filed in Opinion on Jul.12, 2010
After each week, we track the power struggle within the All British McLaren team – does 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton hold the power, or does that fall with 2009 Champ Jenson Button? Oooh the excitement… Coming into the British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton held a 4 – 3 advantage over Jenson Button in the [...]
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filed in Opinion, Race Weekend Coverage on Jul.08, 2010
As you should be able to deduce from the little .co.uk up there in the URL, we are a British based website. As such, we feel it is our civic duty to provide all the fans who will watch this weekend’s British Grand Prix and not many other races with a Bluffer’s Guide. So, here [...]
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filed in News, Opinion on Jul.08, 2010
At McLaren, all appears awfully friendly. Although the team have always preached equality between drivers, this year they are taking it to extremes and have seemingly gone out of their way to make sure that both of their World Champion drivers are equal. To be honest, it’s all so wholesome it would make Walt Disney [...]
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filed in News, Opinion on Jul.05, 2010
Tony Purnell, a former technical advisor to the FIA and Jaguar F1′s old Team Principal, has slammed modern F1 for being ‘ugly’ and ‘scandelous’. He also reportedly told his mommy that F1 called him a rude name and took his lunch money too. Purnell left his post as an FIA advisor earlier this year and [...]
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filed in News, Opinion on Jul.05, 2010
Before the 2010 season started, Lewis Hamilton fired his Dad Anthony as his manager. You know, just like any son would. It seems that relations between the two finally became too strained to work, with Anthony being an omnipresent scowl in the back of the McLaren garage and Lewis being the eternal teenager who wanted [...]
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filed in Opinion on Jul.01, 2010
After each race, we have a look at just who holds the power in the All British Superteam of McLaren – is it 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, or is it 2009 Champion Jenson Button? Well… Yeah yeah, coming in to this race Lewis Hamilton had a narrow 1 point advantage but it was all [...]
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filed in Opinion on Jun.27, 2010
I don’t like to use the term ‘cheat’ very often, but at the end of the day that is the only way I can describe Lewis Hamilton tonight – he cheated. During this afternoon’s European Grand Prix around Valencia, Lewis Hamilton decided to overtake the safety car when it was brought out following Mark Webber’s [...]
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filed in Opinion on Jun.13, 2010
Here at The Black Stuff we are tracking the power battle withing the All British Superteam of McLaren, who feature both 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton and 2009 World Champion Jenson Button as their drivers. Who is on top? Lets find out… Coming into Canada the scores were tied at 3 a piece between Button [...]
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filed in News, Race Weekend Coverage on Jun.13, 2010
I love the Canadian Grand Prix, and I cannot think of a single other fan who doesn’t. It always brings in excitement, drama and everything that is great about F1. Today, the person who was able to conquer Canada was McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who pulled off a great victory that mixed stratergy, on track over [...]
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filed in Opinion on Jun.09, 2010
Yet again, a senior F1 figure – this time Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo – has come out and said that F1 needs sweeping changes in order to stay alive. These included changing the times of races, the length, the number of races held per meeting and several other key things that are essential to [...]
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