Predicting the outcome of a Formula One season has never been more difficult, particularly when the car that was expected to be slowest during last week’s test in Spain was among the fastest and Lewis Hamilton found himself struggling near the back. In fact, until 10 days ago, there were doubts that what is now known as the Brawn GP car would be there at all. An 11th-hour takeover led by the former Honda team’s technical director, Ross Brawn, has not only saved 700 jobs but also led to the joke that the Japanese motor manufacturer is considering buying back its F1 operation.
The remaining nine teams did not see …Â Details
MADRID : Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso says he is much more upbeat about his chances of winning a third World Championship for Renault this season.
“I am much more optimistic than this time last year without a doubt,” he said in an interview with Spanish television station La Sexta, according to a transcript published Saturday in sports daily Marca.
“In 2008 I was not optimistic and after the first two or three races I thought… Details
British American Racing, to give the team its (now former) full title, arrived on the F1 scene at the beginning of 1999 in an explosion of media frenzy.
Much of it, however, was generated by the Brackley outfit’s own penchant for bombast and self-publicity. They were ‘assets’ which the team would later live to regret.
Indeed, claims that the team would …Â Details
Well that settles that then. After weeks of speculation as to whether they might be “sandbagging” – deliberately underperforming in a bid to throw other teams off their scent – McLaren have candidly admitted that their 2009 machine is “not fast enough” to be competitive at the F1 curtain raiser in Melbourne in 16 days time. …Â Details