Comments on: Air your views on radio after the German Grand Prix

By: sean k

sean k — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:03:46 +0000

BET BERNIE IS RUBBING HIS HANDS TOGETHER JUST MORE AND MORE PUBLICITY FOR F1 DONT THINK THEY NEEDED TO DO IT SO SOON IN THE SEASON AND JUST TO SAY THANKS TO MASSA FOR NEARLY DYING IN ONE OF THEIR CARS THEY COULD HAVE LET HIM HAVE THE WIN EVEN IF ALONSO LOST THE WC BY THEM SEVEN POINTS MAYBE HE SHOULD HAVE GOT HIS FINGER OUT EARLIER IN SEASON AT LEAST SHUEY PUT RUBINO ON THE TOP STEP OF THE PODIUM AS A MARK OF RESPECT

By: English Dave

English Dave — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:03:33 +0000

Podcast download would be great. In fact I’m sure a regular podcast would be popular whether it was on the radio or not!

By: alejandro

alejandro — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:54:37 +0000

Hi James, any chance at all of getting these radio shows in podcast form? Cheers

By: Alan Wignall

Alan Wignall — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:15:00 +0000

As a fan I’m increasingly cynical about F1 and questioning my future support for the sport. Judging by the hurt and anger expressed by fans on many of the F1 forum’s, I’m not alone.

Isn’t it time F1 put it’s house in order and realised that commercial and team interests are best served by ensuring the support of the fans through genuine racing?

If F1 continues down this path of being self-serving the fans will soon switch off.

By: Ronnie S

Ronnie S — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:42:12 +0000

I was £36k out with my guess regarding Ferrari’s punishment (I said £100k). Bargain for Ferrari. I think the problem is weak management at Ferrari i.e. this embarrassment, Alonso’s Drive Through Pen at Silverstone etc. It will come back to bite them when the crunch comes at the end of the season. By the way, I recommend Talksport’s F1 review. Love Eddie Irvine for his honesty and James is one of the very best journos in the business.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:19:23 +0000

Alonso was the faster of the two drivers today thus Massa had to drive defensively to hold him off once the change to hards had been made. Between teammates is this ideal? They both want to win but at what cost, we’ve seen what happened at Red Bull when a driver made it hard for his quicker teammate to get by.

Alonso’s tires would have been suffering following in Massa’s wake when he should have been out in clear air. Also it was allowing Vettel to close in on the pair of them.

I understand Alonso’s frustration at having to fight a slower TEAMMATE for position. Ferrari looking at the car data decided that Alonso WAS being held up thus the order.

Unlike the Schumi/Barry fiasco in Austria(?) there was a logical reason to let Alonso by:

A he was faster
B he is ahead in the championship
C he is also been the quicker of the two all year so the thinking at Ferrari is he’s our better bet at taking a championship.

It’s already occurred before in Australia. Alonso was clearly quicker and made a few attempts to get by Massa but Massa put up a fight so he backed off to insure a finish.

Massa certainly drove well but not enough to deserve the win IMO.

By: Andy C

Andy C — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:37:17 +0000

I’d love to ask eddie what he thought of the team orders today James.

He was on the end of it at Ferrari so would know exactly what politics occur within the halls of maranello.

By: Robert Lujan

Robert Lujan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:10:33 +0000

Will Ferrari be punished? Should they be punished? I say Felipe earned the win, but Fernando may need the points at the end of the season. Did Ferrari even make an attempt to hide what they were doing? I say they want to see what the FIA will do. Ferrari hope to get away with it and show everyone how important they are to F1. This will be another interesting battle OFF the circuit!

By: brian gilbert

brian gilbert — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:38:37 +0000

BAN RADIO’S IN F1 CARS LET THE DRIVERS WIN OR LOOSE!!!!!!!!

By: Nick172

Nick172 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:31:08 +0000

I hope Ferrari’s utterly disgraceful decision to ask Massa to move over for Alonso is discussed.

How much more obvious does it need to be before the FIA take action? Though I’m sure Jean Todt can relate to what just happened from personal experience so. Othing will happen as usual.

James please headline your race report with – FERRARI TEAM ORDERS RUIN GERMAN GP