Archive for: July, 2009

Badger meets… Freddie Hunt

Badger meets… Freddie Hunt Freddie Hunt: sponsored by Playboy

As we sit down with a cup of tea in the garden of the West Sussex cottage where he grew up, Freddie admits that he’s usually pretty wary of journalists. Such an admission is unsurprising given who his father is, the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion James Hunt. There’ll always be comparisons between Freddie and [...]

NEW Episode – Goodnight Horse! – The F1 Podcast

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It’s true – back by popular demand – Matt Mosley hosts “Goodnight Horse!” – the most entertaining F1 podcast you’ll hear, with F1 Badger writers Ciaran Buttonham and Adam Milleneuve on the sofa chatting all about the recent goings on in F1.  Tune to hear what we think about Michael Schumacher’s return, BMW’s exit, the [...]

Grand Prix POP! It's Podium or Pits

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It’s Thursday… and POP is back!  Who will be on the Podium?  And who will be sulking in the Pits?  Read on for this week’s ups and downs in the crazy world of Formula 1.
POP will admit that it was getting a tad worried by the F1 news lull of last week.  But all its [...]

BMW – Explaining The Real Motivation Behind Yesterday’s Announcement

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“…planned cost reduction will cause component standardisation and homologation to increase, and this will set certain limits on our engineer’s creativity. This doesn’t necessarily correspond to our belief of what’s ideal.”

CRIKEY! Michael's Back! – Are you happy Schumacher's returning?

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It’s been confirmed in the last couple of hours that the most statistically successful driver in the history of F1 is to return at the European grand prix in Valencia in 3 weeks time.  When it comes to controversial drivers, suspicious tactics and ‘dodgy overtaking attempts’ no one comes close to Michael Schumacher.  He’s generally [...]

BMW Out of F1 – Path clear for Prodrive/Aston Martin?

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BMW F1 have confirmed that they will no longer take part in Formula One after the 2009 season is over.  After few brilliant years of rising through the field and scoring their first victory last year the 2009 championship has been a disaster.
A full story will be on Badger later, but for now, here’s a [...]

A Grand Comment – Our 1000th in fact…

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Thanks to all the comments over the last six months, there have been some corkers, and over the Hungarian race weekend we reached the magic 1000th comment, so we duly got in touch with Mr Richard Sobey and sent him a prize for his efforts. He was so chuffed that he’s sent us this photo [...]

What would you like to ask Sir Stirling Moss OBE?

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“A cup of tea solves everything” as the saying goes – well this week, the Badger is heading over to Sir Stirling Moss’ manor for a cup of tea and a chat.  Of course, we have our own questions to cover, from which there will be some interesting pieces for you to read during the [...]

10 Days Until Massa Can Walk Out the Door?

In a little over a week, Felipe Massa will be able to walk out of hospital, according to the latest reports from AEK Hospital in Budapest.   The medical director of the hospital has said “My expectation is that he would walk out of the hospital on his own. If his recovery continues at this pace, [...]

Badgerometer: F1 Top 5 After Hungary

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Following the unfortunate events in Saturday’s qualifying, we were left in some doubt as to whether we could possibly enjoy this year’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Thankfully, and despite the last 35 laps of mundane misery, Eddie, Flavio and the boys were in town…

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