Monthly Archives: April 2007

A town in Sussex has renamed itself Lewis in Lewis Hamilton’s honor because of his unique contribution to Formula 1. And they say the hype’s gone too far? I say not far enough. I think we should rename Britain. Okay … Continue reading →

Except for MotoGP, the only other sport besides F1 that I watch with any modicum of regularity is Baseball (that of the ‘cap’ fame). It occurred to me that our two sports are similar in many respects. The amount of … Continue reading →

Well, not really, but it’s interesting what Eddie Jordan says about Ron Dennis being over-protective of Hamilton. This is exactly what I thought when I saw Dennis huddling round Hamilton on the Melbourne grid, and Martin being forced to keep … Continue reading →

So, after three races we have three drivers tied on 22 points, one of them being the rookie Lewis Hamilton, who is 22 years old. Only he and Raikkonen have been on every podium – and no team other than … Continue reading →

Pole Position Commercial! (Atari)via AutoBlog via F1Fanatic

Famously a week is a long time in politics. For F1 four weeks feels like a lifetime. And because the teams will have all of this free time they will be spending it relentlessly improving the car. Will it make … Continue reading →

So I gather there is a bit of a gap until the next race? As a small diversion to fill the time, I saw this near our house the other day. Who wants to tell Bernie (I presume he owns … Continue reading →

Things seem to be going from bad to worse in the points scoring stakes here at SofaF1. This is the lowest scoring round to date with a total of 7 points being scored from a potential 80! Nick and Fourstar … Continue reading →

The race was great, with lots of overtaking, but at the end of it a very interesting thing happened. They went, in vision, to James and Martin for the announcement of driver of the day and James said, “I need … Continue reading →

Famine, feast and back to famine again we better enjoy this double hitter while we can before the sport takes a whopping month off! This weekend has three big factors which may sway your decision. First is that it’s only … Continue reading →