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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.

Champion at the bit

So if we were to characterise our SofaF1 Championship you could see a lot of similarities with the real season. You’ve got Nick Heidfeld playing Fourstar, underpowered nobody expected too much but he’s delivered over the course of the season … Continue reading

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McLaren have probably stopped developing their car

I mean why would they carry on? There are no constructors points for them any more, one of their drivers is almost certain to win. So what’s the point? They just need to keep their reliability. So no new bits … Continue reading

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Kicking a McLaren when it’s down

Luca di Montezemolo knows politics, and this comment from him seemed perfectly pitched to piss off Ron Dennis. Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo dedicated his team’s Belgian Grand Prix triumph on Sunday to an employee at an English photocopy shop. … Continue reading

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"One of the dullest races i’ve ever seen", says Ted

I really enjoyed it. There was actual overtaking today. Most of the season has seen the boys at the front closer so the pit stops were more exciting. Maybe that’s good for Ted from his vantage point. But for me … Continue reading

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SofaF1 Exclusive – Video from inside the FIA Deliberations in Paris

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Belgian Pole Poll

FIA blah blah blah McLaren blah blah blah $100m blah blah blah. That was going to be the only mention of it until I recieved a telephone call yesterday from a mate asking if I thought it was dodgy that … Continue reading

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The Vettel difference

When you have a situation like the one we had Torro Rosa near the beginning of the season you can’t tell who is at fault. Is it the car or the driver. Normally when one driver is faster than the … Continue reading

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Italian Pole Poll

Here is a fact for you, none of the drivers championship hopefuls (all five of them, don’t forget Quick Nick) have ever won at Monza. And for this weekend who the winner is might be the hardest to call all … Continue reading

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Seeing into the future

So if the rumours continue to say that Alonso is going Renault next year, at some point next year somebody will say, “well, where’s that half a second that Alonso said he carried with him to McLaren? He seems to … Continue reading

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Boredom

Formula 1 has been accused of being boring so many times, that the argument almost seams boring. But what are we going to do about it? Here’s Alex’s Six point plan to fix F1: 1) Qualifying has three sessions. First … Continue reading

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