The Black Stuff

Some drivers have already starting pouting and moaning about the Pirelli tyres which all the teams will be using in 2011. Despite the F1 fans telling Pirelli to make tyres which had actual degradation, the teams saying they’d be for it if it improved racing and the company themselves outright telling all the teams before [...]

As returning readers should be aware of, I’m one of Bridgestone’s harshest critics. Each and every race day I’d jump up and down and shout at them for their tyres, which could go and go for lap after lap. Then, at Canada, they made a mistake, sent along compounds which were too soft and low [...]

Lewis Hamilton, using his unique ability to rub anyone who isn’t British or a Pussycat Doll the wrong way, has come close to setting off World War III thanks to his antics at the European Grand Prix in Valencia. This time, the people hating on him are Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and the entire country [...]

Now that Pirelli have taken over from Bridgestone as the tyre supplier for F1, we are all waiting to hear just what they plan to do with their new found power. Well, wait no longer, because they’ve broken their silence for what they plan to do with F1 rubber in 2011! Basically, unlike Bridgestone, Pirelli [...]

Good news everyone! This weekend’s European Grand Prix at the boring Valencia Street Circuit will be even duller than usual! The reason? Bridgestone have brought with them another of their tyre sets which don’t do anything interesting, meaning we are due another Bahrain. You think I’m kidding? AutoSport outright asked Bridgestone’s Director of Motorsport if [...]

When F1 switched over to it’s current tyre\fuel regulations this year, races like Canada were probably what were hoped for. It’s just a bit of a shame that it’s taken until Canada for the regulations to show their potential… Since the snoozefest in Bahrain which opened the season, nobody has quite known what to make [...]

You know, I can understand most of the madness in F1 most of the time, but this one I don’t get. With Bridgestone leaving the sport at the end of the year, a fact that the teams have known for quite a while, a new tyre supplier has had to be found. First of all [...]

Six weeks ago, all the F1 bosses told us that it was absolutely vital that they sorted out the tyre supplier for 2011 as soon as possible. Today, we are close to heading back to square one. At one point yesterday, it looked as it Pirelli were going to be sworn in as the new [...]

There are some serious rumours flying around today which say that Bridgestone may be staying in Formula One. It is no secret that the F1 teams would like to keep Bridgestone around, seeing as they have the experience and working relationships with the teams as sole tyre supplier, however there are one or two things [...]

This weekend, the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) had a little chat about just where F1 is going in the future. They do this a lot around this time of year, with Monaco usually being the big meeting, however a few important decisions forced the Team Principals to have a cup of tea and a [...]