Johnny Herbert – My Favourite Driver (Sort Of)
There are a great many things which, in the ’90s, appeared utterly brilliant: velvet trousers, crimped hair, neon clothes, Tony Blair, Sunny D, furbies, to name but a few. And yet, with the…
Viva España! Sublime home win for Alonso
And who said there wasn’t much overtaking at the Spanish grand prix? This year’s race at the Circuit de Catalunya took the rule book, had a brief look at it, and duly threw…
Formula 1 – Still a Grand Prize?
Like the famous Martin Amis novel, the Bernie Ecclestone era* of Formula 1 has been all about one thing … Money. Here in the Sett we couldn’t help but notice a series of…
Shanghai Surprise – Alonso Wins the Chinese Grand Prix
It was a tale of many strategies today at the Chinese grand prix making for a tense and, at times, bizarre race. Like a well-plotted episode of Jonathan Creek, it wasn’t until the very final lap that anyone could be 100% sure of who-won-it.
The Flav is back! (sort of)
As much as we appreciate the candour and humour of many of the team principals in the paddock this season (shout out to Renault’s Eric Boullier), there really is no match for the…
Red Bully? Vettel wins controversial Malaysian grand prix
We used to call Mark Webber “Mr Unlucky”, but after today’s Malaysian grand prix a better name for Webber is probably “Mr I Was Robbed”* after his team “mate” Vettel went against Red…
What a Finn-ish! Raikkonen wins the Abu Dhabi grand prix
Boy wonder. That finger gesture. Title contender. Love him or loathe him, the big news between qualifying and race day at Abu Dhabi was Vettel’s disqualification from the qualifying result. With a mere 13 points (now who’s superstitious?) between Vettel and Alonso and only 3 races to go, a start from the pitlane for Vettel was a welcome surprise for both the Abu Dhabi grand prix and the end of the 2012 season.
Gangnam style: the 2012 Korean grand prix
The result was perhaps a forgone conclusion. For some, though, carpets were not an expected obstacle during today’s Korean grand prix…
Banzai! Red Bull dominate at Japan GP qualifying
Brownie points, or rather Sushi points if you were up this morning first thing for the Japanese grand prix qualifying session. The Suzuka circuit is a driver favourite, a fan favourite, has a nice cameo in the film Senna and is always at stupid O’clock in the morning (for European viewers that is). But qualifying was certainly worth the sleep deprivation, especially if you’re a Kobayashi fan…
Business Badger: F1 IPO on track for June
Forget Facebook, this is the IPO to be interested in. Formula One’s Singapore IPO is due to go ahead in mid-June as CVC Capital Partners (the private equity investor which owns 63.4% of Formula One) looks to sell some of its stakeholding.
F1 – The Musical?
Having been alerted to Lewis Hamilton’s musical “abilities” by POP recently, we thought it only be right to compile a list of songs which should be a shoo-in to feature in “F1: the Musical”. It’s surely only a matter of time they make a musical of the “circus” that is F1 – Bernie Ecclestone leaves no money-making stone unturned, after all.
Jail birds: F1′s naughty boys
The piano-playing German driver Adrian Sutil, who famously had a rubbishly brilliant tiff with fellow driver Jarno Trulli (check out the aftermath video below), is to stand trial for grievous bodily harm after a nightclub incident with Lotus co-owner Eric Lux following last year’s Chinese grand prix.
Podium or Pits Weekend Special Edition!
As you may be aware, this is the final edition of Podium or Pits from me before I hand over the reigns (or should that be steering wheel?) to the hilarious Benson Jammichello. So as a final farewell, there’ll be awards (Badger stripes), and some of the best bits from POP over the last few years.
Monza Qualifying – Vettel says “Ciao” to rivals
Monza, it’s the home of the Italian grand prix, and one of the legendary tracks on the F1 calendar. It’s the home race for the Ferrari team and their hoardes of flag-waving ‘Tifosi’, who were no doubt hoping for a ‘red wash’ at qualifying today, and not in fact a ‘red-bull wash’ …
Podium or Pits – it’s grand prix POP!
This week POP is all about Red or Black, missing persons, and tracks, Jenson Button opens a restaurant in, err, Harrogate, and someone claims that the idea for F1 was stolen from Scalextric…
