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.
Please log in to to www.jamesallenonf1.com to find my latest content. All the usual features will be there and you will be able to reset your RSS feeds.
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Mosley forecasts ‘problems’ ahead for F1

Max Mosley has fired off another letter to the members of the FIA World motor sport council, in the wake of negative comments from FOTA members over the deal struck on Wednesday.

Mosley wrote to FOTA president Luca di Montezemolo yesterday demanding an apology for the ‘misleading’ statements he and other FOTA team bosses had made. [...]

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FIA accuses FOTA ‘hardliners’ of deal sabotage

We are currently waiting for the FOTA dossier, which was promised last week, detailing all the ways in which F1 is going wrong under the current FIA administration. It now sounds like we might get two dossiers, the other from the FIA itself detailing its dealings with FOTA and what it describes as ‘hardliners’, looking [...]

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Theatre from Montezemolo but the intent is clear

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo made a high-profile visit to the Le Mans 24 hours today and was the official starter of the event.
His visit had been planned for some time and was highly symbolic; the Le Mans 24 hours is not sanctioned by the FIA and with the fall out over Formula 1 entries [...]

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More on how Toyota turned it around

Before the Turkey weekend I flagged up that I was interested in Toyota’s performance after their alarming slump in Monaco and to some extent, Spain.

Well Jarno Trulli had a great weekend, qualifying 5th and racing strongly against Nico Rosberg to finish fourth. Toyota are looking pretty good in third place in the championship, although you [...]

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Motorsport business forum latest

Details of the 2009 motorsport business forums have been announced.
There will be three events this year, the traditional event in Monaco in December, the Middle East event in the days before the Abu Dhabi GP in October and a US event in Orlando in December.
The forums have evolved over the past five years into [...]

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3 minutes with.. Frank Williams

Following on from my earlier post, Frank Williams said some very interesting things on Saturday afternoon, so here they are in more detail.
He covers the current 2010 entry crisis, explains Max Mosley’s motivation, looks at the problem of engine supply if there is a split and talks about possibly housing one of the new teams [...]

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Vettel dominates Istanbul qualifying

Sebastian Vettel was fastest in all three qualifying sessions today at Istanbul and picked up his second pole position of the season for Red Bull.

Pole position changed hands three times in the final moments of a terrific session. First Mark Webber grabbed it, then Jenson Button went faster, but Vettel got the lap which mattered.
Jenson [...]

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How the F1 grid might look in 2010

There have been some interesting suggestions in your comments as to the line up we may see on the grid next year, some of you clearly have some time on your hands to theorise and put drivers in cars.
I’m not going to do that, but I am going to think about what the F1 [...]

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My old team – back in F1!

I’ve just been sent a press release from a German company, which owns the remnants of the Super Aguri team and also the Brabham brand. They have announced that they have entered next year’s world championship as Brabham.

This is a very strong deja vu for me. I started my professional career in Formula 1 in [...]

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