Quieter than Hadleyville at high noon

The Formula 1 world is quiet right now. Very quiet. There is, of course, an extra weekend off for the first time since the World Championship began back in March and so F1 people are getting away from the racing. They are sick and tired of the FIA-FOTA conflict, of Max Mosley's manoeuvres and his …

The morning after the morning after

Oh, dear God, will the crucifixion of Formula 1 never end? We thought there was peace and that the problems would be solved. The dealmakers could get back to deal-making and the sport could begin to lumber forward again. Alas, that was an illusion. Once again there is uncertainty. Deals are not going to be …

The morning after

Today the obvious follow-up for journalists is to analyse the winners and the losers in the FIA-FOTA battle. The really serves no purpose. The important thing that there is an agreement and the sport can go on. The FIA retains its position as the owner and organiser of the World Championship, the teams get the …

A deal is done

Well, it seems that whatever happened in the FIA World Council meeting, we have a peace deal. No doubt in time the whole story will emerge but what we know is that Max Mosley went into the meeting saying he was going to stand fir re-election and came out saying he was not. From what …

What is Formula 1?

Who is the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion at the moment? Do you have the slightest idea? Do you even know how many World Heavyweight Boxing Champions there are? And if, by some chance, you did know that there are three, do you really know anything about Vitali Klitschko, Nikolay Valuev and Samuel Peter? Or that …

My British Grand Prix

Looking back on the Silverstone weekend, there were several very pleasant moments - and a lot of dross that had to be ploughed through. On the Thursday before the race I was fortunate enough to be able to drop in to see Nick Wirth in Bicester. The visit was planned long before I knew that …

En route to Paris

Here I am back at Eurotunnel, bound for Paris, where on Wednesday the next round of the current F1 political saga will take place. Will the FIA World Council members support Max Mosley against "the loonies" or will they tut-tut and suggest that the time has come for Mosley to find a Bath chair somewhere …

Vettel on pole

Sebastian Vettel is on pole position for the British Grand Prix in his Red Bull Renault, beating Rubens Barrichello by three tenths. Third fastest is Mark Webber, who make a mistake on his fastest lap, ahead of Jarno Trulli. The top 10 completed by Kazuki Nakajima. Jenson Button is sixth with problems getting heat in …

Q2

Q2: Sebastian Vettel fastest. Webber second from Trulli Barrichello and Ralkonen. Out go Massa, Kubica, Kovalainen, Piquet and Heidfeld.

Q1

Q1 Nakajima fastest. Webber and Vettel. Out go Fishichella, Bourdais, Sutil, Hamilton and Buemi. Sutil has big crash. Driver OK