Category: Formula 1
The Honda withdrawal bombshell
by Graham 
With the news now official that Honda is withdrawing from Formula 1 with immediate effect, my worst fear about a manufacturer-dominated F1 is being realized.
Manufacturers can always walk away from the sport when they feel the need to do so. Honda has… more »
12/16/08 11:11:37 am, What the hell is the FIA doing and why?
by Graham
Hot on the news of Renault being found guilty of possession of the intellectual property of an other team (McLaren) but escaping punishment (which eerily replicates their 1994 escape from punishment, when, as Benetton, they were found guilty of tampering… more »
WMC Council Verdict - Renault guitly - but no penalty - deja vu all over again
by Graham
The verdict on Renault's possession of McLaren intellectual property has been announced - and just I suspected, the FIA has somehow managed to decide that Renault should not be punished.
This is deeply disappointing, but I expected that they would mana… more »
McLaren-Mercedes 2007 compared to Williams-Honda 1986
by Graham
As the dust settles on what has been a tempestuous Formula 1 season, one item that I have been pondering is the similarity between the 1986 and 2007 seasons, specifically the way in which a driver from a competing team was able to snatch the drivers' cha… more »
The FIA wimps out over the Brazilian GP fuel issue...
by Graham
..by announcing that McLaren's appeal is inadmissible. Conveniently, it waited to issue the news in order to reduce the media ripples.
This is pretty definitive proof that the FIA's judgement processes bear only a superficial resemblance to any judicial… more »
The 2007 championship and the FIA
by Graham
The 2007 Formula 1 drivers' World Championship was decided in dramatic fashion on Sunday in Interlagos, when Kimi Raikkonen won, with Fernando Alonso third and Lewis Hamilton in eighth. The result, improbably, left Raikkonen as the champion.
Or did it?… more »
The FIA Formula 1 Intellectual Property Mess..
by Graham
...continues to deepen, with Renault due to appear before the WMSC in December to answer charges that look like a cross between the passing of IP data from Ferrari to Toyota in 2002, and the passing of the now-infamous 780 page design dossier from Ferrar… more »
Now the Renault IP case has moved into the public arena
by Graham
...with the news that Renault F1 will face a FIA council meeting in mid-December. The issue that they have been investigated over concerns the appearance of engineering drawings and other information about the 2007 McLaren, brought to the team by a new e… more »
"Stepneygate", McLaren and the latest WCMS ruling
by Graham
Today's ruling that McLaren will lose all of their 2007 F1 World Championship points, and will be fined a large sum of money, will probably not mark the end of this long saga.
History may record that this was the least messy possible outcome to a thoro… more »
Just watched the Malaysian Grand Prix...
by Graham
...and it is clear that the new V8 engines are much more fragile compared to their V10 predecessors. We have seen a shoal of engine problems and failures in practice and qualifying (Felipe Massa changed 2 engines), and today there were at least two spect… more »