Desert Frog: The Renault Road Show reaches Dubai. The glitz, glamour and financial capital of UAE, the United Arab Emirates. Test driver Romain Grosjean and demo driver Adam Khan raced their Renault R28s across the Arabian desert, another first for the globe trotting world of Formula 1. Grosjean commented: “Racing in the desert was […]
Doornbos topped the A1GP free practice times for Team Netherlands. Formula 1 drivers seeking to change Australia and Malaysia start times. Lewis Hamilton and Dave Ryan continued to lie despite the evidence. How long will Mercedes endure this McLaren fiasco? Ralf Schumacher wants the FIA to drop lie-gate for the sake of F1. Peugeot, […]
F1 weekly listener Christi Paul at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Long time listener Christi Paul lives less than an hour away from Sepang International Circuit. He was at the inaugural Malaysian Grand Prix in 1999 to see his racing hero, Michael Schumacher, make a dramatic and “defensive” comeback from his leg injuries suffered in the […]
Podcast number 337 Malaysian Grand Prix recap. They (the drivers) said it’s impossible, they’re dreaming, we can’t race. Bernie Ecclestone refuses to budge on twilight races. Ferrari admit the stupid mistakes will cost them the championship. BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen proud of quick nick. Heidfeld’s second place in Malaysia was the first time a […]
Malaysian Grand Prix red flagged due to rain Jenson Button wins. Nick Heidfeld finishes in second place Timo Glock takes third. Jarno Trulli with fourth and Rubens Barrichello finishes the top 5. Loeb continues his domination in WRC with a win in Portugal. Vitaly Petrov wins a tricky wet GP2 Asia sprint race at […]
McLaren’s Malay Malaise By Nasir Hameed Seems like yesterday when McLaren was fined a record $100m fine for their involvement–and concealment of facts from FIA–in the Stepney-gate spy saga. The once proud team–which brought championships to the likes of Fittipaldi, Senna, Lauda and Prost–was also thrown out of the 2007 constructors championship. An expensive […]