I have purposely not commented on the Mosley predicament. I firmly believe that what happens in private should stay private. The British gutter press have many more things they should be focused on. That being said, if he was involved in anything that had Nazi overtones, then he should go.

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The Malaysian Grand Prix is over, with Kimi winning, Kubica second, and Heikki third. Overall, I thought the Grand Prix was nowhere near as exciting a race as the Australian Grand Prix.
I agreed with the penalty assessed to Lewis and Heikki after qualifying. Even though a number of drivers were slow on their cool down [...]

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Autosport.com is reporting that with Melbourne’s offer to move the start time of its race back to 5pm next year not appearing to have placated Bernie Ecclestone’s insistence than the Australian Grand Prix become a night race, Sydney has stepped in to express its interest in doing just that.
Albert Park has a contract to hold [...]

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There are a lot of reports in the press that Ron Dennis will be standing down soon. Some reports say that he will stand down before the season starts, with others saying he will leave after a couple of races. I understand that last year was very difficult for Ron, but I hope he doesn’t [...]

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It has been an interesting pre-season this year with a number of teams talking up their chances. Williams has contunially been talking about how good their car is this season with Sam Michaels, Patrick Head, and even Frank Williams talking about their chances. Given they have a very good driver in Nico Rosberg, maybe things [...]

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In the first part of this preview (Part 1) I review the changes to the races and the rules. In this part, I will review the driver lineups for the teams, and how the teams are positioned after the pre-season.
Driver Lineups
Ferrari: The Ferrari lineup is unchanged with both the current drivers champion Kimi Räikkönen and [...]

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As the season start in OZ is only a couple of weeks away, I thought I would do a preview of the season ahead. This is Part 1 which covers the changes to Races and the regulations. Part 2 will be published in a couple of days and will cover driver changes and where the [...]

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Formula1.com is reporting on the major change for the year which is the implementation of the Standardised Electronic Control Unit, or SECU, and with it the elimination of the driver aids (traction control, etc.).
The SECU enables the FIA to police an article of the regulations central to the ‘DNA’ of Formula One racing - that [...]

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As reported at Formula1.com, each new Formula One season sees a raft of major and minor regulation updates, aimed at achieving a range of different objectives - and 2008 is no different. Some have been well publicised, such as the ban on traction control, others less so, such as the loss of qualifying’s ‘fuel burn’ [...]

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Autosport.com is reporting that the Formula One teams have agreed to shorten the freeze on engine development to five years and are actively considering further radical plans like budget capping.Moreover, the teams have accepted calls from the FIA to further cut costs in Formula One as soon as possible.
The FIA called a meeting with team [...]

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