F1 Fanatic (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As the F1 world waits to learn whether Renault will join Toyota in quitting the sport, the finger-pointing for the manufacturers’ exodus has already begun. The FIA reacted to Toyota’s decision by claiming it could have been avoided if Max Mosley’s budget cap had been introduced. Meanwhile Ferrari blamed “those who managed Formula 1 over the past [...]
Sporting reflections (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Reflecting back on the last 12 months in the world of Formula 1 , two apparently contradictory aphorisms spring to mind. Firstly, that change is usually for the better, and secondly, that you can have too much of a good thing. Change has certainly been the prevalent theme in F1 over the past year. On the plus side, we have had the Brawn team’s fairy-tale march to the constructors’ title...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Ferrari have compared the disappearance of leading manufacturers from Formula One to an Agatha Christie murder mystery, with the finger of guilt pointed at former FIA president Max Mosley.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Ferrari have compared the disappearance of leading manufacturers from Formula One to an Agatha Christie murder mystery, with the finger of guilt pointed at former FIA president Max Mosley.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Ferrari has launched a stinging attack in which it accuses former FIA President Max Mosley of having all-but forced Toyota out of F1 - and questions the calibre of the 2010 newcomers.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The world's car makers should invest in making environmentally friendly vehicles rather than this poor excuse for a sport Is there no end to the excitement? Not since I lost my Maserati in a small Lincolnshire town – and my, didn't the heads turn that day – has the Formula One season been so wonderfully fascinating. One story after another and even now, with the title decided and the last...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Ferrari launched a new attack on the FIA last night, blaming Max Mosley, its former president, for Toyota’s decision to follow Honda, BMW and Bridgestone in quitting the sport.
Formula 1 Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Ultimately that’s the question. Was former FIA president Max Mosley right? Were his warnings of an untenable F1 due to outrageous costs the downfall of Honda, BMW, Toyota and Bridgestone? Could he have been sending the right message to the wrong crowd? Ferrari’s response to the Toyota decision has left me somewhat gape-mouthed [...]
Formula 1 Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Enough with all the bad F1 news. For a very “lighter side” feel today, F1B proudly points you toward a Q&A with World Champ Jenson Button and the man he calls “the big boss.” No, not Ross Brawn. Nope, not Rubens Barrichello. Not even Max Mosley. One Bernard Ecclestone. I honestly cannot decide if I want to laugh or cry. The [...]
Formula 1 Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Max Mosley was right. Formula 1 cannot count on the manufacturers to stay in and support the sport. That’s one of the points in a blog post this morning at the BBC by Andrew Benson. Another: That new president Jean Todt will be strengthened by the Toyota departure. Benson makes an interesting argument, and I agree with [...]
Autocar (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Much as I hate to say it, but Max Mosley was right all those years ago when he said you can’t depend on the major car manufacturers when it comes to the long haul in F1. Toyota’s decision to quit after a lamentable record of under-achievement comes as absolutely no surprise to me at all, although I must say that I will remember the team fondly for having introduced Kamui Kobayashi into...
Jon Slattery (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
I thought I had heard this before. Press Gazette reports today : " Daily Express editor Peter Hill has fired a broadside at the Daily Mail accusing it of holding views on women 'akin to what the Taliban might think.' " In a Guardian interview on 15 September FI boss Max Mosley compared the News of the World and the Daily Mail to the Taliban. He said: "The strange thing is that, because...
McCabism (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
By day, the translucent raiment of Yas Hotel resembles gossamer film, draped over hedgerows on a dewy morning; by night, it mimics the violet bioluminescence of deep-sea cnidarians. Snetterton, it definitely isn't. In fact, in terms of cultural distance, it might be impossible to devise a facility further from Snetterton than Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina facility. The drivers, however, seem to like the circuit....
TV or not TV (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Being a self-proclaimed TV connoisseur I probably shouldn’t admit to watching shit reality TV, but around this time every year I can’t help but get sucked into the unrelenting media hype that surrounds ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and the focus of this week’s blog: ‘The X Factor’. Ever since Simon Cowell decided to scrap the old ‘Pop Idol’ format in...
Formula 1 Blog (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Jean Todt’s election as FIA president is perhaps no large surprise to many as he was outgoing president Max Mosley’s endorsed candidate. The head of the FIA Foundation was allegedly shilling for Todt on company resources and time and Mosley was said to have sent threatening letters to member clubs insisting they support Todt. No [...]
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