More then ever before in previous seasons I've noticed a debate emerging this past couple of weeks with a strength (and a cod validity) that's quite unexpected over who the worthy or 'real' champion would be this year... Although pundits mean ...Read More
This season promised so much before it actually started. Then once the first flag dropped it fell into a drearily dull and predictable mulch before controversies like Michael's Monaco madness and the FIA's mass-damper ban threw things wildly up the ...Read More
If anybody tells you there's nothing good on radio anymore, they're talking rubbish, because they've clearly not heard any of the F1 team radio conversations, and are really missing out on something as a result. Obviously I'm not talking about Schumi's ...Read More
Bernie Ecclestone - you either love him or loathe him. Or, like me, you find time to do both... He's a polarising figure who's come to amass around £2.2bn in wealth from F1 through very astute business and very smart politics. As ...Read More
"If..." goes the old commentators' cliche, "is F1 spelled backwards". Not at the school I went to, it's not matey: that's just poor spelling, which tells you more about the parlous state of the education system and the calibre of ...Read More
Ron Dennis calling for more fun in F1 was bound to raise eyebrows. The boss of McLaren suggesting that the sport is too dull and serious is a hefty case of the pot calling the kettle... well, if not black, ...Read More
Wow! It's Monaco! Woohooh! The glitz! The glamour! The shiny opulence of it all! Rubbish - most people's experience of the Monaco Grand Prix isn't glamourous at all: it's just sitting in front of a telly, shouting at interminable adverts and ...Read More
Over the past couple of years most F1 drivers appear to have been the subjects of highly successful charisma bypass surgery; being by and large unforgivably drab and giving precious little entertainment out of the car. This year, however, looks like ...Read More
You'd think that as an F1 fanatic I'd be happy that a new season is about to start, and yet I'm not. Why? I'll tell you why.... Hermann Tilke: that's why! I want the season to kick off on a cool ...Read More