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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.

Things starting to make sense at McLaren?

McLaren have always seemed to be the thinkers of Formula 1. But for a while they seem to have had their mind on other things. Much as Ron likes to protest it he was distracted by first the McLaren motorhome … Continue reading

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Hamilton gets 2007 McLaren drive

BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Hamilton gets 2007 McLaren drive: “Englishman Lewis Hamilton will drive for McLaren in Formula One next season. The 21-year-old, the reigning champion of the GP2 feeder series, will be the first black … Continue reading

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So apparently this is Kimi – a bit worse for wear

He truely is a bit of a throwback to the playboy drivers of the past I guess.

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The calm before the form

We are currently in that period of formula one in the year where basically nothing is happening. The journalists have finished reviewing the season and voting on the best and worst aspects. But the testing of next years cars hasn’t … Continue reading

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Pushing the Button

Although over the last few years I have been critical of Jenson Button and so has Bernie so I haven’t been completely off beam I have started over the last few months to become interested in him again. Perhaps it … Continue reading

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Crushing disapointment?

What could have been? Two technical faliures in a row. Crazy prediction for the race. Alonso crashes in the pack on the first corner tomorrow and Michael catches up to Massa and then Massa reluctantly moves over on the final … Continue reading

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The end of an era

Michael will retire on Sunday. What’s your best and worst memory of him? I’ll add my comment but I’d like to first up add Patrick Head’s comment which I thought was particularly pertinent. I was very impressed I have to … Continue reading

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Brazil Pole Poll

So this is it. Not really a just a race but a championship decider. It all comes down to this. But with Renault so far ahead it is very much theirs to loose. But Ferrari can’t just wait for Renault … Continue reading

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Why Schumi won’t cheat

In response to Adrian’s comment: It’s really difficult to achieve this kind of thing in F1. But in essence it has happened from time to time without people appealing the outcome (or rather without those appeals winning). Four times in … Continue reading

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I blame Ted Kravitz

Before the race started Ted mentioned in the race build up that Michael hadn’t lost an engine since Indianapolis 2001 which was really odd. The only reason he mentioned it was to highlight that Alonso’s engine faliure was more recent. … Continue reading

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