Op-Ed: The secret to F1 success? Have your manufacturer sell you?
February 11, 2010 by SJ Skid
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Parc Fermé, Prime & Option, SJ Skid
Evidence No. 1.
The 2009 season. Final stats, constructors. Brawn-Mercedes — 172 points, finished first. [Nearly 20 points clear of second-place Red Bull.]
Final stats, driver. Jenson Button, Brawn-Mercedes — 95 points, first place. [Nine points clear of second-place Sebastian Vettel. And his teammate, Rubens Barrichello, finished third.]
Evidence No. 2.
The 2010 preseason testing. Valencia, Day 1. Second [...]
De la Rosa does F1 Q&A better than most
February 2, 2010 by SJ Skid
Filed under People & Events
BMW Sauber Insert Eventual Sponsor’s Name Here GP driver Pedro de la Rosa managed on Monday to buck the 2009 team demons and put in quick testing times and has followed it up with a much better than average Q and A.
Bravo, Pedro, bravo.
And possibly the highlight from the official Formula 1 site’s “exclusive” interview [...]
And the Sauber seat goes to de la Rosa
January 19, 2010 by SJ Skid
Filed under People & Events
Pedro de la Rosa will drive for the Sauber F1 team in 2010, the team announced today.
Since I haven’t seen that the team has a website, we’ll turn to the official Formula 1 site for the news:
“Pedro has spent many years working for a top team at the highest technical level,” said team principal Peter [...]
Money keeping De La Rosa from Campos seat
November 11, 2009 by SJ Skid
Filed under Prime & Option
While Bruno Senna has been confirmed for a seat in 2010 with Campos Meta, it appears that a lack of sponsor backing is making it less and less likely that McLaren reserve driver Pedro De La Rosa will join him.
“I would like Pedro de la Rosa but he is Spanish and Spanish sponsors are in [...]
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