Posted in Formula One on Sep 30th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s perhaps divine retribution that pouting Alonso crashes out of Japan in a solo accident, trying to catch up with Louie who shows signs of being the new Rainmeister!
And even Hamilton has to endure a humbling scare with a blameless collision but gets away relatively unscathed.
And ever devious Ferrari claims to be left out of […]
Posted in Formula One on Sep 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Commentary during the coverage of F1 practice at Spa on SPEED:
Discussion of how draconian the penalty was; constructor’s points, big bucks and McLaren gets no travel money, are to be relegated down to the end of the pit lane next to Spyker. The bombshell was that Alsono instigated the whole thing by blackmailing the team; he said something […]
Posted in Formula One on Sep 14th, 2007 No Comments »
September 14, 2007The FIA yesterday fined Formula 1 racing team McLaren $100 million and removed all of the manufacturers points it has earned thus far this season. McLaren was leading the manufacturers point race but will not be permitted to earn any points for the entire season.
Early in the investigation, the McLaren race cars were […]
Posted in Formula One on Jun 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Lewis Hamilton chocks up his second F1 win at what may be the last F1 race in Indy for the forseeable future.
Posted in Formula One on Jun 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Can Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton resist rushing to Indy this week for a photo op?
Interest in Paris Hilton has cooled down so they’ve lost their spotlight opportunity in LaLa land.
The timing couldn’t be worse for the young lad.
Pray for him!
Posted in Formula One on May 28th, 2007 No Comments »
McLaren sweeps again at Monaco.
Posted in Formula One on Apr 26th, 2007 No Comments »
David Richards, the former Benetton and BAR team principal who returns to the sport next year with his own Prodrive team, has hinted that Aston Martin could enter Formula One in five years’ time.
In the sport’s hey day in the sixties, all the major F1 teams except for Ferrari were English. Today, only McLaren and […]
Posted in Formula One, NASCAR, Open Wheel on Apr 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Based on ratings reported in SportBusiness news, TV audience ratings for the ‘Big Five’ European markets France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the UK shows that despite broadcasting live at ‘unfriendly’ European times, the three races so far this season have rating any US series would kill for . . . even NASCAR. Qualifying continued to […]
Posted in Formula One, NASCAR on Apr 21st, 2007 No Comments »
I’m not going pull any punches about bad programming. Somehow the execs at SPEED TV and ESPN have convinced themselves that all they have to do is put NASCAR in the title of a program and viewers will tune in with a lemming-like mindlessness.
Sorry. We’re smarter than that!
Thank goodness some programs break the mold […]
Posted in Formula One on Apr 17th, 2007 1 Comment »
Barring some major changes cropping up from home ground testing, the supposed premier racing series in the world seems to be set to revolve around the fortunes of two teams and four drivers. On one hand, the sport is at a high point, with traditional powerhouse Ferrari joined by manufacturers Mercedes, BMW, Renault, Honda and […]