Posts Tagged ‘Bernie Ecclestone’
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 [...]
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 [...]
McLaren, Lewis differ on Australian GP strategy
Contrasting comments are coming in from the McLaren camp over the Australian Grand Prix result. On the one side is Lewis Hamilton who had a superb race starting from eleventh and is understandably disappointed that it didn’t yield any further than sixth. Then there is team boss Martin Whitmarsh who suggests that there was nothing wrong with [...]
2010 Australian Grand Prix: Jenson Button takes thrilling win
World champion Jenson Button took a thrilling win in the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, in what was only his second start in the McLaren. Robert Kubica in the Renault showed that his Friday form wasn’t a flash in the pan as he came in a deserved second ahead of Felipe Massa’s Ferrari in third (full results). The race on a whole was in direct [...]
2010 Australian GP Qualifying: Vettel storms to pole
Sebastien Vettel stormed to his second pole in two race weekends of the 2010 season as he put in a stunning qualifying lap round the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne. It was a one-two for Red Bull as Mark Webber made it to the front row for his home grand prix and Bahrain winner Fernando Alonso brought in his Ferrari in third place (full results). [...]
2010 Australian Grand Prix: Friday Practice
As the second race weekend of the 2010 season began, there was more on-track action in the first practice session alone than witnessed in the entirety of the Bahrain GP weekend. That and the news that wet weather is expected over the weekend makes for a highly anticipated Australian Grand Prix. Both the sessions today were highly disrupted. [...]
FIA invites entries for 2011 grid spot
The FIA has invited entries for the 2011 and 2012 Formula One world championship seasons, as they opened the selection process for the one remaining slot left on the grid. Now we know the story behind that one remaining slot, don’t we? It became quite a messy affair with USF1 getting an entry and then not able to plan their way through for [...]
FIA allow Renault to tweak engine
Now that the storm over the bore fest that was the Bahrain GP is settling down, people are turning their attention to different things. Red Bull started it all, rubbing their quick pace in Mercedes GP’s face, saying they know why they didn’t get an engine from Germany. Mercedes then played the blame game, putting it all across the pit lane in [...]
FIA rectifies diffuser loophole ahead of Australian GP
Reading this headline you almost wish that the loophole being talked about here pertains to the double diffuser concept. Although that might mean a heavy exercise in terms of time and money to go back to their drawing boards and redraw their 2010 cars, it might just help the on track action a bit. But this is wishful thinking at its best and such [...]
