Nicole kisses Chris, Thai GP announced, Mercedes not yet seen Concorde? Ecclestone offers cash to settle bribe claims, Mr. E Wants Australia at night

Well,  2 weeks since the launch of the blog – over 3000 hits and some very complimentary comments. I’ve quickly learned in social media though, you need a thick skin as some comments are not just au contraire but pretty abusive. Hey Ho.

Its not been too bad so far. We called the Jake leaving the BBC the week before it was announced and suggested in the “Shrinking Calendar” piece there may be trouble yet for New Jersey (You can see the date published on each article)

Well today was the day that wasn’t. We’ve had an FIA executive meeting with no news, a Mercedes car company board meeting with no news and the much awaited Eddie Jordan prediction was also – no news.

So here’s some links to a few things that have occurred.

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Petrov to lose his seat, Mercedes appoint Lauda, 2013 NY Grand Prix in trouble, Pictures from Russia 2014

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I did suggest in my article before the Singapore Grand Prix that there may be trouble ahead for the F1 2013 calendar. After a blaze of publicity on Saturday it appears the shrinking calendar may yet be true. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/sep/25/grand-prix-america-contract-torn-up?newsfeed=true

Petrov after losing his seat at Renault Lotus last year found a reprive late in the testing programme of 2012 when he replaced Jarno Truli at Caterham. It seems like his backers have run out of roubles and his manager is running out of patience.  http://en.rian.ru/sports/20120925/176212683.html . Enter Jaime Alguersauri?

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