James Allen on F1 has moved!

Apologies for not forewarning you before the weekend, but we have moved the blog to a new installation and done some upgrades to it.
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Geoff Willis out at Red Bull

Geoff Willis, the technical director of Red Bull Racing has left the team, with barely half of the season gone.

The exact reasons for his departure are not known as yet but Sebastian Vettel confirmed it in an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live’s Holly Samos this afternoon. Vettel added that the team would not be [...]

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Both sides agree F1 row is close to conclusion

Last night it looked as though World War Three had broken out again between the F1 teams and the governing body, but having got to the Nurburgring and heard both sides, it seems to me that, bizarrely, a lasting solution is close.
Despite the fire and brimstone of various statements over the last 48 hours, in [...]

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F1 – What’s going on now?

It took Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier several high profile bouts to settle their differences and it seems that we are in for a rematch of Max Mosley’s FIA vs Luca di Montezemolo’s FOTA; a heavyweight showdown, just when we all thought things had been sorted out.
There may not be a catchy title to this [...]

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New teams on collision course with FOTA?

We are in for a fascinating weekend in Germany as we look to see whether Red Bull has its nose in front on all circuits now or whether Silverstone flattered their car.
But behind the scenes in Germany will be very interesting as well as the latest developments in the ongoing row over next year’s [...]

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Fresh round of cost cutting hits F1

The belt tightening in F1 continues. Today Toyota confirmed that it is withdrawing from a deal to host the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway, as it deals with mounting losses. Earlier this year the company said that it expected to lose over $1 billion in 2009.
The race will now be held at Suzuka, [...]

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Bernie explains and gives F1 pause for thought

Bernie Ecclestone’s interview in the Times last weekend has brought a furious response from politicians and virtual silence from the F1 community.
Most people in F1 don’t really want to get drawn into it, as they argue he shouldn’t have allowed himself to be in the first place.
What most people don’t understand is why he [...]

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On Bernie, dictators and struggles for new teams

There are a few interesting threads around today. The Times has an extraordinary interview with F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone where he explores the theme of ‘dictators’.
Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo recently implied that FIA president Max Mosley was a dictator and Bernie sets out here to defend the breed as people who ‘get things [...]

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Fernando Alonso and Ferrari

Here we go again; summer’s here, the temperatures are sky high, there’s a long three week gap between races and Max Mosley and FOTA have gone quiet.
If a vacuum is created something will come along to fill it and in this case it is the Spanish sports paper AS claiming that Ferrari is set [...]

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Remembering a brave F1 fan

You’ve probably not heard of Liam Fairhurst but he was a mad keen F1 fan and he died this week.

But there’s more to it than that. Liam was only 14 and he had been battling against cancer for four years. He thought he’d beaten it, but it turned out he hadn’t.
Liam was remarkable because when [...]

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