Sorry there was nothing posted yesterday, I took the opportunity of a quiet day in the F1 world to rush down to Tours to meet up with people who are helping me out with my next book about the French Resistance. As it was 250km each way and one has to watch out for speed [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Resistance to cigarette advertising…
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Teams, Personal musings on April 30, 2010 | 83 Comments »
Williams F1 cements diversification
Posted in F1 Teams, Sustainability on April 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Williams F1 team has acquired the majority shareholding in Williams Hybrid Power (WHP), raising its 40% stake in the company to 78%. The company has been part of the Williams group since March 2008 when Williams bought the original share of Automotive Hybrid Power. The move was aimed at helping the team to develop [...]
Renault F1 to offer “Feel It” experiences
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Teams on April 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The Renault F1 Team has announced plans for what it calls a “Feel It Programme” which will allow participants the opportunity to “become a Grand Prix driver for the day”. The team plans to open its doors and gives fans the chance to experience laps in an F1 car. The event will take place at [...]
Could Bernie be looking at two USGP venues?
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 people, F1 politics on April 27, 2010 | 25 Comments »
The pressure is on in Formula 1 circles to get a United States Grand Prix back on the calendar as quickly as possible. The US is a huge consumer market and, despite the economic troubles of late, the average American has more money to spend than consumers elsewhere. The problem is that the only venue [...]
Helping Michael get up to speed
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on April 27, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Mercedes GP Petronas is to give Michael Schumacher a different chassis for the coming races, in an attempt to revive what is now a flagging Formula 1 return. Schumacher has been overshadowed all year by Nico Rosberg, and while there is no question that Nico is a decent driver, he has never been considered in [...]
A nice publicity stunt for Santander
Posted in F1 Drivers, Humour on April 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Banco Santander spends a great deal of money in Formula 1, as sponsors of Ferrari and McLaren and the Spanish financial institution wants to get a decent bang for its bucks and has decided to use Fernando Alonso to help promote its accident and life insurance business, Santander Seguros. The bank has insured the Spaniard’s [...]
Formula 1 entries
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, Circuits, F1 Teams on April 26, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Lots of people would like to have a Formula 1 team of their own. The problem is finding the money to make that happen – and then knowing how to run such an organisation successfully. Anyone can make an announcement. The news that Serbia’s Zoran Stefanovic is bidding for the one available entry for 2011 [...]
And so the rumours begin
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 people, F1 Teams on April 23, 2010 | 13 Comments »
One of the big disappointments of the year thus far has been the performance of Sauber. The cars have been neither quick, nor reliable, and neither driver has done anything to write home about. It is not surprising that while there are clearly problems with the cars, the drivers will be under scrutiny. The latest [...]
…as the stragglers struggle home
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers, F1 people, F1 Teams on April 23, 2010 | 18 Comments »
As the F1 stragglers continue to struggle home by whatever means they can find – and there are still a lot of them out there between Shanghai and Europe – the F1 circus is beginning to operate as normal again. The cars are back in England and work can begin and there will be a [...]
The battles continue
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 people, Personal musings on April 22, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Yesterday was a day off. As others continue to struggle to get home from China, David Tremayne and I were pretty exhausted after the adventures of recent days and we decided that we would have lunch in the a shadow of the Chateau de Pierrefonds, not far from where I live in France. The sun [...]
