Archive: February, 2006
The Price Of Pitstops
One of BlogF1’s readers has asked, “…why a pitstop under the safety car is considered free?”
This might get a bit convoluted as I have a habit of going off on tangents, so I apologise in advance…
…When an accident occurs on the circuit during a race, and the Race Director – Charlie Whiting – considers that [...]
Can Button Win In 2006?
Honda have ben extensively testing their new car over the Winter, and if the lap times are anything to go by, the Japanese squad look like they are potential race winners. Whilst Renault have continued their form, and McLaren and Ferrari have made progress, it is the newly bought (and renamed) BAR team that [...]
F1 2006 – Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso – Italian for ‘Team Red Bull’ – have paid homage to their original guise as Minardi by naming themselves in the language of their predecessors, Italian. The ‘other’ Italian team had managed to keep themselves going for 20 years, but eventually decided late last season that enough was enough and gave in [...]
F1 2006 – Super Aguri
What can I say about Super Aguri?
They were the latest of the late in terms of entry to Formula One, only getting in because the other 10 existing teams allowed it. SAF1 put their entry in on time, but failed to mail the $48m cheque (I suspect the mail-boy got fired!). Thus, their [...]
F1 2006 – The Build Up!
The 2006 Formula One season is almost upon us, and it seems like only yesterday that I was shouting at the TV in utter joy as Fernando Alonso finally clinched the title to become the youngest ever F1 World Champion. Since then though, vacations have been taken, awards have been handed out and thousands [...]
Should Kimi Stay?
Should Kimi Raikkonen stay at McLaren or should he venture elsewhere in 2007?
So far, there has been no word on the future of McLarens’ line up in 2007 other than the current reigning World Champion – Fernando Alonso – joining the squad. Currently, the team have Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya on their [...]
Moderated Comments
Comments are currently going straight to moderation. This isn’t my intention and I am working on fixing it. Please accept my apologies for now and bear with me while I look into it.
Standard ECUs in Formula One?
I have just read a really good post over at F1 Links Heaven which asks if standard ECUs (Electronic Control Units) in Formula One is a good thing. One quote which I must share really stood out from the page.
