As the end of October approaches, options in various contracts will be running out and some of the F1 teams and drivers will therefore be free to make announcements about the future. It is a good time for teams to be at peace with their drivers, if they want to keep them in 2013. There … Continue reading Dominos
Category: F1 Teams
Mallya case dropped
The embarrassing arrest warrant that was issued against Vijay Mallya and others involved in his Kingfisher Airlines, has been withdrawn after the airport in question was paid. This is good news for Mallya, who can now return to India without fear of being arrested, but it may not be such good news in the longer … Continue reading Mallya case dropped
Arrest warrant for Mallya
Force India boss Vijay Mallya has run into more trouble in Hyderabad where the 13th Metropolitan Sessions Court has issued an arrest warrant against him in a case filed by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd which manages the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The case dates back several months when cheques issued by Kingfisher bounced. The … Continue reading Arrest warrant for Mallya
Lewis and Mercedes
If, as is being reported, it is confirmed that Lewis Hamilton has moved from McLaren to Mercedes, it will be a leap of great faith in the German-owned operation, but may be a decision that the British youngster will one day regret. With the exception of Ferrari - which is in any case a very … Continue reading Lewis and Mercedes
Who is Cyril Abiteboul?
The new CEO of Caterham F1 is Frenchman Cyril Abiteboul, a 35-year-old who is seen as being one of young high flyers at Renault. Educated at the prestigious Lycée Carnot and Lycée Chaptal high schools in Paris, both well known for preparing the best and birghtest youngsters for France's Grandes Ecoles. To put that into … Continue reading Who is Cyril Abiteboul?
Hamilton and Mercedes
Eddie Jordan is close to Bernie Ecclestone and it is not unusual for EJ to be used to put out stories. So if EJ is saying that Lewis Hamilton is close to signing for Mercedes, one needs to listen. But is it true? McLaren says that Lewis's management is saying it is not true. I … Continue reading Hamilton and Mercedes
The harsh realities
Vitaly Petrov is a pay driver. A good one, but a pay driver nonetheless and if his friends in Russia do not deliver the cash for him to continue in F1 in 2013 then Caterham will take another driver who can provide what is needed. The second driver role is not that important. At the … Continue reading The harsh realities
A stupid (or worse) story
There is a story kicking around today that McLaren might be doing a deal with Coca-Cola. There are two ways to read such an article. The first is that the author (and the copiers around the web) are just not very clever. McLaren is in a long-term strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The British conglomerate … Continue reading A stupid (or worse) story
The accident at Duxford
Maria de Villota drove a Renault Formula 1 car at Paul Ricard last year. She had no obvious qualifications to be a Formula 1 driver and no Superlicence, but private testing does not require the same rules and regulations as "official" activities. What she did have was some money and a dream and that made … Continue reading The accident at Duxford
De Villota’s accident
The accident this morning at Duxford, an aerodrome near Cambridge, involving Marussia's Maria de Villota has garnered a lot of headlines, but for the moment we know very little about the circumstances of the accident and the extent of the injuries involved. On such circumstances there is always a fair amount of sensationalism, and it … Continue reading De Villota’s accident