Untouchable Red Bull Dominate Hungarian Qualifying

When Christian Horner grabs a brief moment of peace on a Saturday afternoon his thoughts must turn to the world championship standings. How, he must ask himself, are his drivers only 3rd and 4th in the table? How is his team not topping the constructors championship? How has this happened?
Because on a Saturday- and on [...]

Your Guide to the Hungaroring GP Circuit

The Hungaroring, a track that has delivered many a fine grands prix since it was reintroduced to Formula One in 1984.  The winners list is an impressive list of names, mainly world champions and Lewis Hamilton has won two out of his three appearances at the track, in fact his McLaren team have won no [...]

Catch Them If You Can – Red Bull Dominate Friday Practice In Hungary

Less than five days after the controversial, team-order blighted German Grand Prix Formula One is back in action, with the cars taking to the dusty, winding Hungaroring circuit just outside Budapest. It’s the last race before the four week summer break, so make the most of it.
The early signs are that Red Bull have every [...]

Hot Rod or Hot Dog? – Top Dog!

Robert Kubica. One of the most difficult races to pick so far this year. Alonso certainly isn’t worthy of it, Massa disqualified himself by moving over, Vettel went backwards from the start, Hamilton and Button weren’t particularly stellar and Webber carried a problem throughout much of the race.
We suppose, by default, it has to go [...]

Podium or Pits? It’s grand prix POP!

This week the news has been ALL about team orders. Well here’s a team order courtesy of Podium or Pits… POP orders everyone to stop so blatantly fixing our beloved grand prix races!
PITS. Felipe Massa -
Fernando Alonso got his hollow victory at Hockenheim, and Ferrari came away from the weekend $100,000 poorer, but [...]

Hot Rod or Hot Dog (Pt.3): The Sleeping Dogs

Part 3 finds us at the wrong end of the grid with the new teams and Force India.
Force India

Qualifying: Sutil (19th – including a five place grid penalty) Liuzzi (21st)
Race: Liuzzi (16th) Sutil (17th)

This weekend was not what you’d call ideal. In fact, it was [...]

German GP: The chasing dogs…

Badger’s series of team and driver analysis: The Top Dogs, the Chasing Dogs and the Sleeping Dogs…

The second part of this week’s Hot Rod or Hot Dog sees us taking a look at the midfield runners from Germany.
Mercedes

Qualifying: Rosberg (9th) Schumacher (11th)
Race: Rosberg [...]

Out of Order? The Team Orders debate

It was the story of the German grand prix: the blatantly obvious team order radioed to Felipe Massa telling him to give the lead to team-mate Fernando Alonso.  This led to a $100,000 fine, the maximum penalty the stewards could give, and a reference to the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC), a division of the [...]

German GP: The Top Dogs

Badger’s series of team and driver analysis: The Top Dogs, the Chasing Dogs and the Sleeping Dogs.  First of all, here’s the Top Dogs after Germany
So, Hockenheim – to be honest, the racing wasn’t that interesting and your correspondent actually dozed off at one point (don’t worry, the wonders of modern technology allowed for rewinding). [...]

“Alonso is faster than you”

Hockenheim 2010 in two words: team orders.  With six Germans in Formula 1 this season you’d have thought the odds were good for a home win at Hockenheim today.  Apparently not.  At one point during the race it looked as though Felipe Massa could triumphantly take the win exactly a year on from his horrendous [...]