Monthly Archives: March 2008

Trouble at the top

Pedro de la Rosa has been named as the chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers Association, replacing Ralf Schumacher. Not that it’s a particularly powerful body or anything but it does lobby in response to certain situations. It’s interesting that … Continue reading

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The Australia Pole Poll

The beer is chillin’. The chain is playin’. And the Formula 1 season 2008 is about to be Go! Go! Go! Ferrari and McLaren have been topping the time sheets. But Red Bull have surprisingly been right behind them. There … Continue reading

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How To Watch Formula 1

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Jumping for joy

One of the things that immediately seems lacking when you compare Formula 1 to MotoGP is the celebrations from the drivers at the end of the race. While F1 invented the champagne spraying (which still looks natural and real only … Continue reading

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The SofaF1 2008 Championship Pole Poll

In theory there should really have been more teams in the run up to this but unfortunately a major project is being launched at work this week and so it’s all gone a bit wrong. So what’s this all about? … Continue reading

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Red Bull

The Team Could this be a big year for Red Bull? Adrian Newey has more support now and has been in the job just about long enough to have made a difference. The team have a budget three times that … Continue reading

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Historic McLaren?

You may remember the debate that raged (well sort of) last year about Bruce McLaren’s nationality, well anyway for a concise answer from the people who should know I consulted McLaren’s own website for clarification. Somewhat surprisingly this opened another … Continue reading

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BMW

The Team Stability and growth are the watchwords for BMW this year. Although Dr Mario Thiessen very graciously pointed out that they weren’t really in second place last year (because McLaren had been excluded) he was clearly also trying to … Continue reading

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