Adrian Campos says his team’s not ready for Bahrain, yet
February 5, 2010 by vmr
Filed under People & Events, Top Story
In a continuing bad news trend for 2010 Formula1 entries, the BBC published an article Friday in which Adrian Campos admits that he and his team are not financially (or possibly technically) ready for the 2010 season. As of right now, Campos says, “we are working very hard to be in Bahrain,” adding that “we [...]
Op-Ed: Mercedes GP might need to worry about 2010 readiness
January 26, 2010 by vmr
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Prime & Option, VMR on Sunday
Monday was the dawning of a new week and a turning of a new leaf in Formula1 off-season news. Two new teams had major news: Mercedes GP Petronas (we’ll discuss it’s “new team” status in a moment) unveiled its 2010 Silver Arrows livery, as seen in this previous F1B article, while USF1 announced that it [...]
The real reason manufacturers left F1
January 4, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Negative Camber, Parc Fermé, Top Story
An interesting read at the Telegraph by Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid regarding the reason car manufacturers left F1. Doing their digging through quarterly reports and financials from each of the car makers they have come to the conclusion that like all decisions made in business, it centers on profit and loss. No [...]
F1B live at the LA Auto Show
December 14, 2009 by SJ Skid
Filed under Parc Fermé, SJ Skid
The most intriguing cars at the 2009 LA Auto Show, sadly, were the ones not there.
No Ferrari.
No Lamborghini.
No Zonda, no Veyron.
The new Audi R8 V10. Admit it, you want one.
Aston Martin was there only because a local dealer rolled out its lineup for the show.
In other words, the down economy was evident everywhere, and not [...]
Gary Paffett, the kid who won’t go away
December 3, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under People & Events, Top Story
Gary Paffett is a legacy driver and worn leather shoe at the ripe age of 28. His misfortune started when, after a dominant performance in junior league single-seaters, he failed to land a F1 drive and thus toiled around in DTM from 2003 until 2005. He was gobbled up by the McLaren young [...]
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