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We are now two races into the second half of the season. Monza was this past weekend and as the title of this post suggests, I don’t think anyone who is not wearing a white jacket with funny sleeves that can be tied together in the back will disagree. The 2013 Formula 1 Drivers Championship is all but a formality now. What started as a year of such promise and excitement has… Read More
Hello everyone I’m back. I wish this post was being written not under duress, but the joy of a brilliant qualifying session seeing Ferrari and Fernando on the second row in P2. Sadly that is not the case. This will be less a post but more of a rant. This is the luxury I have as a blogger and not a journalist. This post won’t even undergo the several re-reads and the… Read More
I recently wrote a post titled “Ferrari You’re Ruining My Summer.” It was slightly tongue and cheek which more times than not is my approach to F1 (at the end of the day it is just cars going around in circles really). In it I stated that the GP of Hungary was due in nineteen days and it was time for the boys in red to show up with a transformed car…. Read More
I know that might be a taking this most recent win by Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton at the wheel a little too far. Sebastian Vettel is probably going to win the championship this year. However, lets look at that word “probably.” Here is what Merriam and Webster has to say about it: Prob-a-bly adverb 1. insofar as seems reasonably true, factual, or to be expected, 2. without much doubt. Hmm. “without much… Read More
OK, maybe that is little harsh, my summer is going just fine. I live in sunny Los Angeles and work in the entertainment industry. I am currently on vacation from the three TV shows I work on. It is perfect weather; there are plenty of backyard parties and catching up with friends, life is great quite frankly. Despite all that, I am in a slight panic from what I have seen in… Read More
As the title implies these were the top three finishers when the checkered flag came out at the end of racing on Sunday. With perfect weather in the 2013 running of the British GP, you could not have asked for a more action packed, drama filled race. Where to begin? All season long the Pirelli tires have been the story and for this meeting on the Formula 1 calendar the tires once… Read More
Monday – The race week begins. Coming off the the second place in Montreal, I have high hopes for Ferrari and Fernando Alonso at this weekend British GP. Tuesday – Starting to check all the news services and F1 websites for any and all tidbits of information that I can use to get a overall picture of the race weekend. Wednesday – The big news is all about Mark Webber’s retirement. I… Read More
While Sebastian Vettel was streaking away into the distance with a commanding lead in the Canadian Grand Prix, another race was taking place on the same track. A race that was more exciting to watch and much more interesting, a race with a plot, a subplot, and lots of history. It was a classic showdown between two drivers, both world champions, both with legions of fans that will argue which one is… Read More
It was these three drivers on the podium at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix. Yes, Vettel was the one on the top step but really all three of them won in one way or the other. A race that was forecast to be run with rainy conditions in fact ended up sunny and dry. A perfect day to go motor racing, and on this day the top three finishers showed… Read More
Recently I read that Mark Webber and Christian Horner, both of Red Bull Racing, feel qualifying does not matter much anymore. Really now? Well let’s just take a look at that. The back story here is the issue of Pirelli’s 2013 spec tire that has been the center of controversy this season. This is nothing new to the followers of F1 be they casual fans or F1 junkies (like myself). But for… Read More
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