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Beware the unexpected Spaniard

If it seems like only yesterday that Giancarlo Fisichella was being reported as favourite for the vacant Sauber drive, that’s because it really, genuinely was.

Sometimes these things make too much sense.  Fisi spent much of 2009 showing well for Force India, before forging late-season links with Ferrari that saw him given a testing and development [...]

January 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Formula 1 | Leave a comment

Weighing up, briefly: Monza qualifying

This week, “Brevity will get you everywhere.”

After the Chinese meal, the drinks that followed, the tour of Hartlepool’s clubs and the eventual horrible singing, it was the second chorus of Delilah that decisively saw off my already-fragile voice.  I should really go and rest that, so we’ll not be long this week.

You know how these things [...]

September 13th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: F1 qualifying - Weighing Up, Formula 1 | Leave a comment

Replacing Massa’s replacement’s replacement

Third time lucky?

First there was Michael Schumacher, whose fractured neck put paid to his comeback before it ever really started.  Then there was People’s Champion Luca Badoer, whose comedy stylings reminded fans worldwide that they were only a couple of lucky breaks away from driving the second Ferrari themselves.  Now?

As the only one [...]

September 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Formula 1 | Leave a comment

Happening before your very eyes: Belgian GP

Formula One is so terribly predictable these days, isn’t it?  In such a technologically advanced sport, one where what you’re driving matters as much as how you drive it, a quick car is a quick car.  There’s no mystery any more.  Unless it’s one of those races where the weather can’t make its mind up, [...]

September 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: F1 race reviews, Formula 1 | One comment

Weighing up: Spa qualifying

This week, “Yes, I’m sure it’s not upside down.”

There are twenty cars, each weighing 605kg without fuel, and there are three qualifying sessions.  At the end of the first session, the slowest five men are knocked out.  At the end of the second session, the same.  The remaining ten drivers fill up with enough fuel to [...]

August 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: F1 qualifying - Weighing Up, Formula 1 | One comment