Man or machine? Why was Schumacher slower than Rosberg all weekend
March 14, 2010 by vmr
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Parc Fermé, Prime & Option, Top Story, VMR on Sunday
After all the excitement and hype and luck this weekend for Ferrari at the season opener in Bahrain (F1B race report found here, written by yours truly), something has been sticking in my mind regarding Michael Schumacher. Since Sunday is my weekly column day, I thought I’d share it and ask your opinion.
When Schumacher announced [...]
[update] Nick Fry no longer a director at the company who owns Mercedes GP
February 16, 2010 by vmr
Filed under People & Events
Contrary to earlier reports, Nick Fry has not been removed as CEO of Mercedes GP. However, Fry and four other directors at the former Brawn GP have left their positions as directors at the new Mercedes GP to make way for new directors from Daimler and Aabar Investments, the two companies who bought out the [...]
Racing, emotion, and why we watch
February 14, 2010 by vmr
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Parc Fermé, Top Story, VMR on Sunday
Originally, I wanted to use this column to discuss the newly-completed test session at Jerez: bad weather, broken front-wings and, surprisingly, Toro Rosso’s consistency. Instead, I did that yesterday. So, today is all about emotion. The sheer happiness, joy, heart-pounding adrenaline, sadness, crushing defeat, frustration, and anger inherent in Formula1. and then there are the [...]
Superstition: It’s not just Michael Schumacher and odd numbers
January 20, 2010 by vmr
Filed under People & Events, Top Story
There have been a considerable number of stories detailing Michael Schumcher’s most recent move regarding his return to Formula1 with Ross Brawn at MercedesGP. He has requested teammate Nico Rosberg’s car number (3) instead of the one he was given (4) as he had signed with the team after the younger German. Apparently, Schumacher has [...]
F1B Exclusive: F1 New Year’s resolutions
December 27, 2009 by vmr
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, Parc Fermé, Top Story, VMR on Sunday
F1B has come into possession of the official list of Formula1 New Year’s Resolutions, as compiled by Bernie Eccelstone. The following list are those resolutions for 2010 that were submitted by various personages involved in F1 to Mr. Ecclestone under promise of secrecy. Mr. Ecclestone has subsequently leaked the list to F1B and I am [...]
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