Today’s verdict by the World Motor Sport Council to issue a three race ban for McLaren, but to suspend it for 12 months has received a fairly balanced reaction.
Given the original incident, where Trulli was allowed to pass Hamilton behind the safety car in Melbourne, what happened in the stewards’ room there and in Kuala [...]
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Reaction to McLaren verdict
Posted in McLaren, Uncategorized, tagged F1, McLaren on April 29, 2009 | 80 Comments »
McLaren race on as ban is suspended
Posted in McLaren, tagged F1, McLaren on April 29, 2009 | 29 Comments »
The FIA World Motor Sport Council announced at lunchtime today after a brief hearing in Paris that McLaren will not be forced to miss any races this season, nor will it lose any constructors’ championship points. Instead it has decided to suspend the sentence it planned to hand down, namely a three race ban.
Interestingly, given [...]
McLaren – We can win races this year
Posted in McLaren, Uncategorized on April 27, 2009 | 22 Comments »
Bahrain was a good weekend for the McLaren team. Although fourth place will not feel like win for them after the slow start to the season, the team is heading in the right direction and was only a few tenths off the pace here.
The circuit somewhat flattered their car, with its long straights and [...]
McLaren pleads guilty…
Posted in McLaren, tagged F1, McLaren on April 24, 2009 | 48 Comments »
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has written to the FIA ahead of next Wednesday’s world council meeting, essentially pleading guilty to all five charges of bringing the sport into disrepute over the issue of lying to the stewards in Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur, according to the Times.
“Martin Whitmarsh, the McLaren team principal, has written to [...]
3 minutes with…Lewis Hamilton
Posted in McLaren, Uncategorized, tagged F1, Hamilton on April 20, 2009 | 83 Comments »
A lot of people are confused by the performance of Lewis Hamilton in the Chinese Grand Prix.
Rain is a great leveller in Formula 1. Talented drivers who do not have the car to compete in normal conditions can shine on a wet track and we have seen plenty of that over the years.
Wet races in [...]
Dennis quits, but what will be the effect?
Posted in McLaren, Uncategorized, tagged Dennis, F1, McLaren on April 16, 2009 | 54 Comments »
Ron Dennis announced today that he is stepping down as CEO and chairman of McLaren Group and has walked away from all racing activities, a decision he says is unconnected with the team’s current disciplinary problems and which he reached alone.
He will head McLaren Automotive, making road cars, a business which later this year will [...]
Dennis’ career to end in disappointment?
Posted in McLaren, tagged F1, McLaren on April 15, 2009 | 36 Comments »
According to Autosport website there is something cooking at McLaren, with the suggestion that former team principal Ron Dennis is to make some kind of an announcement about his future plans today (Thursday).
There are suggestions he could step back completely from his involvement with the Formula 1 team. He already relinquished the team principal role [...]
Fresh insight into McLaren case
Posted in McLaren, tagged F1, McLaren on April 10, 2009 | 91 Comments »
I’m grateful to one of my readers, doctorvee, for posting a very interesting comment here on the JA on F1 site. He highlights an interview which McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh gave to the BBC at the end of the Australian Grand Prix.
“…there’s some debate about whether it’s a 3rd place at the moment given that [...]
Might a possible McLaren ban include Silverstone?
Posted in F1 News, McLaren, Silverstone, tagged F1, McLaren on April 9, 2009 | 50 Comments »
I have no wish to start scaremongering, but looking at Bernie Ecclestone’s comments in the Express that he wouldn’t rule out a ban of a few races for McLaren, makes me look through the F1 calendar at the races ahead with some nervousness.
The recent precedent was BAR, which received a ban over its fuel [...]
McLaren to face the music – without Ryan
Posted in McLaren on April 7, 2009 | 85 Comments »
The familiar ping of the incoming email alert on my Mac. The sender: FIA press, the subject: Extraordinary meeting of the FIA world council.
We’ve been expecting this since Friday, now the date is set – April 29th, the Wednesday after Bahrain and the rap sheet has been published.
“Vodafone McLaren Mercedes has been invited to appear [...]
