Alvin's Formula One Blog

It would seem anything is possible in F1. Magny-Cours might even remain on the calendar next year as was commented by Keith on F1Fanatic . The US GP might even make a comeback too. Actually that would be good, it would be nice to have different tracks. The really interesting track would be Abu Dhabi. But looking at the calendar presented by Keith, it seems odd that the F1 circus should travel from Europe to Singapore then back to the Middle East at Abu Dhabi. They should go from Europe to Abu Dhabi first then travel to the east to Singapore, Japan and China before finishing in Brazil. That would help the logistics and jetlag.

I'm getting tired of Kimi's whining. Just shut the hell up and get on with it. Lewis has said it was his fault and he was sorry. He wants to get on with it. Everybody wants to get on with it. Sutil wants to get on with it. Sutil is less experienced and cries a lot in the paddock but he doesn't whine so much when Kimi hit him in the back. And that was more important to Sutil than it was to Kimi. Kimi can always finish in the points or win almost anyday but Sutil? I say to Kimi - Shut the hell up and get on with it. If you want revenge then win in Magny-Cours. Other than that, shut up!

Thursday 12th June 2008 Lewis Hamilton is convinced he can defy the odds in the French GP and claim what would be a stunning victory. Hamilton will start the race at Magny-Cours handicapped by a 10-place grid penalty following a calamitous Canadian Grand Prix. The McLaren star was left red-faced after crashing into the back of title rival Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari at the end of the pit lane. Trundling along at 30mph, Hamilton failed to spot Raikkonen and eventual race winner Robert Kubica had stopped for a red light. The McLaren star braked too late, and was unable to avoid hitting Raikkonen, resulting in an early retirement for both drivers. The penalty handed down by the stewards at Montreal means even if Hamilton sets the fastest time in qualifying in France, he will still start outside the top 10 for the first time in his Formula One career. Yet, despite Magny-Cours being track where it is difficult to overtake...

Tuesday 10th June 2008 Lewis Hamilton is refusing to let his Canadian GP mishap get him down, saying if he hadn't crashed he would've "destroyed" the rest of the field. Starting from pole position, Hamilton easily etched out a seven second lead over the competition. However, his advantage was undone when the Safety Car came out on lap 17, resulting in the field bunching up. Two laps later and Hamilton was out of the grand prix after a mistake saw him rear end Kimi Raikkonen. It was a disappointing end to a promising race for the 23-year-old. However, Hamilton is refusing to let it get to him as he reckons had it not been for the accident he would be destroyed the competition. "This will make no difference. It hasn't knocked me confidence-wise, I'm not gutted or disappointed," he said. "It is not going to take me a day to recover or anything. I'll be up first thing training ...

10 June 2008 by Keith Collantine F1 is likely to have a new procedure in place for what drivers are supposed to do in the event of a safety car deployment in time for the next round at Magny-Cours. A trial of the new system will be held before the race. The plan is that, when the safety car is deployed, the drivers will be given a message by race control and will have to activate a special programme on their cars that limits their speed. Will this help fix the safety car problem? How will this affect the races? The problem The safety car rules were changed at the beginning of last year to prevent drivers from coming into the pits as soon as a safety car period was declared. This was because at the beginning of a safety car period drivers would continue racing up to the start/finish line, often out of a desire to get a pit stop at minimum cost to their race time while the rest of the field was delayed. The first ‘solution’ This was correctly judged to be unsafe and a...