Michael Schumacher says he intends to come back to Formula 1 to replace Felipe Massa. And while some say that Michael is risking sullying his reputation as a winner, the reality is that Michael has nothing to lose. He will skirt around the rules of Formula 1 in order to get himself ready for a [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The wisdom of Schumacher’s comeback
Posted in F1 Drivers on July 31, 2009 | 36 Comments »
The future of Robert Kubica
Posted in F1 Drivers on July 30, 2009 | 18 Comments »
The decision made by BMW to quit Formula 1 came as a major shock to the team and the entire F1 circus. Although the top management of BMW obviously do not care at all, it also played into the hands of FIA President Max Mosley, who has always argued that manufacturers come and go from [...]
Concorde Agreement coming tomorrow?
Posted in F1 politics, Sustainability on July 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The Concorde Agreement could be signed and announced, according to multiple sources in the Formula 1 world. The only question will be whether or not the team currently known as BMW will sign. It will not be the end of the world if this does not happen, but it would mean that any new entrant [...]
Michael to Ferrari… A quiet day
Posted in F1 Drivers, Personal musings on July 29, 2009 | 25 Comments »
So here I am on a bus from Beauvais airport to Paris after flying Ryanair from Bologna. Talk about a life that veers from the sublime to the ridiculous! Yesterday we drove 600km in a Ferrari California. Today I am on Ryanair! This morning I was at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, writing about BMW. [...]
Glass half full, glass half empty
Posted in F1 politics, F1 Teams on July 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Any major change in Formula 1 can be viewed in two different ways. There will be stories that BMW’s decision to exit the sport is the end of civilization as we know it, but there are others who will say that this presents an opportunity for another smaller team to grow from the ashes, which [...]
Why has BMW quit Formula 1?
Posted in F1 politics, F1 Teams on July 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The news that BMW has quit Formula 1 came as a bit of a shock to the F1 community – and to the folk at BMW Sauber. The teams are at the very end of the negotiations for a new Concorde Agreement. We hear that all the other manufacturers have already signed the agreement and [...]
BMW pulls the plug
Posted in F1 Teams on July 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »
BMW will not continue its Formula 1 campaign after the end of the 2009 season. Resources freed up as a result are to be dedicated to the development of new drive technologies and projects in the field of sustainability. BMW will continue to be actively involved in other motor sports series. The landmark decision to [...]
The future of BMW in F1
Posted in F1 politics, F1 Teams, Sustainability on July 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
BMW has called a press conference for today in Munich and it says that it wants to discuss “current developments in motor sport”. There is no doubt that this will be an important announcement of some kind as the event will involve BMW’s motorsport director Dr Mario Theissen, the company’s head of R&D, Dr Klaus [...]
To Maranello and beyond…
Posted in Personal musings on July 28, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I arrived in Ljubljana last night and had a few minutes to catch up with the world of Formula 1. The news about Felipe Massa from Budapest was very positive, the truth that has been hidden behind the screaming headlines now finally beginning to come out. Yes, it is a serious situation and there may [...]
Good new about Massa
Posted in F1 Drivers on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The medical staff at the AEK Hospital in Budapest held a press conference today to give the latest details of the condition of Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. He has now been woken from his induced coma and the artificial respiration, which was being used to help reduce swelling in the brain, has ended. The doctors [...]
