Malaysia GP: Alonso Out, Button, Webber and Rosberg Screwed, Vettel Bad

If the 2013 Grand Prix at Sepang, Malaysia, were to be represented as a house made of bricks, it would have been disassembled during the 56 laps around the fast course. The first brick to be removed was Fernando Alonso, who was overly optimistic on the first lap. He broke off the left-side support on his Ferrari’s front wing, and shortly thereafter it dropped off, slid under the front of his... 

Formula One Would Change If Alonso and Vettel Paid Ferrari and Red Bull to Race

I compare the current trend toward pay drivers to a conflict between big, tough guys and slightly built intellectuals. Let’s say there’s a discussion among a few guys around a poker table. One guy, a huge slugger, mutters, “War and famine are good for all of society.” A lean, diminutive man on the other side of the table responds, “War is a terrible thing, and only peace... 

Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Lotus Need to Found a New Formula One

Recently, Vitaly Petrov’s manager, Oksana Kosachenko described Formula One as no longer a sport, but rather an entertainment. She might be right about that, and there’s another characteristic that has tainted the sport in another negative way: it’s all business, when one comes right down to it. My friends and I are geezers now, and one good thing about that is the great, warm pleasure... 

Lewis Hamilton: Genius Pinnacle of Formula 1 Lays Failure Blame Elsewhere

Some people have been outraged that I deride Lewis Hamilton and wonder why that is, in view of his fabulous talent behind the wheel of a Formula One car. Well, to those readers who think I unfairly criticize the 2008 world champion, here are clear reasons.   Following the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, Hamilton claimed that Michael Schumacher deliberately blocked his access to eventual-winner... 

Hamilton Claims Satisfaction with Second Place Behind Sebastian Vettel in Spain

Lewis Hamilton claims to be satisfied with second place in Barcelona at the Spanish Grand Prix. Even though the British McLaren driver was a mere seven-tenths of a second behind winner Sebastien Vettel in his Red Bull, he really is just the first of the losers. Before the race began, most fans and pundits expected the Red Bulls, driven by Vettel and Mark Webber, to take off away from the pack the... 

Williams Hopes Improvements Will Bring Success at the Spanish Grand Prix

For Williams Technical Director Sam Michael, success does not necessarily mean putting teammates Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado on the podium in Barcelona. For the team suffering a terrible start to the 2011 season, four races have passed into F1 History without scoring a single World Championship point. Mr. Michael will probably be quite happy just to have a car finish in the top 10, to... 

Texas! Formula One Is Motorsports Top Flight, with Ferrari, Mercedes, & Williams

Texas senator Dan Patrick is clearly one of the millions of Americans who don’t know what F1 is nor how popular it is everywhere else in the world. Only the USA is retarded in its grasp of the universal prestige and importance of Formula One. The advanced designs and technologies that spring forth from the teams’ relentless efforts to be even better than they are now, gradually feed the... 

Malaylsia Qualifying No Surprise at the Front: Vettel, Hamilton, Webber, Button

It seems to this observer that F1, as it stands today, is separating the men from the boys—literally. There are some exceptions, of course, but for the most part, the young chargers are taking charge of the grid. The dichotomy is that some of the very swift young folk are in less-than-wonderful cars. This is the natural evolution, of course, and the folks we’ve been watching for quite... 

Malaysia Ahead Is the Focus of Ross Brawn, Pirelli, Vitaly Petrov, Nick Heidfeld

Ross Brawn, team principal at Mercedes GP, might well think about his good fortune to have sold his interest in the team to Mercedes-Benz given its current suffering. In the season opener at the Australian Grand Prix two weeks ago, both team cars failed to finish. Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg each had to drop out during the race. “It’s still frustrating because the car is not where... 

Sepang F1 Quick Predict on Lotus, Webber, Kubica, Todt, Virgin, Hamilton

Mark Webber didn’t look as good as I hoped he would in Australia’s season opener because I wish the best for him. Mark complained of chassis flaws that left him far behind Red Bull teammate Sebastien Vettel.   I’m disappointed to observe that there appears to be little that can be done to Webber’s car, so I guess he’ll have to do it himself, on the track. Still,... 

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