Author Archives: nickollivere

In fulfillment of a comment I made a few days ago, here is a list of all the races I have on tape. My general criteria for keeping a Grand Prix are that it has a lot of overtaking and/or … Continue reading →

I think Alex’s most recent method for distributing points works pretty well. 2 points for pole.2 points for each race position you get right.1 point for each race position within 1 place of what you guessed. Although it does lack … Continue reading →

How did we miss this story last year? http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/48977

Kimi doesn’t look right in a Ferrari shirt: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56186Alonso doesn’t look right with a shaved head: http://www.autosport.com/magazine.html Is this a bad sign, or completely irrelevant? Does how a driver look in his team colours matter at all, or will we … Continue reading →

   ‘Congratulation on the championship’, Ron said through gritted teeth.   ‘Well,’ said Fernando, wiping sweat from his brow, and suddenly becoming very serious, ‘the thing about you guys is that you make it so difficult because you keep developing your cars.’This was … Continue reading →

In this week’s Autosport Ron Dennis is quoted as saying some quite damaging things about the current drivers on the F1 grid. He is trying to justify his selection of Hamilton and says ‘We reviewed the whole grid and when … Continue reading →

This may be one of the craziest stories of the winter season, or it may be the most prophetic. Somehow it doesn’t seem possible, but then something about it rings true: a steady, old hand to guide McLaren through their … Continue reading →

Browsing through and deleting old text messages on the last train home last night, I had an entertaining time trying to guess what races certain messages between Alex and me referred to, and I thought it would be almost as … Continue reading →

Alonso has recently talked of his feelings during this year’s championship, evocatively comparing Ferrari and Michael Schumacher to a wolf hunting him down. In the end, he said, the good guys won. Now, I think Alonso is a pretty great … Continue reading →

Valentino Rossi starting the last Grand Prix of the Motogp season on pole, 8 points ahead of his rival Hayden, simply had to finish with some points (not many) to win his eighth world championship title. But, he got a … Continue reading →