Abu Dhabi to be a day/night race
Bernie Ecclestone announced today that the season finale at the new Yas Marina Island circuit will be F1’s first ever day/night race, starting at twilight and ending in the dark.
This seems to me like a really good idea and I must say that when I came away from Singapore last year I felt that this [...]
Hamilton fastest in Friday practice at Spa
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the second Friday practice session for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.
The world champion was not expecting to be a front runner this weekend as the McLaren has had a weakness all season on high speed corners, of which there are several here.
Timo Glock was second, with Toyota looking more [...]
Button loses his rag over question of will to win
Jenson Button lost his cool yesterday with the man from the Times, Ed Gorman, when he suggested that in the eyes of some, Button didn’t actually want to win the world championship.
“I don’t think people are saying that seriously. Who could possibly say that?” said an incredulous Button.
Button has made heavy going of shutting [...]
Fisichella talks about ‘dream’ Ferrari drive at Monza
Giancarlo Fisichella was at the centre of attention yesterday afternoon in the Spa paddock, being photographed and interviewed left right and centre.
This is because the odds are shortening all the time on him driving a Ferrari in the Italian Grand Prix next month and for the remaining races until Felipe Massa comes back. Exactly when [...]
Reading between the lines with Alonso, Kubica and Rosberg
This afternoon I sat down, along with various press colleagues, with Fernando Alonso, Robert Kubica and Nico Rosberg and all three gave very interesting insights into their thought processes at this important time in the driver market.
It’s quite possible that all three drivers will move teams for next year. Widespread rumour since last Christmas has [...]
Spa – the joy of a real race track!
Just arrived at Spa after a 6-55am BA flight from Heathrow. Ross Brawn and some of his senior engineers were on it as well as some of the photographers.
Then the 90 minute drive from Brussels to Spa, which is about half an hour south of the city of Liege. Amazingly it’s a beautiful [...]
The inside line on new Abu Dhabi track with Bruno Senna
Bruno Senna has been in Abu Dhabi for the last two days, driving the new Yas Marina Circuit and meeting the people there.
Senna says he is more hopeful of getting an F1 seat next year as there are more opportunities than there were this year.
With just over two months to go until the inaugural [...]
BRDC votes to invite investors into Silverstone
The efforts of the BRDC board to attract serious investment from outside sources to shore up the future of Silverstone took a step forward today when the members voted to allow the board to entertain offers.
It has been rumoured that investors from the Gulf are interested in buying in. This should not be confused with [...]
Montezemolo gives Badoer one more chance, Bianchi waits for call up
Ferrari president Luca Montezemolo chaired a meeting yesterday at Maranello at which it was confirmed that Luca Badoer would be given the opportunity to have a second race in the Ferrari.
But, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, he has been told that unless he does something pretty special, he may well be replaced for the [...]
Brawn looks to 2010 with confidence
Over the weekend I heard that the Brawn team had signed a new sponsor for 2010 and had some off the record chats about it with some of the people there.
Today I see that the story is in the open as Autosport has got Nick Fry to talk on the record about it,
“We’ve signed some [...]
after German Grand Prix
| 1 | F Alonso | 1h28:38.866 |
| 2 | F Massa | + 4.196 |
| 3 | S Vettel | + 5.121 |
| 4 | L Hamilton | + 26.896 |
| 5 | J Button | + 29.482 |
| 6 | M Webber | + 43.606 |
| 7 | R Kubica | 1 lap |
| 8 | N Rosberg | 1 lap |
| 9 | M Schumacher | 1 lap |
| 10 | V Petrov | 1 lap |
Driver Standings
| 1 | L Hamilton | 157 |
| 2 | J Button | 143 |
| 3 | M Webber | 136 |
| 4 | S Vettel | 136 |
| 5 | F Alonso | 123 |
| 6 | N Rosberg | 94 |
| 7 | R Kubica | 89 |
| 8 | F Massa | 85 |
| 9 | M Schumacher | 38 |
| 10 | A Sutil | 35 |
Team Standings
| 1 | McLaren-Mercedes | 300 |
| 2 | Red Bull Renault | 272 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 208 |
| 4 | Mercedes GP | 132 |
| 5 | Renault | 96 |
| 6 | Force India Mercedes | 47 |
| 7 | Williams Cosworth | 31 |
| 8 | BMW Sauber | 15 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 10 |
| 10= | Lotus F1 | 0 |
| 10= | Hispania Racing F1 | 0 |
| 10= | Virgin Racing | 0 |
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