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’ [...]
McLaren’s car company: A new legacy in the making?
March 19, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Negative Camber, Parc Fermé, People & Events, Top Story
For years the prevailing notion, and truth, is that many of today’s road cars have benefited from the technology developed from Formula 1 racing. Teams have pressed the limits of what is achievable and come away with an array of innovations that have pushed the road car into the new century. Most recently [...]
Massa: Red Bull better on softer tyres, Ferrari on harder
March 18, 2010 by SJ Skid
Filed under People & Events
Felipe Massa never doubted he’d be able to come back from his injury, he says in his first post-race blog post of 2010.
The post follows the first Fernando Alonso post-race blog post, which Ferrari put up earlier in the week.
Massa’s post, not surprisingly, is a bit more expansive and covers more territory — after [...]
McLaren buy back Merc shares…what’s next?
March 18, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Negative Camber, People & Events, Top Story
If memory serves correctly, McLaren and Mercedes parted ways from their traditional relationship at the end of 2009. I can also recall Mercedes GP buying a team (Brawn GP) and renaming it Mercedes GP Petronas. If I think hard enough, I believe there was talk of a road car called an MP 12 [...]


































