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 [...]
RD1 on important stuff
December 11, 2009 by Grace
Filed under Parc Fermé, Redoubtable by Grace, Top Story
OMG are you kidding me? The FIA is finally ready to listen to someone with at least two brain cells to rub together about making Formula 1 more entertaining for the fans. Really, you just now thought of this? And this is after some business type folks got together and declared that F1 needs to [...]
FIA: from OWG to Overtaking Seminar…must be serious
November 30, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under Parc Fermé, Prime & Option
The FIA held an Overtaking Seminar on November 11th and the outcome of that meeting has yet to be seen. I was willing to let it go for a while and just publish the findings but as it’s been a while, perhaps we should at least discuss the situation.
An international seminar to examine the [...]
Michael: It’s the circuit not the car
November 9, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under People & Events, Top Story
According to Williams F1’s technical director Sam Michael, the lack of passing in F1 today is not just down to the cars. In an Autosport story Michael was quick to explain that while the Overtaking Working group has made improvements to the 2009 car from an aerodynamic standpoint, the real culprit may just lay [...]
Grip and Green: FIA’s Quest for Failure
October 10, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Negative Camber, Parc Fermé, Top Story
Some time ago there was a small group of men assembled to address overtaking in F1 and that group was named the Overtaking Working Group (OWG) in a master stroke of being literal commanders of the obvious. The intent was to increase overtaking in F1 and improve the “show” for the biomass or restless [...]


































