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Brad's Formula 1 Blog March 2008 Archive

By Brad Spurgeon, About.com Guide to Formula 1

Schumacher Racing Motorcycles

Sunday March 30, 2008
Michael Schumacher, the seven time Formula 1 world champion, has been looking for things to do in his spare time since retiring from racing at the end of 2006. ... Read More

Jean-Marie Balestre

Saturday March 29, 2008
Jean-Marie Balestre, who reigned supreme as the head of international motor racing at the FISA and the FIA throughout the 1970s and 1980s, has died. He was 86. The ... Read More

More on the McLaren Millions

Wednesday March 26, 2008
The World Motor Sport Council at the International Automobile Federation today appointed a committee to distribute the money for that $100 million fine McLaren Mercedes received last year. A ... Read More

McLaren Unfairly Punished? Vote in the Pole Poll

Saturday March 22, 2008
In my post below you will see that the two McLaren Mercedes drivers were kicked back five spots on the grid at the Malaysian Grand Prix for ostensibly having blocked ... Read More

Qualifying Traffic Jam Leads to Explanation by McLaren Drivers

Saturday March 22, 2008
Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen did not turn up at the McLaren Mercedes's team press meeting today since they were called in to speak to the race stewards about an ... Read More

BBC Back to F1 Coverage

Friday March 21, 2008
At a time when Lewis Hamilton is the biggest star in Formula 1 racing, his home country has had a sudden surprise change in national broadcaster of the sport. ... Read More

Bourdais's Great F1 Debut

Sunday March 16, 2008
Formula 1 has long been skeptical about Champ Car drivers moving over to F1. Or should I say, U.S. open wheel racers moving over to F1? Despite Sebastien ... Read More

F1 and the Green Initiative

Saturday March 15, 2008
It's race day today, the first race of the season will start in less than an hour from now here in Melbourne. Max Mosley, the head of the International ... Read More

Lewis Hamilton on Pole, Pole in Second, Heikki Kovalainen in Third - Thank Goodness

Saturday March 15, 2008
Today's Formula 1 qualifying, the first of the season, was a fabulously action packed session with surprises up and down the grid. Kimi Raikkonen, the world champion, had a ... Read More

Truth and Rumors in the F1 Paddock

Thursday March 13, 2008
The Formula 1 paddock is a hive of activity and wagging tongues. It's always difficult to sort the truth from the rumors. Yesterday in the media center I ... Read More

Ron Dennis Keeps His Job

Thursday March 13, 2008
There has been a lot of speculation in recent weeks that Ron Dennis, the director and part owner of the McLaren Mercedes team, would resign from his position running the ... Read More

F1 Season Previews Begin

Saturday March 8, 2008
With the start of the Formula 1 season less than a week away, the teams are beginning to send out their previews. So too, are the various web sites, ... Read More

Motor Racing to the Lords

Thursday March 6, 2008
Motor racing is a huge industry in Britain, the country that is really at the center of Formula 1 and most other open-wheel racing. Racing has made a lot ... Read More

Bourdais on F1 Qualifying

Sunday March 2, 2008
Autosport.com reports that Sébastien Bourdais is uncertain about his qualifying form. I suspect this is related to his mostly slower laptimes during testing this winter than those of his ... Read More

BMW Sauber Not as Slow as They Seem?

Saturday March 1, 2008
Winter testing has ended, and one of the surprises was the subdued looking role played by BMW Sauber, who were supposed to be taking the next step this season towards ... Read More

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