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Feb201115

Rob

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Testing continues in Spain

Williams will have done their stock price no harm with this test showing as Rubens Barrichello pulled out the fastest time in Jerez. The testing regime doesn’t really allow for a comparison, we all saw what Sauber did last year in the pre-season – and look where they are again.
The headline times don’t tell the whole story as the big teams seemed to set the most consistent fast times with Red Bull and Ferrari looking the strongest of those. McLaren may have to play catch up yet again, if only they’d make it easy for themselves at the start of the year.
Mercedes seem in all sorts of trouble with issues with the car and not seeming like they have the pace, though again it is only pre-season and in F1 terms there’s still a long way to go until that first race.
Renault continue to evaluate drivers to replace Kubica who [...]

Feb201107

Rob

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Full year report: Williams

Williams have had a lacklustre season, they haven’t really threatened other than when the track is damp, and even then not the front. Barrichello has hauled the car into the points on more occasions than it deserved and Hulkenberg has started to pick up the places too but ultimately a lack of pace on long runs has meant that they fade on a Sunday even when they have done well in qualifying.
Rubens Barrichello is the most experienced guy in F1 and he has shown it this year with some decent races finishes and the fact that Williams have bee able to develop the car at such a pace. It will be ashame if he bows out of F1 without a fanfare, but I can’t see why he would.
Nico Hulkenberg had a lot to prove coming into this season, the field is a wash with young Germans and he hasn’t done [...]

Nov201008

Rob

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The title goes to the wire as Vettel takes the honours in Brazil

With Vettel winning in Brazil the title goes to the next race in Abu Dhabi, the same result would see Alonso lift the crown but surely even Red Bull would switch the drivers so that they take the title, it’s not like Alonso could whinge about that.
It was a good race fro Red Bull, apart from Hulkenberg sitting on pole they had pretty much the perfect weekend, and to top that they came away with the constructors crown. Red Bull deserve the constructors title this year, they clearly have the best car and arguably have had for the last season and a half. Adrian Newey really was worth all of that money.
Webber should be pleased with the weekend, although Vettel can still win the title,  Alonso only has to finish 5th to ensure that Vettel can’t take the crown. With the Ferrari looking everybit as if it is the [...]

Sep201027

Rob

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Alonso shines under the lights of Singapore

Love him or hate him Fernando Alonso is a great F1 driver, he soaked up tremendous amounts of pressure to secure a back-to-back victory for himself and Ferrari. He needed those points to give himself a hope in the title and now he’s only 9 points behind Mark Webber, that would be under two in last years system. Button is now 25pts off the pace but that’s still only a single race victory. With four races to go a DNF would probably be the end of the title chances unless everyone else suffers similarly. With races in Japan, Korea, Brazil and Abu Dhabi on the calendar and with some doubt surrounding the Korean GP there is simply no margin for error.
The race itself took part under floodlight which is the norm for Singapore, which into it’s third year didn’t seem to prove an issue to the drivers as they [...]

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