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Brad's Formula 1 Blog September 2008 Archive

By Brad Spurgeon, About.com Guide to Formula 1

Singapore Delivers

Monday September 29, 2008
Singapore is known as a place where things get done. The race on Sunday proved that reputation to Formula 1: Singapore's organization, the night lights, the track, the ... Read More

56,000 Emails, Letters, To McLaren Mercedes

Sunday September 28, 2008
At McLaren Mercedes traditional press "Meet the Team" session a few minutes ago here in Singapore, Ron Dennis, the team leader and part owner, said that as a result of ... Read More

Paul Newman

Saturday September 27, 2008
It was a very strange and difficult emotion to deal with that during all the excitement of Formula 1's first qualifying session at night, through the streets of Singapore, the ... Read More

Singapore: Verdict In!

Friday September 26, 2008
There have only been two practice sessions on the new Singapore street circuit, but the verdict is definitely in, and resoundingly uniform: This is a sensational new F1 venue ... Read More

Singapore Grand Prix A Week Away

Friday September 19, 2008
In one week from today we will be seeing the first track action for the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix. I can't wait. I'll be trying to do what ... Read More

Vettel Writes History

Sunday September 14, 2008
Yesterday Sebastian Vettel became the youngest driver to score pole position. He said after that that he still had two dreams in Formula 1 left to achieve, meaning a ... Read More

Ferrari Mathematics

Sunday September 14, 2008
This time last year, after the Italian Grand Prix, Felipe Massa trailed Lewis Hamilton by 23 points, while Kimi Raikkonen trailed by 18 points. The team shifted their efforts ... Read More

Vettel Scores Pole!

Saturday September 13, 2008
That was a simply insane qualifying session. Sebastian Vettel became the youngest driver in F1 history to score pole position. And he did it in a car that ... Read More

Raikkonen Remains At Ferrari

Friday September 12, 2008
Ferrari today announced that Kimi Raikkonen would stay at the team through the 2009 and 2010 seasons. So much for all that talk of retirement, so much for that ... Read More

Formula One Teams Association

Thursday September 11, 2008
The 10 Formula One teams today met here in Monza to "execute the articles of association" of the Formula One Teams Association, which they recently agreed to found, the group ... Read More

Could Formula 1 Survive Without Ferrari?

Tuesday September 9, 2008
There are lots of bad feelings against Ferrari in all of these scandals, whether or not Ferrari was the reason behind it or not. It is often argued that ... Read More

Oh Dear, Massa Wins

Sunday September 7, 2008
A week before Formula 1 congregates in the Italian temple of motor racing at Monza, the favorite driver for the Ferrari team has taken a crucial victory at the Belgian ... Read More

The Problem With Indianapolis

Saturday September 6, 2008
In his talk with the press a few minutes ago here in Belgium, a journalist - Dan Knutson - asked Mario Theissen, the director of the BMW Sauber F1 team, ... Read More

McLaren In United States

Friday September 5, 2008
A couple of months ago I spoke about Formula 1 teams using a wind tunnel in the United States. Now, the McLaren Mercedes team has opened up an office ... Read More

F1 Press Conference Banter

Thursday September 4, 2008
The Formula 1 press conferences can often be fairly mundane, controlled and even boring affairs. I think they reached a peak in that way during Michael Schumacher's era - ... Read More

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