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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

According to umpteen reports out there today, Michelin are close to pulling out of the race to provide F1 with rubber and leave the path clear for Pirelli to assume the mantle. The move by Michelin comes after apparently failing in some last gasp wooing at the Canadian Grand Prix last weekend to convince the [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]

This whole tyre supplier thing for next year is now becoming a bit of a pain in the ass. It started out with a nice, innocent search for a new company to supply tyres and it has since turned into this huge, confusing situation that is annoying the hell out of everybody. After already handing [...]