Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes was all dressed up today when he visited Buckingham Palace to formally accept his appointment as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to promote commercial and educational links between the UK and Malaysia. “I am extremely humbled to have received this award today and [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Tony Fernandes CBE
Posted in F1 Teams on March 31, 2011 | 29 Comments »
Rossi to try Lotus in KL
Posted in F1 Drivers on March 31, 2011 | 27 Comments »
American rising star Alexander Rossi will be driving the Lotus T128 on the streets of Putrajaya this weekend. It will be the young Californian’s second chance to test a Formula 1 car, having tested a BMW Sauber F1.09 back in 2009, as part of his prize for winning the previous year’s Formula BMW World Final. [...]
Bleating and being beaten
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on March 31, 2011 | 77 Comments »
What is the definition of legal? In a perfect world there would be right and wrong. Black and white. But in competition mankind tends to find what in F1 circles are referred to as “grey areas” where there is an argument as to the rights and wrongs of a concept. Defining legal is not simple [...]
Hamilton to star in Cars 2
Posted in F1 Drivers on March 31, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Lewis Hamilton will be taking a role as one of the voices in Disney Pixar’s movie Cars 2, which will be released this summer. The original Cars, which was launched in 2006, featured the voice of Michael Schumacher in the European markets. Directed by John Lasseter, the film will again feature the voices of Owen [...]
Why F1 engines have been changed in 2013
Posted in F1 Teams, FIA and F1 politics on March 31, 2011 | 38 Comments »
One of the aims of the new Formula 1 regulations for 2013 is to create more sustainable engines and help the automotive industry develop new technologies. Yes, there are some people complaining about the costs involved, but the bottom line here is that no-one is forcing the car manufacturers to stay. They are involved in [...]
Sauber decides not to appeal
Posted in F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on March 30, 2011 | 28 Comments »
The Sauber team has decided not to appeal against the verdict of the stewards following the Australian Grand Prix which deprived Sergio Pérez and Kamui Kobayashi of seventh and eighth places. The post-race scrutineering check by the race stewards revealed that a radius on the upper rear wing element on Pérez’s and Kobayashi’s cars contravened [...]
Kimi to NASCAR
Posted in F1 Drivers on March 30, 2011 | 46 Comments »
There are reports that Kimi Raikkonen will compete in some NASCAR Truck Series races this summer, with the long term goal being to compete in Nationwide and Sprint Cup. Raikkonen will reportedly join forces with Foster Gillett as a partner in a new team called ICE1. Gillett is the son of George Gillett, a former [...]
In the departure lounge…
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on March 29, 2011 | 42 Comments »
I am in the Emirates Lounge at Tullamarine International Airport in Melbourne with an Apple in one hand, and a glass of Cloudy Bay in the other. So life is not too bad. It has been a slow day, after finishing GP+ at some crazy hour of the night. I had a wander around Melbourne [...]
Six hours after the race, a 77-page magazine
Posted in Action at Grands Prix on March 27, 2011 | 28 Comments »
Sauber to appeal
Posted in F1 Drivers on March 27, 2011 | 23 Comments »
Sauber has announced its intention to appeal against the exclusion of its two cars from the Australian GP.
