An amusing spat between Sutil and Trulli

The last time Jarno Trulli saw Adrian Sutil before today was when he was screaming at him over their first lap collision in Brazil. Trulli felt that the fault was entirely Sutil’s and today in the press conference at Yas Marina Circuit, the war of words spilled out again – that may well have been [...]

A weekend of goodbyes in prospect

This weekend spells the end of one of the most extraordinary F1 seasons in living memory. The season was so packed with dramas, scandals, great sporting moments and unexpected outcomes, it feels like we have had five years packed into one.

With the final race inevitably come some departures from the sport; a few people know [...]

Trulli contract highlights F1 teams squeeze on driver pay

Jarno Trulli did another solid job in qualifying this weekend, fourth on the grid, one of a handful of drivers to judge the changeable conditions perfectly. In the race he was a furious early retirement after a collision with Adrian Sutil. And things are not going smoothly behind the scenes either in his negotiations [...]

Webber wins race, Button wins world championship in style

A fantastic Brazilian Grand Prix ended with Red Bull’s Mark Webber taking the victory, his second of the season, but Jenson Button won the world championship, ironically finishing the race in fifth place, the result that did it for Lewis Hamilton last season. He becomes the tenth British driver to win the F1 world [...]

FIA loses patience with Vatanen

Outgoing FIA president Max Mosley has issued two official press statements today on behalf of the FIA, heavily critical of one of the candidates to replace him, Ari Vatanen.
With the election exactly one week away, Vatanen is being depicted as a divisive an destabilising figure, who doesn’t really know what he’s doing, whereas Jean [...]

Piquet had a seat lined up at Toro Rosso before crash scandal

There is a postscript today to the story of Nelson Piquet and the Singapore crash fixing scandal.

Nelson’s father has spoken to Gazzetta dello Sport’s Pino Allievi about the background to the story and it makes very interesting reading. He has no sympathy for Renault boss Flavio Briatore, who has been banned from motorsport for life,
“He [...]

Massa gives Alonso an uncomfortable welcome

Felipe Massa is playing an interesting game at the moment, with regards to his team mate for next season, Fernando Alonso.

First at a lunch for Brazilian journalists yesterday in Sao Paolo, he claimed that Alonso must have known about the Singapore crash plot, even though he was cleared of involvement by the FIA, “Fernando knew, [...]

A little pointer as to why Red Bull will be quick in Brazil

Mark Webber’s Japanese Grand Prix looked like a bit of a write-off; he finished last, two laps behind his team mate who won the race in the same car. But it could turn out to have been a very worthwhile afternoon.

The Australian crashed on Saturday morning, doing enough damage to his car for it to [...]

Ferrari welcomes Massa back: “We’re not in a hurry”

Felipe Massa arrived back at Maranello yesterday, some two months after the accident which threatened his career. The Brazilian is anxious to get back into a car and race again as soon as possible, but team boss Stefano Domenicali, who managed to beat most of the F1 paddock back to Europe by at least half [...]

Thoughts on the state of the championship

Sebastian Vettel’s win at Suzuka hasn’t exactly brought the championship to life, because it is still very much Jenson Button’s to lose, but it has brought it to within a range which is achievable.

Kimi Raikkonen turned around a 17 point deficit in 2007 and Vettel now trails by 16. With memories of 2007 still [...]

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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

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

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