Bottom of the bottom

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 11:15AM on Wednesday 07 May, 2008 10 Comments

It was sad yesterday that Super Aguri had to call it a day.

They had some great moments during their short tenure and will be missed by many F1 fans around the world.

Super Aguri may have only scored four points during its F1 career, but compared to this lot, they were titanic heroes...

Lapping it up

Posted by Bill Thomas at 10:50AM on Tuesday 29 April, 2008 4 Comments

I thoroughly enjoyed the Spanish Grand Prix on the weekend for many reasons. It was a dull old race, as it always is in Spain, but I didn't care.

So here's my favourite number from the race - 6. That's the number of laps that Felipe Massa was quicker than Kimi Raikkonen before the second set of pit stops started on lap 46. So, 6 of 46, 6 of 46......

Spanish Grand Prix Sunday

Posted by Maurice Hamiton at 4:00PM on Sunday 27 April, 2008 5 Comments

In the back of everyone's mind had to be the accident which had taken out the McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen. More to the point; the team was keen to discover the cause of his 140mph headlong charge into the tyre barrier at the fastest corner on the circuit...

Maurice's Saturday F1 thoughts

Posted by Maurice Hamiton at 8:50PM on Saturday 26 April, 2008 3 Comments

Formula One teams seem to spend every spare moment testing at the Circuit de Cataluna.

They don't come to admire the surroundings. The circuit does, however, have a combination of medium and fast corners that provide a thorough test for aerodynamics...