Entries Tagged ‘bernie’:
filed in News on Mar.02, 2011
The other day, Bernie let loose with his latest thoughts on this and that. As per usual he was spurting his usual mixture of cold hard common sense and the kind of stuff that you can only think of after eating a whole block of cheddar before bed. In the latter category, the idea of [...]
Tags: bernie, News, pirelli, professor bernie farnsworth
filed in News, Opinion on Mar.01, 2011
Don’t get me wrong, I am generally one of Bernie’s fans. I fully appreciate that we would not have modern day F1 without him. That being said, when he opens his mouth, what comes out sometimes scares me. Talking to the Official F1 website, Bernie shared some of his views on modern F1 racing. Lets [...]
Tags: bat crap crazy, bernie, hrt, HRT means something else to the rest of the world, News, Opinion, professor bernie farnsworth
filed in News, Opinion on Feb.17, 2011
Looks like I spoke a little bit too soon about the Bahrain Grand Prix not being under threat. That’ll teach me for being such a bleeding heart liberal… So, the GP2 Asia races which were meant to be happening in Bahrain this weekend have been canceled due to the political unrest in the country. With [...]
Tags: bahrain, bernie, F1 2011, FIA, FOTA, GPDA, professor bernie farnsworth
filed in News on Feb.16, 2011
If you’re anything like me, and considering as how you’re reading an F1 blog I’m guessing you probably are, you cannot wait for the first Grand Prix of the year. Sure, Bahrain may not exactly be a track which has traditionally had exciting racing but still, it’s the first race. Thing is, it may be [...]
Tags: bahrain, bernie, button, F1 2011, f1 politics, professor bernie farnsworth, sauber
filed in News on Jul.09, 2010
Bernie Ecclestone has been bleating out his opinions again this weekend, this time on what he thinks Pirelli should do with the tyres next season in order to spice up the racing. According to Bernie, he thinks that in 2011 the wheels should be made of ducks and Quavers. Nah, not really. But with Bernie [...]
Tags: bernie, News, Opinion, pirelli, professor bernie farnsworth, tyres
filed in News on Jun.24, 2010
After months of what can only be described as needlessly fucking about, F1 has finally made a decision over who will supply the tyres from 2011. And your winner is – Pirelli! Congratulations, please accept this trophy and all of our grattitude. You now have six months of being in F1′s good books before the [...]
Tags: bernie, News, pirelli, professor bernie farnsworth, tyres
filed in News, Opinion on Jun.11, 2010
Earlier this year, FOTA and a few sponsors did a survey of some F1 fans about a few different aspects of their F1 viewing habits. The subjects covered were the same old things that you always get covered in these surveys – how much do you watch F1, how do you watch it and how [...]
Tags: bernie, News, Opinion, professor bernie farnsworth, survey time
filed in News, Opinion on Jun.09, 2010
Last weekend, the Turkish Grand Prix was a really fun affair – there were crashes, spins, great overtakes and generally more action that you could shake a stick at. Of course, Bernie Ecclestone is now intent on ruining it. According to umpteen reports, after the race on Sunday Bernie told a few key Turkish ministers [...]
Tags: bernie, FOM, herman tilke, News, Opinion, professor bernie farnsworth
filed in News on Jun.08, 2010
Up until now Jean Todt has been a rather docile character in the F1 paddock, seemingly letting everything tick over and not getting overly involved – a far cry from his predecessor, Max Mosley. Today, though, that has changed a bit as Todt has put his foot down about two big issues in F1 – [...]
Tags: bernie, FIA, FOM, FOTA, jean todt, News, tyres
filed in News, Opinion on Jun.08, 2010
Good news everybody! The currently planned Russian Grand Prix looks set to hit the F1 calendar in 2014! Yup, that’s right. In his infinite wisdom, Bernie Ecclestone is looking to hold an Autumn Grand Prix in Russia from the 2014 season onwards. Where abouts in Russia? Well you know Moscow, that centre for oligarchs and [...]
Tags: bernie, FOM, herman tilke, News, Opinion