Force India in a mix-up over Fisi to Ferrari

It’s rare in Formula 1 that a team gets to enjoy a moment of pure ecstasy, without something coming along to spoil it.
And so it is proving for Force India, which scored a magnificent podium from pole position in yesterday’s Belgian Grand Prix, but today is having a very public internal argument about whether [...]

Badoer last again but talks up his Monza chances

Ferrari super-sub Luca Badoer crawled in last today for the second race in a row at the Belgian Grand Prix, 102 seconds behind his team mate and the winner of the race, Kimi Raikkonen. But afterwards he spoke of his plans for the next race at Monza, where he believes he will put [...]

FIA to probe claims against Renault’s Singapore victory

Today we got word that the FIA is going to open an enquiry into the events of the Singapore Grand Prix last season, when Nelson Piquet crashed, bringing out a safety car at precisely the right moment for his team mate Fernando Alonso to take advantage and go on to win the race.
The implication [...]

Raikkonen holds off Fisichella to win Spa thriller

Kimi Raikkonen won the Belgian Grand Prix today, for the fourth time in his career, beating pole sitter Giancarlo Fisichella into second place. The pair were never more than 1.1 seconds apart at any stage in a thrilling race, which turned on the restart on lap 5 after a safety car for first lap carnage.

Fisichella [...]

Thoughts on how the Belgian GP may unfold

Today was nothing short of extraordinary, with Giancarlo Fisichella taking the pole for Force India ahead of Jarno Trulli and Nick Heidfeld and tomorrow should be a really exciting Grand Prix. A lot is likely to change from the top ten we have on the grid and any one of three or four drivers could [...]

Rabbit’s foot brings Fisi luck and first pole for Force India

Today was a completely extraordinary qualifying session with many of the biggest names in F1 failing to make the cut for the top ten shootout and Giancarlo Fisichella giving Force India, F1’s lowest budget team, it’s first pole position. Fisi acknowledged that perhaps the rabbit he hit in the morning session, which broke his [...]

Bernie says “Show me the money”, Donington says “We will”

Donington appears on the draft F1 calendar for 2010 on July 11th as the home of the British Grand Prix, but the next hurdle it has to overcome next month is to prove to F1’s commercial rights holder, Bernie Ecclestone, that it has the funding to run the race.

Recycling a quote from a couple of [...]

Ferrari wants Schumacher in third car in 2010

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says in today’s Times that the team would like to run a third car next season for seven times world champion Michael Schumacher, provided he is able to fully recover from his neck injury.

“Going back to Michael, it is correct to say that, if everything is fine, why not see [...]

Sneak preview: Bahrain kicks off 2010 F1 calendar

There is a draft 2010 calendar doing the rounds this weekend.
It’s an 18 race calendar and it starts with Bahrain because Australia needs to be scheduled for a date after the clocks go forward to shorten up the time difference and make the race time in Europe later.
Turkey will be chilly in April, [...]

Badoerwatch: Ferrari doesn’t sugar the pill this time

Episode two of one of Formula 1’s most bizarre soap operas takes place this weekend as Luca Badoer attempts to show the bosses at Ferrari that he has the right stuff to remain a Ferrari race driver for the rest of the season, or until Felipe Massa is fit to return.

Today he finished 20th and [...]

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