People think that electric cars should only be used in cities; that a silent car is dangerous and that racing cars must howl like banshees, although those who know the derivation “a banshee wail” will tell you that this is not such a good thing, as a wailing banshee is an omen of death, or [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Thought for the day
Posted in F1 Drivers on August 31, 2010 | 30 Comments »
Onward and upward…
Posted in Blog news, Personal musings on August 30, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Right, I am now off to drive back to Paris, so it will be a quiet afternoon. Most of the F1 circus is already home and back at their desks, but I thought I would take a gentle potter through the Ardennes, Sedan and the Aisne, perhaps pausing for lunch on the way. I guess [...]
The Korean GP
Posted in F1 Drivers on August 30, 2010 | 14 Comments »
The rumours about Korea have been going on for months and these have clearly begun to feed back to the promoters, who have now issued a photograph showing some of the circuit in what seems to be completed form – with tarmac having been laid. The inaugural F1 Korean Grand Prix is due to take [...]
Monday morning – St Vith
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers, Personal musings on August 30, 2010 | 66 Comments »
Overslept dramatically this morning. I was vaguely aware at six o’clock when some of the Fleet Street got up and set off for the airport. Their only really early morning of the weekend… Then I dozed off again and before I knew it, the mobile phone/camera/alarm clock/address book/music centre/photo album etc said 10.15 and I [...]
The fastest magazine in the F1 world
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on August 29, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Grand Prix + is the fastest e-magazine in Formula 1. The complete 80-page magazine is published around five hours after each Grand Prix. For your £25 annual subscription you get access to all 67 previous magazines, creating an e-archive of Formula 1 races in recent years. The Belgian GP magaziner will be ready in just [...]
Webber on pole at Spa
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on August 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Mark Webber took pole position at Spa ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica. Sebastian Vettel was fourth with Jenson Button fifth, Felipe Massa sixth, Rubens Barrichello seventh, ahead of Adrian Sutil, Nico Hulkenberg and Fernando Alonso. The weather at Spa did not play a major role in qualifying when all was said and done, [...]
Q2: Lewis and Jenson on top
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on August 28, 2010 | Comments Off
McLaren scored a 1-2 in the Q2 session at Spa, ahead of the two Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Adrian Sutil was fifth with Robert Kubica sixth and then the two Ferraris with Felipe Massa ahead of Fernando Alonso. The top 10 was completed by the two Williamses of Rubens Barrichello and [...]
Q1: A wet-dry affair
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on August 28, 2010 | Comments Off
Nico Rosberg set the fastest time of the Q1 session at Spa, ahead of Nico Hulkenberg, Rubens Barrichello and Robertt Kubica. Michael Schumacher was fifth with Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Jenson Button and Felipe Massa following through. Sebastian Vettel was 11th. Adrian Sutil was 12th ahead of Jaime Alguersuari, Sebastien Buemi, Tonio Liuzzi, [...]
Points to remember in Q1, Q2 and Q3
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on August 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As qualifying gets underway at Spa – until Vitaly Petrov shoved his Renault into a wall and caused a red flag – it is worth remembering that Michael Schumacher goes into the session with a grid penalty of 10 places, resulting from his recent unpleasantness with Rubens Barrichello. To make matters worse for Mercedes GP, [...]
Rouge Boeuf on top
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on August 28, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Mark Webber set the pace in a wet-dry session at Spa on Saturday morning. The Red Bull driver was a tenth ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren. Sebastian Vettel was third with Jenson Button fourth, suggesting that the fight on Sunday will probably be between Red Bull Racing and McLaren. Robert Kubica was fifth quickest ahead [...]
