Monthly Archives: September 2006

Guess the Race

So I haven’t done this since the beginning of the season, but I think now’s a good time to test your knowledge of what’s been happening this year – especially since we have another three week break. You can obviously … Continue reading

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Impersonal sponsorship

Formula one seems to be missing a trick in the world of sponsorship and it’s a really big one. In formula one personal sponsorship is almost unheard of. What trainers does David Coulthard wear? Well we don’t know. We actually … Continue reading

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Cutting corners

It seemed irrelevant after Alonso’s engine blew up, but why wasn’t he punished for cutting the corner at the first chicane? James kept referring to Michael at Hungary, but that was a different story: Michael was in front and being … Continue reading

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Between the lines

Whilst many people will be analysing what and how Schumacher said what he said in the post-race press conference (his over-emphasis on helping out Massa, for example), there is a bit of light relief to be found in the answers … Continue reading

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Hard going

It really seemed like Michael doesn’t want to retire. Winning the Italian grand prix, closing down to within two points of Alonso, it seemed like it was almost the happiest moment of his life – why doesn’t he want to … Continue reading

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As much grip as

a salty otter Martin Brundle is brilliant

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If Kimi signs for Ferrari

Will Ron stop him racing in the rest of this season? Have Pedro ad Lewis Hamilton for the rest of the season?

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Alonso says "F1 not a sport"

A lot of people say that F1 isn’t really a sport as they understand it. Partially because overweight people are instrumental to winning. The engineers play such an important part in the Formula 1 team’s speed that people watching seem … Continue reading

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Qualified comments

So there were some pretty funny things said by the commentators in today’s session; perhaps the funniest thing ever by James when he and Martin were wondering why Liuzzi was still in the car when he was out of the … Continue reading

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Schumacher will race on – my opinion

I have suddenly realised something about the situation that I hadn’t done before. Ferrari senior management – especially their sponsorship people – will want a swansong season of Michael going to each race as it is his last and the … Continue reading

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