WRC: No longer run by morons

Oh wait, the 2011 calendar still requires WRC Commission approval so there is still a chance that it may all go wrong, again.
Now, I’m a bit of a WRC fan and just like with F1, the powers to be make decisions that just baffle me. For example, why did anyone think rotating tracks – [...]

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The Motomatters.com Calendar giveaway!

You heard it right! Due to our long-standing friendship with the powers that be at motomatters.com, they have graciously given us a few 2010 calendars to give away to F1B readers. How is that for cool? If you haven’t seen the calendars, check them out here. The photography is all by [...]

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FIA roundup: Brazil loses final race; former drivers as stewards

I don’t know if it is the Jean Todt effect, but this week’s FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting sure is shaking things up.
We’ve already heard about the proposed new points system. [I saw a report today that Jenson Button supports it; and why not, he would have won in 2009 by even more under [...]

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Your View: Which tracks must F1 always run?

There will be a British GP at Silverstone for the next 17 years.
That was yesterday’s welcome news, and today there’s news that the track has enjoyed record ticket sales in the 24 hours since the announcement of the deal to keep racing in Great Britain.

That would seem to be good evidence that the classic tracks [...]

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British GP deal ‘very, very close’

You know what they say: Bernie always says something stupid or provocative before the dawn.
He may have done it again regarding the British GP.
After a weekend during which Bernie said there was a drop-dead deadline in early December, and then suggested that he was close to pulling the British GP off the 2010 calendar, Silverstone [...]

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