Many thanks to the over 200 of you who entered predictions as to what the fastest lap time of the week in Barcelona would be from the McLaren and Mercedes cars, both of which needed to improve after disappointing early tests. As we’ve come to expect with our readers, there were many, many people who were within a few tenths, even hundredths of a second from the right answer. However most of you thought that McLaren would be faster than Mercedes, which is interesting. In fact Mercedes’ new update did the trick and Michael Schumacher set the fastest time of More…

My review of the 2009 F1 season, entitled “F1 2009 – A Revolutionary Year” went on sale today. The book tells the story of the 2009 season, from the McLaren launch in January to the last race in Abu Dhabi. I called it “A Revolutionary Year” because this was a year in which the backmarkers of 2008 won the championship and the champion teams of recent times lost their dominance. Off track it was the year when the teams revolted against the governing body and almost started a breakaway series. It covers all 17 Grands Prix and tells the behind More…