Monthly Archives: July 2006

After all the Jenson-bashing (or criticism of the unnecessary media attention on him) we do on the sofa, I thought it should only be fair that we praise him for his performance yesterday. He out-qualified and out-raced is teammate, perhaps … Continue reading →

What was Alonso talking about? Michael pulling out of the pit-lane right in front of him? Surely, though, Michael had no option: the lollipop man told him to go, so he went. Michael really couldn’t see what was going on … Continue reading →

In August’s issue of F1 Racing magazine Peter Windsor suggests culling drivers if they’ve raced more than 100 GPs without producing any significant results – exceptions to be made for those who have been in very slow cars the whole … Continue reading →

He took full responsibility for a crash that Martin says he could have easily blamed on somebody else. Is he taking too much from Mark Webber?

Steve said, “and now describing the qualifying” not “commentating“. A small but interesting difference. Also I’m upset that Martin didn’t say the joke I was willing him to do at the end of his commentary (maybe he’ll do it tomorrow), … Continue reading →

Really loads of excitement in the Qualifying. A great improvement. It was genuinely exciting as a qualifying session, so you’d have to say it was easy. But James, has been less than exciting in exciting sessions before. But today he … Continue reading →

James made a comparison during commentary for qualifying that was totally inappropriate. He related how Schumacher had had a 17 point deficit to Hakkinen at the half-way point of 1998 chamiponship, but by the last races had reduced it to … Continue reading →

Is Ferrari on the up? Will Renault’s new package push them back to the front? Or is it all about the tires, and in that case whose? McClaren are talking really strongly about their race chances this weekend but they … Continue reading →

There won’t be any more testing for the next three races which might turn out to be very significant. In the game of chicken Renault are bravest. Ferrari brought their new updates to France so they could do something about … Continue reading →

I was in Italy for the French grand prix this year. And despite being assured by the restaurant I was in that the grand prix would be shown in the end the manager seemed against it so I ran back … Continue reading →