Formula 1

Mr Happy Emailed His Team And…

July 24, 2009

Reports in a couple of the online magazines today say that Barrichello emailed his Brawn team mates to apologise for his Nurburgring outburst after being prompted by Ross Brawn in a phone call. Apparently they’ve all kissed an made up – which I hope bodes well for Brawn this weekend. However, I do think it [...]

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We Can Shout at The Team …

July 22, 2009

Jenson Button: “…We could shout at the team about improving things but they know what they’ve got to do…”. Is that a little bit of interesting internal politics I see there..? Call me suspicious, but given Rubens Barrichello’s outburst after the German GP, which was not smart, I do think Jenson may be trying to [...]

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Letting Webber Win Was an Error

July 19, 2009

Well – now Ive seen it all: Ralf Schumacher, the not-so-wildly-successful younger brother of Michael, has said that Red Bull should ‘not have let Webber win’ last weekend at the Nurburgring. See his comments here. He went on to say that Vettel was the stronger driver and that Red Bull should have made him the [...]

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A Touch of Contrition…

July 17, 2009

A touch of contrition from Rubens Barrichello as he tweets that he’s ‘over it’.  Here’s more. I wonder, though, how the rest of his season will go, because outbursts like that are not the best way to endear yourself to the rest of your team, especially when your team is already under pressure. The team [...]

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Mosely Stands Down – Maybe…

July 16, 2009

According to this article Max Mosely is not going to stand for re-election in October.  Maybe. I wonder how long it will be before ‘unprecedented support from members’ will cause him to change his mind. Again. He’s also told the FIA membership that they should elect Jean Todt as the next president, along with a [...]

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Webber 'Could be The New Mansell'

July 14, 2009

Aren’t those kinds of headlines ridiculous..? I don’t want to take anything away from Mark Webber’s win on Sunday. He thoroughly deserved it, it was long overdue and I’m delighted for him. But why do people always have to try to liken people to others? A while ago it was ‘Button is the new Schumacher’, [...]

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Barrichello Lets Rip at Brawn

July 13, 2009

Oops..! Not so smart Rubens – at least not in public like that. I can understand his frustration, some of which is doubtless driven by memories of having to play second fiddle to MS at Ferrari, but outbursts like this do not help when your team’s under pressure. At the end of the day, yesterday, [...]

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Can Jenson Do It In Germany?

July 10, 2009

Finally – an F1 article that actually talks about racing, instead of the ridiculous goings-on with the FIA. Can Button win at the  Nurburgring this weekend? I hope so. I’ve been a Button fan for a long time. He’s had a tough few years with terrible cars but now, with a competitive car, he’s demonstrating [...]

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