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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 [...]

Because Singapore wasn't all dull, honest

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 [...]

Not falling, just stumbling

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 [...]

The beginning of the end for F1’s youngest ever driver?

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 [...]

Farewell, Seabass

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 [...]