On this day in F1 07 March, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler:
Kevin Russell
– Graham Hill returns from injury – 1970
– Irvine’s first Ferrari victory – 1999
– Michael Schumacher starts run to 7th Championship – 2004
On this day… 25th July Brought to you by TJ13 contributor OddBall Eddie who? 1999 1999 was meant to be the year of Ferrari. The team had pushed hard to develop a car that was at last capable of winning the coveted F1 crown. Things had finally come together and Maranello had assembled what was … Read more
“Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; wherever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable.”
– Graham Hill returns from injury – 1970
– Irvine’s first Ferrari victory – 1999
– Michael Schumacher starts run to 7th Championship – 2004
Funny how from week to week the Monday morning feeling following and F1 weekend can be quite different. With Japan and Korea being back to back the contrast is stark. Last Monday, I was still buzzing from the Japanese GP. not that the battle for the win was great, but there was a lot of good racing down the pack, the fans were amazing, Kamui getting his podium at last before he loses his F1 seat, Grosjean’s latest incident…lots of stuff to think about and write about.
Today…Zzz…I’m struggling. Part of the reason is I think my post race thoughts posted yesterday for Korea was more comprehensive than the one from Japan, so there are fewer loose ends to tie up today. Another the reason is that the F1 circus is battling its way back from the remote part of S. Korea and today is a quiet news days. Any way let’s see what’s going on.
BBC – Old News and Wrong News
You can spot quiet news days, for example, today the BBC F1 story is a re-hash of something we have known about for months – Vettel/Ferrari possibly/maybe 2014. Even so, someone at Red Bull just told me the team have been forced into action and brought forward their post race debrief from Tuesday to today 3:30pm – to quash the rumours.