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From GrandPrix 247 Peter Prodromou may not, after all, defect from Red Bull to McLaren as has been widely reported. McLaren is said to have signed Red Bull’s highly-rated aerodynamics chief late last year, but the reigning World Champions then insisted that Prodromou’s full contract be honoured, which would see Prodroumou remain at Milton Keynes until the end of 2014. Now, the German-language Speed Week reports that Red Bull has used that… Read More
From GrandPrix 247 In the aftermath of a disastrous 2013 season for McLaren, Ron Dennis has engineered his return to the helm as CEO with the mandate to return the Formula 1 operation to its winning ways. The catalyst for the moves at Woking appear to have arisen after the team’s 2014 car failed the FIA tests which may force the team to miss the first test at Jerez. Reports in Italy… Read More
“I knew it was too good to be true”, Sergio Perez must have been thinking as the season developed and his dream team turned out to have developed a less-than-optimal car. To make matters worse, his driving ability was called into question when he couldn’t make the car perform. The rumors that he will not be piloting a McLaren racecar in 2014 have been around for a couple of weeks but now it’s… Read More
You wouldn’t necessarily know it from reading this blog, but there is more to Formula One than just Fernando Alonso (whose skill set I shamelessly blog about), Sebastian Vettel (who I have immense respect for, but shamelessly give a hard time to), Ferrari, Red Bull and the supporting cast of Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg, and of course Kimi Raikkonen. You can’t really argue with focusing on these protagonists since two… 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
Well that was very interesting. Don’t think I have ever seen such little qualifying for a gp. I suppose we all know the reason for the lack of track action (not even the back markers wanted to go out in the beginning of Q1). The impression that one gets is the option tire that Pirelli brought which is the soft tire with the yellow band around the outside is not as durable… Read More
#10 – Super Cool Cars. Listen, I looooove American classic cars. ’32 Ford, ’50 Merc, ’55 Chevy coupe, most of the muscle cars from the late 60’s and early 70’s, are you kidding me? Awesome. V-8 power, nothing like it. A gear-head is a gear-head (unless you live in England, then you’re a petrol-head). But there is no denying that the ultra-modern technology built into an F1 car is compelling. True, they… Read More
There are many things that the prognosticators were wrong about this past weekend. “Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull will run away with the Australian GP.” Nope, the best they could do was THIRD. “Ferrari and Fernando can’t race at the sharp end of the grid.” Yet there they were, ON THE SECOND STEP. (Another inspired drive by the BEST driver on the grid.) “Kimi Raikkonen doesn’t want it enough to win.” WRONG… Read More
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