Archive for April, 2010
2010 Chinese Grand Prix: Friday Practice
World Champion Jenson Button and his team mate Lewis Hamilton made it two out of two for McLaren as they topped a Friday practice session each of this racing weekend at Shanghai. Button was quickest in the morning (full times) while Hamilton bettered that time mark in the afternoon (full times). Nico Rosberg had a good day out in his Mercedes [...]
2010 IPL Diary: Its close, real close
As Kings XI Punjab slowly but surely took apart the Delhi Daredevils’ batting on Sunday afternoon, one sat perplexed as to what was happening. Was the pitch acting up again, as has been quoted widely over the past week? Or was it simply that the Kings XI side decided to turn up on the day and Delhi (the team that is, for the fans were present in [...]
FIA deem ride height systems illegal
The FIA has announced that any damper systems which allow teams to regulate ride height of F1 cars between qualifying and race during a grand prix weekend are illegal. The much awaited clearance of the rules comes in the wake of news that McLaren are working extra hard on getting such a system in place ahead of the Shanghai Grand Prix, after [...]
2010 IPL Diary: The competition heats up
Match day 24 of the 2010 IPL will go down as the marker when people look back as the turning point of the race for the semi-finals. At the start of the day no one expected so, and rightly, for the first game was between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab. Given all factors plus the fact that the match was being played at the Eden Gardens, [...]
2010 Malaysian GP: Vettel finally manages to win
Third time proved lucky for Sebastien Vettel as he took his first win of the 2010 season in the Malaysian GP (full results). He led home team-mate Mark Webber for Red Bull’s first ever 1-2 finish in a race while Nico Rosberg got his first podium for Mercedes GP in what was partly their home race thanks to the association with Petronas. [...]
2010 Malaysian Grand Prix: Mark Webber takes stormy pole
Mark Webber weathered a massive rain storm at Sepang to take his second career pole and making it three in three weekends for Red Bull (full results). The Rain Gods surely love Formula One as after the Bahrain snore fest they have blessed the two races hence with some gracious wet weather. The rain made it a nightmarish affair for Ferrari and [...]
2010 Malaysian Grand Prix: Friday Practice
Five days after a spectacular Australian Grand Prix, the engines rumbled again for the Friday practice session at the Sepang circuit for the Malaysian GP. Many questions are expected to be answered this weekend, such as whether Australia was a one-off or can Red Bull be reliable? Will we have another downpour like last year, albeit a little less [...]
2010 IPL Diary: The mid-table battles begin!
One-sided matches between two equally placed teams in any tournament can be a rarity. Not so in the Indian Premier League, for here fortunes change in a flash and if it is just not your day, it is just not your day. No one could accept that better than Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Shane Warne as he acknowledged in the post-match presentation that [...]
Vettel unconcerned about Red Bull reliability
After two rounds of the 2010 Formula One season, and going into the third race of the season, Sebastien Vettel seems unconcerned by Red Bull’s unreliability so far. Perhaps he should really think it over and realize that this statement might just only be positive PR and nothing more really. For the championship table spells it out as it is and [...]
