Strong reaction to £30 million budget cap
There’s some very good writing in reaction to yesterday’s shock announcement of the £30 million budget cap and the new system for deciding the champion.
There’s no doubt that a big part of the background to this is a response from Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone to the formation of FOTA and its recent announcement of [...]
Teams react badly to Mosley's £30m cost cap
I nearly choked on my Rich Tea biscuit when the news came through about the £30 million budget cap voted through today by the FIA world motor sport council.
The teams did likewise. They did not expect this after presenting such a unanimous front the other week in Geneva. Their confidence that their unified voice would [...]
Todt and Ferrari part company
Jean Todt, who guided Ferrari’s F1 team to it’s greatest era of success, with 13 world championships in the period from 1999 to 2007, has stepped down from all his administrative roles at the company, Ferrari has just announced at a shareholders’ meeting.
“Todt has been one of the fundamental protagonists of the Ferrari story [...]
Renault and McLaren on the up
Fernando Alonso set the fastest time on the second day at Jerez today.
His lap of 1 min 18.343 was 5/100th faster than Rubens Barrichello’s best in the Brawn. This compares with the time of 1min 19.945, he set on the final day of the last Jerez test a fortnight ago. This does not mean that [...]
BMW boss – Now for the world title
Mario Theissen put out a quick Q & A today with some comments about FOTA, a look back at the winter testing and a quandry about whether to use KERS or not at the first race. He makes no mention of the Brawn phenomenon.
BMW’s testing has gone pretty well, but not outstandingly. Many, including myself, [...]
Who is the F1 front runner?
This has been a great week for F1 with a real buzz starting to build around the start of the new season. As predicted it has also given us a much better idea of where the teams are relative to each other in performance, with a few surprises, like McLaren and Brawn.
The key question is, [...]
Honda will race in 2009!
Former Honda CEO Nick Fry was at the FOTA press conference this morning and after FOTA president Luca di Montezemolo confirmed that the team had been saved, he felt obliged to confirm this and to say that it would not have happened without FOTA support.
“Our team has been and will benefit from FOTA, first in [...]
Watch out for Force India!
Things are really starting to hot up now as the new season approaches and the final two tests before the first race are upon us. This week Jerez, next week Barcelona. We will know who’s looking good and who’s not in the next fortnight.
The new Force India package has been launched and this team are [...]
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 [...]
Red Bull hits the track..for a bit
The new Red Bull hit the track today, for all of 14 laps before being halted by a gearbox problem. Uh-oh. The gearbox was the Achilles Heel in 2007. Let’s hope that this is just a small teething problem.
The car looks pretty cool, I like the long think nose and the experts seem to think [...]
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after Belgian Grand Prix
| 1 | L Hamilton | 1:29:04.260 |
| 2 | M Webber | +00:01.571 |
| 3 | R Kubica | +00:03.493 |
| 4 | F Massa | +00:08.264 |
| 5 | A Sutil | +00:09.094 |
| 6 | N Rosberg | +00:12.359 |
| 7 | M Schumacher | +00:15.548 |
| 8 | +00:16.678 | K Kobayashi |
| 9 | V Petrov | +00:23.951 |
| 10 | J Alguersuari | +00:29.457 |
Driver Standings
| 1 | L Hamilton | 182 |
| 2 | M Webber | 179 |
| 3 | S Vettel | 151 |
| 4 | J Button | 147 |
| 5 | F Alonso | 141 |
| 6 | F Massa | 109 |
| 7 | R Kubica | 104 |
| 8 | N Rosberg | 102 |
| 9 | A Sutil | 45 |
| 10 | M Schumacher | 44 |
Team Standings
| 1 | Red Bull Renault | 330 |
| 2 | McLaren-Mercedes | 329 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 250 |
| 4 | Mercedes GP | 146 |
| 5 | Renault | 123 |
| 6 | Force India Mercedes | 57 |
| 7 | Williams Cosworth | 40 |
| 8 | BMW Sauber | 27 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 11 |
| 10= | Lotus F1 | 0 |
| 10= | Hispania Racing F1 | 0 |
| 10= | Virgin Racing | 0 |
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