| Arrivederci – Seal It With A Win - Sun 10th Sep 2006 |
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| There was only really one topic of interest at the Grand Prix this weekend – was Michael Schumacher going to retire? He wouldn’t let it slip until after the race, which he won. And with Fernando Alonso dropping out due to an engine failure, things are looking nicely set up for Schumacher to sign off his career with yet... |
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| Da Matta critical on Button’s weekend of success - Sun 06th Aug 2006 |
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| Before I start my usual facetious ramblings about the state of Formula 1, we should spare a thought for ex-Toyota F1 driver and former Champ Car Champion Cristiano da Matta. During Champ Car World Series testing for his RuSPORT team at Elkhart Lake, he collided head-on with a deer. According to eye witness reports, the... |
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| Renault – An enigma wrapped up in a conundrum - Sun 30th Jul 2006 |
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| Renault are an enigma wrapped up in a conundrum. They were the class act at the beginning of the year, but now things are not going to plan. They are losing skirmishes with the FIA, and are in danger of falling down the slippery slope to ultimate championship defeat, and as a result are looking for someone to blame... |
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| An ode to Magny-Cours - Sun 16th Jul 2006 |
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How boring, boring, boring, booorrring,
I’d rather watch them race at Hungar-or-ing
The racing wasn’t close,
The sport is grandiose,
Please wake me up if it gets to morning.
The only way to pass is to piiiit-stop
The aero causes all the griiip to drop
The corners split it up
I’m really quite fed up
As a race... |
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| The US GP – Points To Ponder - Sun 02nd Jul 2006 |
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| This race raised a few points to ponder. Consider for instance the performance of Ferrari. Something clicked this weekend, and they were the class of the field, comfortably annexing the front row in qualifying, and comfortably winning the race, so comfortably that they turned down the amount of revs they were using and... |
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| Marbles - Sun 25th Jun 2006 |
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| In my last piece, I said that the Canadian Grand Prix would produce a very similar result to that of the British Grand Prix, and I was more accurate with this prediction than I intended, as the top five finishing positions were the same: Alonso, Schumacher, Räikkönen, Fisichella and Massa. I also suggested that it would... |
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| The British Grand Prix - Sun 11th Jun 2006 |
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| The British Grand Prix – how boring. It was moved forward because of the football World Cup, and quite frankly the World Cup showed up Grand Prix racing, as in the first five matches we have seen underdogs able to fight and beat the top dogs. Way to go Trinidad and Tobago! There wasn’t the slightest likelihood of this... |
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| The dichotomy that is Schumacher - Mon 29th May 2006 |
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| The Monaco Grand Prix highlighted in sharp relief the dichotomy that is Michael Schumacher. On the one hand, he pulled himself from the back of the grid at Monaco into the top 6 at the finish, using strategic brilliance and dashes of daring along the way. On the other, he was only in that position due to the crass... |
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| The Old Boy Still Has It - Sun 07th May 2006 |
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| The Formula 1 field can be split into three, lets call them the A Grade racers, the B Grade, and the C’s. Ferrari, Renault and McLaren are in class A, although Ferrari and Renault are really A+, with McLaren an A-. Next up are Toyota, BMW, Williams and Honda in the B Grade, the C graders being the rest. Within a given... |
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| Bernie, All is Forgiven - Sun 23rd Apr 2006 |
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The first race of the year to be held, and the first race which was televised by the host broadcaster and boy, did it show. Bernie, all is forgiven – please come back.
We may have had a race, but to be honest I couldn’t really tell, as unless there was a Ferrari on the screen then the TV race director simply wasn’t... |
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| A Very Curious Crisis - Sun 02nd Apr 2006 |
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| At last we saw motor racing, with drivers having to overtake to win. And what a series of overtakes – Montoya driving around the outside of Button, Webber sticking strong moves on his contemporaries, and Alonso drafting Button. It more than made up for the point to point racing that made up the first two Grands Prix... |
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