Put a cap on it! ‘Cheap’ F1 confirmed for 2010

As a new decade dawns, yet another radical change to Formula 1 beckons. This year we’ve seen the introduction of the controversial KERS systems, slick tyres, and various changes to the cars to give them less downforce, but the 2010 regulations promise to be even more drastic and, hopefully, dramatic.

Some key changes for the [...]

UK Pop Chart: “Felipe Baby” destined for number one

Be prepared to hear one of 2009’s most brilliant cover versions. Penned and sung my “MrsChristine” from SidePodCast. Great voice, cracking lyrics and the BBC have played it to Rob Smedley – and he loved it.
Brilliant work, enjoy:
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Roland Ratzenberger 1960 – 1994

Today is the anniversary of Roland Ratzenberger’s death at the San Marino grand prix 15yrs ago.  His death was largely over-shadowed by that of a certain Ayrton Senna the following day, but here at Badger we’d like to pay tribute to this great Austrian racing driver.
He got his big break in ‘94 with the Simtek [...]

Goodnight Horse – Episode 3 – China and Bahrain

“Goodnight Horse – The F1 Podcast” – It’s back, the F1 podcast featuring Ciaran Buttonham and Adam Milleneuve from F1 Badger. 
Here, we look back over the Chinese and Bahraini grands prix, also including a brand new feature – “Not the F1 o’clock News” for the latest, most accurate news from Formula One. You’ll [...]

THE VERDICT : McLaren – suspended 3 race ban

The Badger’s Pie of Possibility proved to be correct again…McLaren have been handed a suspended three race ban.
It’s a good result for F1 as a sport and the quick decision is a refreshing change.  With the outcome going public barely hours after the hearing ended the team can concentrate on sorting out their 2009 campaign [...]

FIA Court Hearing: What's going on… with McLaren & Lewis Hamilton

Ahead of today’s hearing we look at the media coverage of Hamilton, McLaren’s massive blunder in Australia and the likelihood of possible outcomes following this season’s second court hearing…
In 2007 and 2008 Lewis Hamilton was the media’s darling boy, his popularity soared as this young lad appeared on the F1 scene in a front running [...]

Bored? Look no further for your F1 fix…

F1 fans up and down the land will be looking for something to do this coming weekend.  After 4 races in just 5 weeks, it will strange to find there’s no grand prix on the telly box to watch and enjoy.  You’ve read all the brilliant articles here and watched the BBC’s video highlights, documentaries [...]

Kubica does the dirty

In a little reported side note to the exciting season opener in Melbourne it has recently been revealed that Vettel suffered such a huge and disproportionate penalty because of the blind faith exhibited by the stweards.  In a column for the Guardian, Maurice Hamilton assessed the relevance of the incident in an interview with Red [...]

BabyBadger – an 8yr old's views on Bahrain

Presenting… BabyBadger!

Children are indeed annoying, unruly, short, and rather given to screaming. They are, however, extremely entertaining. With this in mind, Badger approached an 8-year-old F1 fan for his views following the Bahrain grand prix, and here’s what happened….

What a Scorcher! Bahrain Grand Prix Reaction

After three fairly bonkers races so far this season, somewhat resembling Wacky Races, it was a welcome return to sanity in Bahrain today with not one drop of rain, or even a safety car, in sight. Yes yes we all love a good smash ‘em up from time to time, but we also like [...]