up there messing with the McLarens, Ralf just a shade quicker than Trulli. For a change, Raikkonen was the quicker of the Ferrari drivers, nearly…