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It’s the done thing at this time of year, isn’t it?
The teams we all expected to challenge were nowhere. The teams we’d written off in pre-season were somewhere, and a team that barely made it to the first race won the whole show. The world champion divided opinion, with his supporters matched in size and volume [...]
A couple of quick ones for you, appearing here because to have put them in the main write-up would have given the altogether false impression that what took place today was an interesting motor race:
- Martin Brundle called him ‘Teflonso’ on the grid. How many of you are sat kicking yourselves right now for not [...]
From first practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix:
19. Buemi STR 1:23.998 +1.720
20. Alguersuari STR 1:24.228 +1.950
If he keeps that up all weekend, either STR have access to a wonderful simulator or questions need to be asked about the performance of all those folks with proper F1 experience. Unless it’s the cars, of course, but surely they aren’t [...]
Felipe’s right, isn’t he?
There are to be no terrible Ferrari-based predictions this weekend, so let’s explore some other ways of setting up for a fall. About a week ago, when we were bidding Sebastien Bourdais farewell, I asked whether Scuderia Toro Rosso would be wise to put Jaime Alguersuari, a 19 year old with minimal F1 [...]
Unless Red Bull have some junior driver I’ve forgotten about, only 10% of the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix will be called Seb. Sebastien Bourdais is the first F1 driver to lose his seat in 2009, paying the price for a season of underperformance at Scuderia Toro Rosso.
It’d be easy, if you were so inclined, to [...]
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