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About Alex Andronov

Alex Andronov is a writer who lives in the UK. He is currently working on 7 novels, 5 film scripts, 2 plays, 2 TV series, 1 history of the United States, 1 travelogue and trying to find some focus.

Bernie doesn’t understand the future

Or for that matter the present. Televsion is dying. The cost of distribution is exorbitant and more and more programs will be streamed over the Internet. The only thing that’s safe on television is live and interactive. So F1 is … Continue reading

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The persuit of perfection

McLaren have always been about the persuit of perfection. They have always strived to go for the ultimate in speed and technology even at the expense of reliability. Mark Hughes in Autosport this week even manages to eek an admission … Continue reading

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Will Ross turn Honda around?

Last week’s poll: Makes it look like Nakajima is the man to watch for 2008. And this week’s poll is all about Honda and Ross Brawn. We want to know how quickly we’ll see Ross work his magic at Honda.

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Do Ron Ron

Ron Dennis has been at the helm of McLaren for a seriously long time. In all but name the connection to Bruce McLaren’s team is nil. It is Ron’s team through and through. So why are people trying to get … Continue reading

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Kubica the Rocket

Robert Kubica has admitted that his greatest sporting hero is none other than Britain’s Ronnie “the Rocket” O’Sullivan. I think this is a smart move from a PR point of view. Usually drivers admire other drivers and that’s tricky. The … Continue reading

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Drivers in traction?

There’s been a bit of a debate amongst the drivers about the removal of traction control. Usually the drivers all want things made safer – but the racers in them know that if they’re any good they might be able … Continue reading

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Headlines you’re unlikely to see this year

Alonso and Lewis decide to start new team together Super Aguri win first race Beards outlawed – Couthard unable to race Ralf wins world championship – Michael takes what he said back Mosley makes sensible suggestion What are your suggestions? … Continue reading

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ING Thing

There is an advert for ING which they keep showing on MSNBC (well I work at a bank and we have the TV on – with the sound dipped – all the time). On it they show how their sponsorship … Continue reading

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The ideal idle

One of the key contributing factors to McLaren’s sucess last year was their cars ability to idle for long periods of time without stalling or overheating (expect a lot of teams to be getting better at this – Ferrari were … Continue reading

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Button it

So is Jenson any good or not? After slating him for many years he actually seemed to have a pretty good season last year. He grew a beard, bought a camper van and seemed to have confronted a number of … Continue reading

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