This morning in Monaco there was plenty of activity around the ongoing discussions about the 2010 F1 rules and plenty of chat about what was going to happen next.
It seems to be becoming widely believed that Toyota will use this situation to make its exit from Formula 1. They were thinking about it towards the [...]
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Toyota on way out of F1, BMW reflecting?
Posted in BMW, BrawnGP, F1 News, Monaco, Toyota, tagged F1 News on May 24, 2009 | 41 Comments »
Button dominates Monaco
Posted in Monaco, Race Weekend, tagged F1 News on May 24, 2009 | 23 Comments »
Jenson Button did another first class job to win the Monaco Grand Prix from pole position today. He was followed home by Rubens Barrichello and Kimi Raikkonen, who gave Ferrari their first podium of the season.
Barrichello got the jump on Raikkonen at the start, which was crucial for the outcome of the race as [...]
Monaco race day diary
Posted in Monaco, Race Weekend, tagged F1 News on May 24, 2009 | 9 Comments »
It’s race day in Monaco. The weather has been fantastic all weekend and it’s perfect again for the Grand Prix.
The crowds coming in today on the train were much greater than yesterday. Tens of thousands pouring into the Principality. There are still plenty of grandstand seats left, though at Tabac, St Devote, Swimming Pool, Chicane. [...]
How the Monaco GP will unfold
Posted in Monaco, Race Weekend, tagged F1 News on May 23, 2009 | 19 Comments »
Monaco is always a tough race to predict because of the 50% chance of a safety car. For this reason a lot of teams split their strategies, putting one car on quite a light fuel load and the other on a heavier one. That way, if a safety car comes out early and wrecks the [...]
Alonso starts talking about Ferrari
Posted in Alonso, Monaco, Race Weekend, tagged F1, Fernando Alonso on May 23, 2009 | 42 Comments »
There is a fantastic interview with Fernando Alonso in the Gazzetta dello Sport today, in which he gently moves closer to talking about Ferrari and his possible move there.
According to Pino Allievi, the number one writer on the paper, Alonso has moved to a house on the border between Switzerland and Italy, near Lugano. He [...]
Reactions to F1 summit meeting
Posted in Monaco, Race Weekend, tagged F1 News on May 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Although nothing concrete came out of yesterday’s meetings it seems progress was made and there is something still to talk about. Everyone seems to have calmed down and there was no more talk of Ferrari leaving the sport following the meetings.
The boss of the Monaco Grand Prix, Michel Boeri, however did have something to say [...]
Light at the end of the tunnel in F1 dispute?
Posted in Monaco, Race Weekend, tagged F1 News on May 22, 2009 | 33 Comments »
Three hours waiting in the Ferrari motorhome this evening, for a press conference which was all set up for a 5pm start, but then that slipped as the meeting between the teams, the FIA and FOM rolled on.
In the end we were told that the meeting was ‘constructive’ but inconclusive so there will be more [...]
The scene in Monaco
Posted in Monaco, Race Weekend, tagged F1, Monaco Grand Prix on May 22, 2009 | 49 Comments »
While we wait for the grands fromages to have their meetings and decide what kind of spectacle we are going to see next year and beyond in Formula 1, I thought a brief colour post might be in order.
For the first time in years I’m not staying in Monaco this year. I’m in Villefranche, which [...]
