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 [...]
Toyota drivers to give F1 cars one last go
November 13, 2009 by SJ Skid
Filed under People & Events
Toyota’s final F1 drivers from 2009 will get behind the wheel of the car one last time later this month.
Jarno Tulli and Kamui Kobayashi will join Kaz Nakajima (who might be tasting F1 speed for the last time) at the Toyota Motor Sport Festival on November 21-22.
You have to assume the event will be your [...]
Toyota F1’s best year; time to leave?
November 3, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under Prime & Option
There has been a tremendous amount of speculation in the press lately regarding Toyota F1’s intentions for 2010 FIA Formula 1 Series Championship. In fact, the lack of any 2010 driver announcements, the Toyota board meeting to determine a budget, if any, for 2010 in two weeks time and the lack of any engine [...]
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