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Newey Nonsense?

So we think that despite Ferrari’s improvement over the last two weekends there are some more serious problems at the Scuderia. While we’re on the subject of engineers it’s hard not to notice the massive improvement in reliability over at … Continue reading

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SofaF1 Championship – Round 9

Well done to Alex, Nick and Fourstar who picked Hamilton for pole, the Silverstone effect seemed to give him the extra edge to just pip Raikkonen to the front of the grid, or was it a lighter fuel load? This … Continue reading

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I spy

The whole situation with Nigel Stepney seems to have become clearer over the weekend. What we know: 1) Stepney gave Ferrari information about car design but also about race procedure to Mike Coughlan (this seemed odd, what procedure could McLaren … Continue reading

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Magny Cours Diary 2007

Thursday 28th June We loaded up our trusty Land Rover and headed off down to Dover rather bleary eyed. As usual we left a bit later than planned and then got sent on a bit of a detour as the … Continue reading

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British Pole Poll

So the British Grand Prix is upon us coming hot on the heels, as it does, of the French Grand Prix. Usually a gap of a week means no new parts but with the British Grand Prix being so close … Continue reading

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SofaF1 Championship – Round 8

It was a bit all over the place this one from the points point of view, Hamilton was again a good scorer for most of us, landing Alex and myself 2 points each and Nick 1 point for the 3rd … Continue reading

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No overtaking, eh?

I was mightily impressed with Alonso yesterday – everyone who’s ever played an F1 computer game knows you can’t overtake at that chicane, but somehow he did it – and Hamilton round Kubica was also incredibly brave. There were two … Continue reading

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Oh no you fuel…

Looks like Lewis had more fuel than Alonso which would have worked great if Alonso’s engine hadn’t blown up. As they would have needed to be on different strategies. Of course now Lewis will have to be fighting the Ferraris … Continue reading

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Passing Problem

Weirdly Lewis thinks that it’s easy to overtake in France. Which is odd because everyone else thinks it’s close to impossible. This is probably because he managed to go from 19th to 5th in last years GP2. Obviously overtaking in … Continue reading

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Popbitch Again

Winning formula – Stevenage man in bet of the decade In 1998 a man watched his son soundly beaten in a go-kart race by a very fast young driver. He went to the bookies and asked to put a bet … Continue reading

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