Max Mosley’s Alleged “Nazi Orgy”

FIA President Max Mosley has been videoed taking part in an alleged “nazi orgy”, according to the British tabloid The News Of The World. (Source here)
The alleged “orgy” involved Mr Mosley shouting German at as he apparenly lashed five hookers wearing mock uniforms, and played the role of a death camp inmate himself, having his [...]

FIA’s New Qualifying Rule

Following this story on Toro Bloggo after Sepang, the FIA have decided to do something about it.
You may remember the third session of qualifying at Sepang; Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were relegated five grid places for “impeding” Fernando Alonso and Nick Heidfeld while they were on flying laps. To save fuel, drivers trundle round [...]

Toro Rosso Offer Force India Prize Money

In what is one of the odder F1 stories of the year, Toro Rosso have announced they will be splitting their 2008 prize money with the Force India team.
But, only on the condition that Force India do not finish in the Top 10 this season – ie. last. If Force India actually do better than [...]

Qatar Wants F1

Well, they say the money’s in the Middle East, and that certainly seems to be ringing very harmonic bells in the minds of F1 bosses. With a race in Bahrain in two weeks time, a race in United Arab Emirates beginning next year, and F1 theme parks set up in Dubai, Qatar wants to cash [...]

Alonso Could Leave Renault – Hardly News

Splashed across the front page of the BBC’s motorsport section is the breaking news that Fernando Alonso “could leave Renault at the end of the season”.
Are you surprised? I’m not, and I think it was quite obvious that this was a “gap year” for Fernando as he looks to go to Ferrari in 2009. Fernando [...]

Kimi Raikkonen Takes Sepang Win

Photos courtesy of Formula One Administation
Well, it wasn’t quite as eventful as Melbourne, but Sepang threw up a couple of surprises which ended up seeing Kimi Raikkonen on the top step of the podium.Polesitter Felipe Massa was sitting in second place before he span it out half way through the race (Picture, top left). Robert [...]

Lewis And Heikki Penalised Five Grid Places

The stewards at Malaysia recieved complains from Nick Heidfeld and Fernando Alonso regarding the slow-moving McLarens at the end of qualifying. According to Nick, Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton were crusing along in the racing line, trying to save fuel. The footage of this can be found here.
The stewards have stepped in, and both drivers [...]

McLaren Under Investigation As Massa Takes Pole

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa is in a perfect position to repeat last year’s victory. He was on pole position in 2007 and went on to take the chequered flag. Kimi Raikkonen makes it an all-Ferrari front row, and if Heikki or Lewis are going to grab a win for McLaren, they will have to fight for [...]

Red Bull Could Be Excluded From Sepang

After David Coulthard’s huge suspension failure in Friday Practice 1, the race stewards spoke to Red Bull boss Christian Horner and chief technology officer Adrian Newey. If the stewards deem the Red Bull car to be unsafe, the Red Bull team could be disqualified from the event.
Eyebrows were raised in Australia when David’s bodywork crumbled [...]

F1 Going Back To BBC

After twelve years sitting on ITV1, Formula 1 is finally going back to the BBC. It means, thank goodness, that the coverage will no longer be interrupted by unwelcome advert breaks.
But the best news out of all this (apart from that theme tune) is that it looks likely that from next year, James Allen will [...]