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Ready, steady, g-ohmystars

Ever wondered how hectic the start of a Grand Prix must be for the men in the midfield? Here’s a bit of on-board footage from Sunday’s race in Valencia, as seen by an old bloke in a Mercedes:

A bit busy, then. I stand by my opinion that this Schumacher chap isn’t all that [...]

In defence of Schumi

I had intended to write this piece a few days ago.  Unfortunately, spending a long weekend camping in a field directly under the landing path for the adjacent East Midlands Airport, pausing only to rock and drink a volume of cider you’ll later come to regret, tends to leave you feeling a tiny bit beaten [...]

Design 101: The Silver (and turquoise) Arrows

What we could do tonight is talk a bit more about that court ruling.  About how the FIA’s guilty verdict still stands, how Flavio Briatore still isn’t permitted to manage racing drivers and how that might give Mark Webber, the only F1 driver yet to jump ship, a bit of trouble come SuperLicence time.  We could [...]

Something really big, happening

It’s official.

Schumacher rumours gather pace

Heavens above, it’s actually going to happen, isn’t it?

The German tabloid Bild reported this weekend that Mercedes had agreed a one year contract with Michael Schumacher.  The German tabloids, in common with the majority of tabloids, are not always renowned for printing stories that have any basis in fact.  This particular paper, however, has been [...]

Does Schumi make sense for Mercedes?

No matter how unlikely it might seem, the speculation linking Michael Schumacher to a full-time racing return with Mercedes Grand Prix in 2010 refuses to go away.

Whether you pay any attention to it is another thing entirely, and depends upon where you take your news from.  If you read The Times, you’ll know that Mercedes [...]

Honestly, you look away for two days…

An awful lot of things happened these past few days, and I was ill so didn’t get to blog about any of them.  The topics that merit further attention will receive it in due course, so let’s recap quickly:

Mercedes have bought a controlling stake in Brawn GP.  The team will race in 2010 as Mercedes [...]