Monday, March 22, 2010

Is Red Bull the car to beat? Hamilton thinks so

March 22, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under People & Events

The Red Bull cars of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are “ridiculously faster” that the rest of the Formula 1 grid, Lewis Hamilton told reporters this weekend.
The difference could be as much as half a second per lap, the McLaren driver said, according to the Associated Press.
The McLaren driver says “the Red Bull is ridiculously [...]

Button: Still a ‘chance’ for a fantastic F1 season

March 22, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under Prime & Option

I think Jenson Button may have been going to the Bernie Ecclestone school of PR over the off-season.
The past five days or so have been the quietest in Formula 1 in at least a month, if not longer. There was all the hands-in-the-air reaction to Bahrain for a day or two last week and then…
Nothing. [...]

Big F1 rumor: USF1 and Stefan GP talking merger

March 19, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under Parc Fermé, Prime & Option, Top Story

The two teams on the outside looking in on the 2010 Formula 1 season are reportedly talking about joining forces, a growing number of news outlets are reporting.
USF1 and Stefan GP seem to each have something key the other is missing. USF1 has an entry slot in F1 and Zoran Stefanovic, Stefan GP’s owner, has [...]

Bonus Twitter Item of the Day: Chandhok burns midnight oil

March 19, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under F1B Twitter, F1B's TIOTD, People & Events

While I’ve ostensibly already posted a Twitter Item of the Day, I’m going to call that one a “Your View” officially in order to post another little Twitter item.
This one continues my theme of “That Karun Chandhok seems a decent, down-to-earth enough guy.”
karunchandhok
going to be grumpy in the morning – my PR man murali luckily [...]

Reports: Renault can update engine, Stefan can’t get a clue

March 19, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under People & Events

It’s a slow news day today, and what little is out there seems to have Autosport written all over it.
The site is reporting that the FIA has given Renault the OK to make some significant upgrades to its engines “for cost and reliability reasons.”
AUTOSPORT understands that the FIA decided against any move towards ‘equalisation’ [...]

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