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Victims of Circumstance: Hungaroring 2013

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald. [For those who are new to the page; TJ13 attempts to remove certain aspects of the race to give a fairer reflection of the race result.] A refreshing change from the usual dominant weekends, where a complete change in pace for the qualifying … Read more

That’s Just Not Cricket

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald. Any readers who are cricket fans will have struggled to miss the controversy of two weeks ago.  English all-rounder, Stuart Broad, elected not to ‘walk’ even though he knew he had edged the ball to, firstly the wicket keeper and then the slip. … Read more

Daily #F1 News and Comment: Tuesday 23 July 2013

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Daniel Ricciardo’s teammate Jean-Eric Vergne has come out in support of the young Australian. Vergne said, “I think it’s my teammate Daniel Ricciardo who should get the job, not Kimi Raikkonen“. He went on to say “If Daniel, who at the moment is doing better than me, is running alongside Sebastian Vettel, it will show … Read more

Victims of Circumstance: Nurburgring 2013

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald. A puzzling weekend in many ways in Germany. A rapid response to a cameraman’s lucky escape after getting hit by a rogue Webber wheel, tyres that once again caused the technical department at Mercedes headaches, Rosberg not playing ball with the team orders … Read more

Castrol GP Predictor Summary – Nurburgring 2013

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald. 9 down, and only 10 to go; we are almost into the second half of the season already.  Where has the time gone?  Anybody in a time warp would probably say little has changed though.  Vettel still leading the WDC and Alonso hot … Read more

Victims of Circumstance: Silverstone 2013

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald. [For those who are new to the page; TJ13 attempts to remove certain aspects of the race to give a fairer reflection of the race result.] The iconic Northamptonshire circuit played host to what was easily the best race of the year so … Read more

Castrol GP Predictor Summary – Silverstone 2013

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald. Wow.  What a weekend that was for all concerned with the Formula One world.  On the predictions side, Vettel’s gearbox threw a spanner in the works as well as needing one to fix it, whilst Hamilton and Webber’s recovery saved some weekends. A … Read more

Perry looking Perilous?

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Brought to you by Adam Macdonald Some acts are near impossible to follow due to the constant comparisons to the predecessor in that position. One example that springs to mind is the largely unenviable position David Moyes finds himself in at Manchester United. Whilst most would jump at the opportunity to manage what is arguably … Read more

Brabham return to F1?, 2014 engines will sound fine: Whiting

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Brabham return to F1: The famous Brabham name could once again make a return to F1. Triple World Champion and Australian Jack Brabham now 86, founded his eponymous team in 1960 and it later raced under Bernie Ecclestone’s stewardship. In 2009, a German automotive supply company, Formtech, claimed it now controls the Brabham team name and filed an official entry for the 2010 Formula 1 season.

But the Brabham family hit back, launching legal action to “protect the family name”. Jack Brabham’s son David, a sports car racing specialist who contested 30 Grands Prix in the 1990’s, said: “Right now this is a very sensitive issue. But, yes, there is the possibility to bring the team back [to F1],” he told Brazil’s Totalrace.

The Brabham team won two constructors’ and 4 drivers’ titles in the 1960’s and 1980’s, last racing with Damon Hill at the wheel in 1992. David Brabham continued: “For now, we have a predicament behind the scenes, involving the rights of the name. It’s 98 percent resolved, and when it is 100 percent we’ll see what we can do.”

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Marlboro McLaren becomes McLaren Nicorette, COTA business plan highly optimistic, Lewis leaving was all about the money, Austin Council votes to tax COTA, New F1 film for release in Austin

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Vodafone scale down sponsorship:  It has been widely rumoured that Vodafone will be pulling out of its 6 year relationship with McLaren at the end of 2013. This has been considered to be worth as much as $75m a year, which is stratospheric compared to the fee’s most sponsors of F1 teams pay. Joe Seward has done a great article on this today, the link is at the end if this section.

The points worthy of comment are, Glaxo Smith Klien (GSK) has been extending its relationship with McLaren, and in a big announcement in the summer the announced a “ground-breaking collaboration” which will apply McLaren’s winning expertise to the needs of GSK, the aim being to help it to function more efficiently with more efficient planning processes and better modelling tools to drive faster decision-making. This includes the construction of a learning facility called the ‘McLaren GSK Centre for Applied Performance’, which is under construction at McLaren’s Headquarters in Woking.they announcedis setting up.

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