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#f1 Days of our Lives: Episode 2 – Stuttgart Fretts

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There are times when the sterotypical jaded US TV network executives wake up and smell the roses. Our crumpled manuscript soap opera was piloted and had far better viewing figures than expected. The concept of the drama inside the sport of motor racing is now high on 1 particular producer’s list of things to do… … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Wednesday 1st May 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day. Comment of the day This comment was made during a debate about management styles, yet it appears to embody the philosophy of F1 culture fairly well. Adamac39 commented, “The saying if it’s not broken, don’t fix it comes to mind!….or even if it is, ignore it until … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Thursday 25th April 2013

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This page will be updated throughout the day Pirelli bow to pressure Pirelli have announced today that they will change the hard compound (orange) tyre from Barcelona onwards. The Italian tyre manufacturer’s motorsport director Paul Hembery said: “After evaluating tyre performance over the balance of the first four races, we took the decision – in consultation … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Sunday 21st April

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This page will be updated throughout the day Bahraini Government are ‘stupid’ Credence must now be given to Il Padrino’s accusations that F1’s supremo is getting on in years and losing the grip on some of his faculties. Remarkably Ecclestone said on Saturday, “We believe the government were in a way really stupid to put … Read more

China GP 2013: Off Track post race review

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Thankfully after the past couple of weeks, the ‘off the track’ post race report I write will be considerably shorter than some of my recent reviews. Firstly, lets clear up the matter of 8 drivers under investigation for use of DRS under yellow flag conditions. All 8 escape sanction and the stewards note the following. … Read more

Daily News and Comment: Friday 12th April 2013

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This page will be updated later in the day Marussia woes In FP2 Max Chilton managed just 5 laps and stopped the car out on track. On returning to the pits he said, “In turn one I lost all propulsion so for safety reasons we have stopped. But maybe we can go out again”. The … Read more

It’s Good to be the King

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By Adam Macdonald To start with a quote from ‘History of the World, Part I’ would seem irregular to some, but its importance is paramount.  “Those who are at the top, in almost any sport or field, are disliked by many others purely because they are the best.” A great example of this is Chelsea … Read more

‘Farcical FIA’ and ‘Steady Stewarding’

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No anti Melbourne sentiment here Unlike others in the media, I am not down on the trip that the Formula 1 fraternity  makes to begin the season in Australia. If Formula 1 wishes to claim it is the only truly global sport – as claimed by team principals in the FIA press conference – then … Read more

Evidence mounts that the Renault engine mapping fiasco is hurting Red Bull and Lotus

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A Quick look at how much each team managed to extract from 2013 pre-season testing

Team Total Testing Laps

1. Sauber 1161 laps
2. Mercedes 1095 laps
3. Ferrari 1068 laps
4. Red Bull Racing 1008 laps
5. McLaren 1008 laps
6. Caterham 985 laps
7. Sahara Force India 980 laps
8. Toro Rosso 960 laps
9. Marussia 798 laps
10. Lotus 770 laps
11. Williams – FW35 666 laps
12. Williams – FW34 305 laps

Driver Total Testing Laps

1. Esteban Gutierrez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 607 laps
2. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 572 laps
3. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Sauber-Ferrari 554 laps
4. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 553 laps
5. Sergio Perez Mexico McLaren-Mercedes 553 laps 
6. Max Chilton Britain Marussia-Cosworth 550 laps
7. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 536 laps
8. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes-Mercedes 523 laps
9. Charles Pic France Caterham-Renault 516 laps
10. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Renault 513 laps
11. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 513 laps
12. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 513 laps
13. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 505 laps
14. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 495 laps
15. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 495 laps
16. Giedo van der Garde Holland Caterham-Renault 469 laps
17. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault 458 laps
18. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 455 laps
19. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 424 laps
20. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault 259 laps
21. Jules Bianchi France Marussia-Cosworth 253 laps *
22. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 249 laps
23. Luiz Razia Brazil Marussia-Cosworth 112 laps
24. James Rossiter Britain Force India-Mercedes 61 laps
25. Pedro de la Rosa Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 50 laps
26. Davide Valsecchi Italy Lotus-Renault 16 laps

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A Tale of 2 drivers – same team – ex-mates, Mallya Criminal Summons, Ross Brawn goes fishing? Tim Goss McLaren’s new Technical Director

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Toro Rosso: Best buddies now not even friends

Sometimes when reporting the news, it’s easy to get a cheap headline by taking out of context things said by those who are at the heart of the story. I read a secondary source reporting on this article from Melbourne based  publication ‘The Age’ and that source was highly selective on the quotes they represented.

The article reveals that prior to joining F1 team Toro Rosso, Daniel Ricciardo and Jean Eric Vergne were the best of friends.

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