I leave Melbourne each year with something of a heavy heart. It is still my favourite race of the year, moreso now that Montreal is gone. It’s a terrific city with a nice cosmopolitan mix of people, cultures and foods. The people are always helpful and friendly, even if one or two of them suffer [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Ciao!
Posted in Personal musings on March 31, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Wrapping up in Melbourne
Posted in Circuits, Sustainability on March 31, 2009 | Comments Off
The circus has departed now and tomorrow the last remnants of the F1 community will be climbing on the “bombers” and heading up to Kuala Lumpur, where the fund will begin again on Thursday. In Melbourne the city is returning to normal and the accountants will soon be looking at the books to see how [...]
Applying logic to F1 news
Posted in Circuits, F1 politics on March 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
People do report the strangest things, without thinking about what they are writing. A story emerged in recent days, suggesting that the inaugural Abu Dhabi GP will be replaced by Canada, because there is no money to finish the work in Abu Dhabi. There are several flaws in the logic. Abu Dhabi is one of [...]
The wonders of Melbourne…
Posted in F1 Drivers on March 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This afternoon I ventured out of my “cave”, where I had been writing/sleeping for the last 12 hours. My goal was to get some fresh air, eat something healthy and do something to improve the mind (what is left of it). I ended up at the National Gallery of Victoria, visiting an exhibition about the [...]
Recovering…
Posted in F1 Drivers on March 30, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The day after a Grand Prix usually involves travelling. But in Australia it is different. We are racing again next week in Malaysia so there are a couple of days during which time one can hang out either in Melbourne, or in Kuala Lumpur. I choose Melbourne (as do most other people). I dare say [...]
Toyota appealing?
Posted in F1 politics, F1 Teams on March 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Toyota is trying to appeal the decision of the stewards of the Australian GP, but the FIA is not keen to accept any appeal, based on the arguments that were used at Spa last year when Lewis Hamilton was given a similar penalty and an appeal was ruled inadmissible. Toyota has been reading the rulebooks [...]
The results of the protests…
Posted in F1 Drivers on March 29, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Lewis Hamilton has been declared the third placed finisher in the Australian GP. The British driver was given the position when Jarno Trulli was given a 25-sec penalty for passing another car behind the Safety Car. The Toyota driver went off at the same time as the Safety Car boards were being shown. Lewis Hamilton [...]
Hamilton under investigation
Posted in F1 Drivers on March 29, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Lewis Hamilton has been called to see the FIA Stewards. We believe that this is because of the change of positions behind the Safety Car in the final laps of the race when Hamilton appeared to pass Trulli and Jarno retook the place because he may have believed he was entitled to it. There are [...]
Trulli under investigation
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on March 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Jarno Trulli’s third place in Melbourne is under investigation as it appears that the Toyota driver may have overtaken Lewis Hamilton under the Safety Car. The incident is rather confusing as the computer recorded Hamilton ahead of Trulli on lap 56, the same lap as the Safety Car came out, following the collision between Robert [...]
Spare a thought for the blokes in Tokyo…
Posted in F1 Drivers on March 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As Brawn Grand Prix celebrates its amazing success in Albert Park, there will be a few folk in Tokyo feeling rather sorry for themselves. The team was known as Honda until a few weeks ago and then gave the whole operation To Brawn GP for £1. A pound well spent. One can argue that the [...]
