The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) has announced that Formula One has inaugurated a comprehensive and externally audited carbon emissions reduction programme. This is in addition to steps being taken by the FIA to reduce the carbon footprint of the sport. FOTA commissioned the environmental research analysis organisation Trucost to research and analyse the full [...]
Archive for June, 2010
FOTA reveals its own carbon emissions programme
Posted in F1 politics, F1 Teams, Sustainability on June 30, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Hamilton, Button and Senna…
Posted in F1 Drivers on June 30, 2010 | 58 Comments »
McLaren has just revealed a new viral video, featuring Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button visiting a warehouse full of old McLaren F1 cars. I was told about this in Valencia. Apparently it was completely unscripted and while there were a lot of cameras in the building they were hidden away so that the drivers were [...]
If you have questions…
Posted in Personal musings on June 29, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Do you want to talk about Mark Webber flying in Valencia; or whether the punishments were right in the European Grand Prix; or a view from the inside about the characters involved in the sport..? Well, why not come along to an “Audience with Joe” at Silverstone on Friday, July 9. The event will take [...]
Now that the dust has settled
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers, F1 people, F1 Teams on June 29, 2010 | 57 Comments »
Looking back at the Valencia weekend there were a number of things that perhaps need some discussions. There was much talk about the penalties involved and whether they were fair or not. Ferrari obviously felt that Fernando Alonso was hard done by, while McLaren felt pretty much the same way about Lewis Hamilton’s penalty. There [...]
Would you believe it?
Posted in Personal musings on June 28, 2010 | 45 Comments »
The return to Paris passed without drama until we touched down at Orly and rolled to our parking spot, whereupon the pilot came on the public address to inform us that the ground staff had decided a few minutes earlier to go in strike and there was no way to get us off the plane [...]
The great thing about being an F1 reporter
Posted in Personal musings on June 28, 2010 | 34 Comments »
It was not a great weekend of racing in Valencia. It never is. The track is poorly designed and it has yet to produce a good F1 race. After three years my feeling is that it never will. It is time for a rethink. The town is a good place. We do not get out [...]
Five second penalties for all and sundry…
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on June 27, 2010 | 45 Comments »
The FIA has decided to give five second time penalties to drivers Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Nico Hulkenberg, Robert Kubica, Vitaly Petrov, Adrian Sutil, Tonio Liuzzi, Sebastien Buemi and Pedro de la Rosa for failing to meet the requirements of the lap time when the Safety Car comes out. This changes the minor placings. By [...]
Q3: Vettel pips Webber to pole
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on June 26, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Red Bull domination in qualifying continued in Valencia with Sebastian Vettel taking position from team-mate Mark Webber by 0.075 second. The pair were just ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren, with the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in fourth and fifth positions. Robert Kubica was sixth in his Renault with Jenson Button seventh, followed [...]
Q2: Vettel fastest. Schumacher out.
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on June 26, 2010 | Comments Off
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap of the Q2 session in Valencia beating his team-mate Mark Webber. Felipe Massa was third for Ferrari ahead of Robert Kubica, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, Nico Hulkenberg and Vitaly Petrov. Out went Sebastien Buemi, Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil, Tonio Liuzzi, Michael Schumacher, Pedro de la [...]
Q1 Kubica quickest. Schumacher struggles through
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on June 26, 2010 | Comments Off
Robert Kubica set the fastest time of the Q1 session in Valencia ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button, with Rubens Barrichello a surprising fourth for Williams. Michael Schumacher looked to be in trouble until the final seconds when he managed to muscle his Mercedes to 12th. Out went Kamui Kobayashi’s Sauber, the two Lotuses, [...]
