Some days ago now (I know, I’m slow), Formula One Management (FOM) announced that it had completed a deal with Full Throttle Productions that will see a new United States Grand Prix on a permanent road course (yet to be built) in Austin, Texas. The race is scheduled to run for ten years, beginning in 2012. [...]
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I’m finally getting around to posting my thoughts on the last-lap debacle involving Michael Schumacher at Monaco last Sunday. I had intended to write about it earlier, but I’ve been busy over at Joe Saward’s excellent grand prix blog (see the Blogroll at the right of this page), posting my comments among those from hundreds of [...] Now that was more like [...] Well, given the number of new drivers, teams, and rules, except for Vettel’s engine going off, Bahrain was a surprisingly boring parade. Perhaps we should take up a collection to get Hermann Tilke a ticket to Monza so he can see how a real race course is designed. It’s nice that the new courses are wide [...] OK, with the demise of USF1 and the selection of Karun Chandhok by Hispania, it appears we finally have a driver lineup for 2010, so here it is… McLaren: Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton Mercedes (formerly Brawn): Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher
Well, the FIA today released a 24-car entry list for 2010, and it is now official that USF1 will not participate in this year’s Formula 1 season. As an American who was hoping for a team based in this country, I don’t really know who to blame for this, but I can’t help but feel [...] So, while we wait for the announcement of the second drivers for Renault, Campos, and USF1, let’s take a look at what has changed in Formula 1 for the 2010 season: • Four new teams: Lotus, Campos, Virgin (formerly [...] The USF1 Web site is finally up [...] Citroën confirmed today that Kimi Räikkönen has signed a one-year deal to compete in the World Rally Championship with its Junior Team in a C4 backed by Red Bull. The “second-string” Citroën team already runs a car for driver Sébastien Ogier, complementing the factory team cars of Dani Sordo and Sébastien Loeb. Kimi’s co-driver for 2010 [...] The team that Peter Sauber bought back from BMW has been given the 13th spot on the 2010 Formula 1 grid. A letter from the FIA to Sauber reportedly stated that their application for an entry in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship had been successful. Sauber, of course, must now sign the new Concorde [...] |
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