Well, that’s not strictly true, but after taking a fortnight off “fishing” in the summer break, I discovered that it is possible to NOT write about Formula 1 every single day of the year. I was able to spend a few precious days with my nearest and dearest, unencumbered with the responsibility of keeping a [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Gone (ice) fishing…
Posted in Blog news, Humour, Personal musings on December 22, 2010 | 61 Comments »
Who needs a Grand Prix?
Posted in Humour on December 21, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Formula 1 races are generally sold on the basis that they will boost the economy of a region. They are expensive, but they normally generate enough business to make the locals happy with the results. Iceland, however, has stumbled on a new way to attract tourists, which costs very little in comparison to F1. The [...]
Virgin signs d’Ambrosio
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on December 21, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Marussia Virgin Racing has signed Belgian Jérôme D’Ambrosio to partner Timo Glock in 2011. The 25 year old took part in an evaluation role with the team in the latter part of the season and Virgin reports that “his speed and excellent technical feedback saw him pass the test with flying colours”. D’Ambrosio has spent [...]
A century for GP+
Posted in F1 Drivers on December 20, 2010 | 23 Comments »
GrandPrix+ is an e-magazine, delivered in PDF format. It has been produced just a few hours after every Grand Prix since the spring of 2007 when it was launched by Joe Saward and David Tremayne. It won the Newspress New Media Award that year for innovation. Subscriptions are for a calendar year but for £25 [...]
Frank wins an award
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on December 20, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Formula 1 drivers did not figure in the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year event which was held over the weekend at the LG Arena in Birmingham. The winner of the main award was Ulster jockey Tony McCoy, who has been champion jockey 15 times, despite being only 36. He had won all the [...]
New Grands Prix?
Posted in Circuits, F1 politics on December 20, 2010 | 23 Comments »
Formula 1 has seen a notable shift towards Asia in recent years, with new races in Malaysia, China, Singapore and Korea, with India coming soon. The story may not be over yet as there are signs that other Asian countries have seen the impact that Formula 1 can have and want a piece of the [...]
Looking on the F1 bright side
Posted in F1 politics, F1 Teams on December 20, 2010 | 24 Comments »
I read somewhere that the average American child witnesses 20,000 murders on TV before reaching the age of 18. Violent feature films sell well and news always tends to be bad news, because that is what people want to hear about. Or at least that is what the ratings say. There are occasional quirky stories [...]
Tom Walkinshaw – another obituary
Posted in F1 Drivers on December 19, 2010 | 24 Comments »
My friend and colleague David Tremayne has penned an obituary of Tom Walkinshaw in the latest edition of Grand Prix + magazine, I think it is worth publishing here to show another side to the man. We all had our different experiences with TW and it is good that the world sees more than one [...]
Here’s a press release…
Posted in F1 Teams on December 17, 2010 | 40 Comments »
Hilton Racing, the leader in Formula One fan and driver hospitality worldwide, launched today the results of its Formula One Fan Survey, which asked thousands of racing fanatics around the world about the action on and off the track this year. After an exhilarating and action-packed season, Hilton Racing’s survey addresses some of the too-often [...]
Breakaways…
Posted in F1 politics, F1 Teams, FIA and F1 politics on December 17, 2010 | 27 Comments »
Luca di Montezemolo’s media gathering the other day in Italy resulted in some headlines about the potential for a Formula 1 “breakaway” series. This was largely journalistic spin, as Montezemolo was simply listing the ways in which the commercial structure of the sport could develop: keeping the same arrangement as today; finding new owners who [...]
