Let's see the real Lewis

Posted by Bill Thomas at 3:10PM on Thursday 24 May, 2007 1 Comment

Am I the only one left feeling just a smidge flat by all the Lewis Hamilton hype? I can't put my finger on exactly why, but it all seems a bit weird, and indeed, strange...

Split decision

Posted by Nick Trott at 3:30PM on Thursday 03 May, 2007 7 Comments

I can't help feeling that recently, the World Rally Championship has become a little, well, formulaic.

Rallies have become something of a two-horse race; Sebastien Loeb in the Citroen and Marcus Gronholm in the Ford Focus...

How fast could Quick Nick have gone?

Posted by Nick Trott at 10:15AM on Tuesday 01 May, 2007 6 Comments

So, a contemporary F1 car driven by Nick Heidfeld has just done three laps of the 'Green Hell'.

It was a PR stunt, and the very fact that we're blogging about it here (and 45,000 people were at the 'Ring to watch it) proves that it was some kind of success...

Who's more passionate: NASCAR or F1 fans?

Posted by Nick Trott at 1:15PM on Monday 30 April, 2007 3 Comments

F1 could learn from beer-can throwing NASCAR fans. Honest.

Although it's impossible to condone the actions of the NASCAR fans on the final lap of the Aaron's 499 race at Talladega at the weekend, the passion shown by the beer-can throwing Earnhardt fans should not be trivialised....