What shall we call the new Honda team?

Honda F1 team looks like it has been saved by a management buyout headed by Ross Brawn and now it needs to be renamed and rebranded. So what shall it be called?
If we had a bit more time we could propose to the BBC that they do a reality game show to find a name, [...]

More on BBC's new head of F1

Following the news that Niall Sloane, executive producer of F1, has quit the BBC, I saw on the Guardian media website that the BBC has appointed Ben Gallop as head of F1.
I’ve asked around and apparently he comes from the online side of the media business rather than TV and has no F1 background. Mark [...]

BBC F1 boss quits

I was sad to see in Charlie Sale’s column in the Daily Mail today that Niall Sloane, the executive producer of the BBC’s F1 coverage has quit. Sloane is a football man, a former player in fact, who took charge of the F1 brief when the BBC won back the rights last March. He [...]

Things are moving Honda and USF1's way

I’ve written extensively about the moves afoot to bring down costs in Formula 1 over the last couple of months and talked about how the FIA intended to produce a set of rules for 2010 based on areas of non-compete on the cars to reduce costs for everyone. The key proposal is for the big [...]

Tapas and optimism from Williams

Just had a very enjoyable day at Williams HQ in Grove where a few of us were treated to a series of briefings by the team. The drivers Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima were there, we had a talk around the car by technical director Sam Michael and then a briefing on the team’s [...]

Ferrari changes car ahead of McLaren test clash

With its first head-to-head testing clash with McLaren due next week at Jerez (1st to 5th), the Ferrari F60 is undergoing a major metamorphosis, according to today’s Gazzetta dello Sport.
The wings and exhausts are being revised as part of a long list of scheduled updates. This is normal and most teams will have extensive updates [...]

Latest quotes- Williams discuss RBS pullout

Williams CEO Adam Parr has just done a conference call with the media on the news that RBS is to pull out of F1 at the end of 2010.
“It isn’t good news for the sport for a sponsor like RBS to announce it’s withdrawing. We’ve suspected for some time that there wasn’t much chance of [...]

Williams holds onto RBS until end of 2010

Williams has just announced that RBS will stay with the team this season and next, but that the sponsorship will finish at the end of 2010.
RBS is conducting a review of all its sponsorships in light of the critical situation in the banking sector and the huge corporate losses shortly to be announced.
The partnership with [...]

McLaren welcomes USF1 team

Martin Whitmarsh, who on Sunday will take over as McLaren team principal, has welcomed the USF1 initiative of broadcaster Peter Windsor and former Ligier engineer Ken Anderson.
In a spirit of togetherness and encouragement which sums up the mood of the times at the moment with all teams sticking together and backing each other, Whitmarsh said [...]

BBC trailer "mash-ups"

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What will the BBC use as their theme tune? Well, in case you have been wondering about the trailer that Ben G was referring to in his earlier comment … Here it is: a YouTube mash-up that uses The Chain as inspiration. There are links to all sorts of would-be BBC intros at the end [...]

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