The Black Stuff

One of the most commonly said phrases during commentary this weekend, especially during the coverage of the GP2 and GP3 sessions this weekend, has been “I hope that the director shows us something-or-other.” There are two very good reasons for this, dear reader. The first is that, hey, it’s Monaco, so there is always something [...]

If there is one multi-millionaire, globe travelling racing driver that you should feel sorry for, it’s probably Felipe Massa. When people talk about his teammate, Fernando Alonso, all the conversations go along the lines of how marvelously he’s outdriving his car and how he’s showing his worth by dragging a mid pack car onto the [...]

At the last Grand Prix in Canada, Michael Schumacher had an absolute nightmare – his tyre management was woeful, he had crashes with Robert Kubica, Adrian Sutil and Felipe Massa and lost out on a points paying position on the last lap after being overtaken by both Force India cars. He was also squarely blamed [...]

At the Canadian Grand Prix, Force India had a good race at a circuit where they were expected to perform well as after an eventful final lap, both Vitantonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil got past Michael Schumacher and into the points. You’d think that that would be enough for Force India, but they are still [...]

The season isn’t even half way through yet and already one man has begun petitioning for a better job next year: HRT’s rookie Karun Chandhok. According to Chandhok, he should get a drive with the Force India team because the resulting tie up of an Indian backed F1 team and an Indian driver next year [...]

I’m confused. I know that isn’t exactly a rare thing with me, but this time I am really utterly bamboozled. Something really, really weird is going on between Force India and Lotus and for the life of me I can’t figure it out. First, you have Force India starting legal proceedings against Lotus, Lotus’ Technical [...]

So far this season, Force India have generally been letting test driver Paul di Resta have a play in one of their cars during Friday’s first practice session. During this time di Resta has been, well, he’s been pretty good. So good, in fact, that there have been some thinking that he may get promoted [...]

Of all of the new teams to show up in F1 this year, there is no doubting that Lotus are the most with it. While HRT are buzzing around the track slower than a GP2 car at times, and Virgin F1 can’t even design a car that holds enough fuel to finish races, Lotus are [...]

The back room shufflings are already happening in an attempt to pick up two of Formula One’s biggest Free Agent technical names – Pat Symonds and Pat Fry. The first name on the list, Pat Symonds, is looking for his first job in F1 since being booted out of the sport for his role in [...]

So much news, such little space… Along with today’s main stories, the following bits and pieces have also happened. It’s just we don’t really have time to cover them all individually, so we are wrapping them up in one big bundle of love we call a Quickie. Therefore, please enjoy Monday’s Quickie news items: Alonso [...]