Alvin's Formula One Blog

Well said Sir jackie..woohoo! FIA and Max..up yours! Friday 15th May 2009 Never one to pass up on the chance to have a go at the FIA, Sir Jackie Stewart has slammed motorsport's governing body, saying they have "no business" telling the teams how much they can spend. Formula One is set for arguably its most important day in its history today as the Formula One Teams Assocation takes on Max Mosley. On the one side of the table Mosley and his FIA are determined to press ahead with their budget cap even though it could result in a two-tier Championship, and on the other side the teams, including Ferrari, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull and Toro Rosso, are threatening to leave the sport if Mosley gets his way. Stewart, a three-times F1 World Champion, has now weighed in on the debate, saying its up to each individual team - and not the FIA - to decide how much money they want to spend. "I agree that there shou...

From after the race to today, the whole F1 world has been abuzz with the FIA"T"s biased decision to hand Lewis Hamilton a 25s penalty in the Belgian GP thereby handing the race win to Felipe Massa, who didn't deserve the win by the way he was driving that day. McLaren are keeping their cool and trying to prepare for the next race at Monza, FIArrari's home ground, where they thrashed FIArrari last year, by the way. Meanwhile, it seems that the stewards who pounced on Lewis so quickly (they never work this fast when it concerns FIArrari i.e. Massa at Valencia) appears to be made up of questionable people and as expected and debated by many, didn't even bat an eyelid when Kimi overtook under a yellow flag . Also, they may have made an error of fact when trying to justify the crappy penalty with their rules. Anthony Hamilton , has rightly questioned the FIA"T" for their flip-flop management of F1. When races are boring, a procession they change the rules ...