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May201130

Rob

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The streets of Monaco supply the F1 drama

Monaco is always a fabulous weekend, with the drivers pitting themselves against the ultimate F1 challenge. Sergio Perez, Felipe Massa, Vitaly Petrov and all the other incidents just goes to show how little room for error there is on the streets of the principality. Vettel won a lucky race, Button and Alonso had the pace at various stages to beat him but circumstance prevented them from doing so.
The race was fantastic with the drivers overtaking around the streets, though some did it better than others, Hamilton was lucky to walk away from the weekend with any points, if I was the stewards I’d have given him a drive through for the crash with Maldanado which would have meant a lot more than the 20s he had tacked onto his race time. He needs to calm down and focus, Button was unlucky not to win the race and Hamilton was [...]

Feb201128

Rob

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Testing times in F1

Three tests down and the last about to start before the 2011 season kicks off two weeks late in Melbourne after the cancellation postponement of the Bahrain GP.
2011 looks to be a stellar season in F1 – did I just use the word ’stellar’? – with Red Bull continuing their position as the team to beat and Ferrari showing good form. McLaren will have a fast car too, they always do and they have a well earned reputation for improving their car throughout the season.
The tyres are likely to play a key role this year too with the Pirellis not lasting as long during testing as last years Bridgestones. It will be an interesting year as during the tyre war a few years back it took teams nearly a whole season to effectively make the switch from one supplier, now all the teams are doing it together but will that [...]

Feb201118

Rob

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No Bahrain? Australia to start? What will Ferrari and Nico Rosberg do?

With the political unrest currently in the Middle East spreading into Bahrain over the past week the world of F1 seems set to end up making some sort of political statement. They have a scheduled test and then the first GP of the year both set to happen in the next month in a country that is beginning to show the same dissatisfaction as other Middle Eastern countries and bar Iran they have succumbed to the pressure and had to do something.
F1 will want to keep it’s hands clean in the political sphere to avoid harming and future deals with either the current or any future power holders in the country but without a swift end to the protests it can’t justify aligning itself with any faction that would be the case were the GP to be held. I suspect that the situation will have calmed down for the race [...]

Feb201107

Rob

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Full year report: Hispania

Hispania Racing only just made the start of the season and are rooted to the bottom of the standings. Their car just isn’t fast enough and has never looked like being so. They have swapped drivers around and haven’t had an experienced driver to drive the car. With funding for next year still uncertain and the team never really having got started it seems deals with Williams are the next best thing. If they start next year then they need to start putting in performances that trouble the bottom teams otherwise why bother.
Bruno Senna all of his uncle attitude but I haven’t seen the raw pace or the fire, maybe it’s hidden inside the awful car but he needs to provide something for people to get excited about if he wants to stay in F1, his name will only get him so far.
Karun Chandhok was a nice guy who was [...]

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