Podium or Pits: the final pre-season news review

This week, POP celebrates the last day of the off-season! With Friday Practice on at 7am GMT tomorrow F1 2010 is finally underway – yay!

Grand Prix POP: Podium or Pits, your weekly news review

PITS.  Anthony Hamilton -

What is up with Lewis Hamilton at the moment?  First he dumps his girlfriend of over 2 years, Nicole Scherzinger (a Pussycat Doll), and now he’s dumped his manager-father, Anthony Hamilton.  “I’m 25 now. I think it was inevitable there had to be change,” Hamilton said of the split.  Yes folks, it’s [...]

Grand Prix POP: Podium or Pits – Your Weekly News Review

It’s Thursday and here at Badger that means it’s time for Grand Prix POP – aka Podium or Pits – where we look at who’s having a good and bad time of it in the world of F1 this week.
Due to other commitments, our regular POPist is out of the office, so we’ve come up [...]

Podium or Pits – your (irreverent) weekly F1 news review

This week POP is going Twitter mad, the Virgin racing car falls apart in 5 seconds flat, and there’s a secret in the paddock…

Nigel Mansell – My autobiography …Badger’s Book Corner

“I was told at the beginning of my career that with a name like Nigel Mansell I would never make it to Formula 1 or make anything of myself in life.” “My Autobiography,” written by Nigel Mansell -the most successful British driver in history, tells us (with the help of James Allen) how he stuck [...]

Podium or Pits – your (irreverent) weekly F1 news review

This week Piquet drives Danica Patrick off the road, the 2010 Red Bull is finally unveiled, and Jean Todt tells everyone what he really thinks of Max Mosley…

Breaking the Formula – Rules are there to be… changed?

Rules – they are a critical part of any sport, put in place to give some kind of structure and ensure there’s a level playing field for all to compete.  They should be simple enough to understand and follow, yet well thought out enough to avoid any conflict and disorder.  Following so far?  Good.
Now then, [...]

Podium or Pits – your (irreverent) weekly F1 news review

This week Podium or Pits is dedicated to the flurry of excitement over … paint! Are clashing colours a good idea? Does it offend the eyes? This is what POP likes to think of as ‘Peacock Season’: that period in the Formula 1 calendar when the teams get their plumage out and parade it around for everyone to see. Lovely!

Podium or Pits – your (irreverent) weekly F1 news review

Missed out on the F1 headlines this week? Podium or Pits tells you everything you need to know about who’s having a good week (and who’s not) in the world of Formula 1! This week featuring: Jose Maria Lopez, the FIA, Schumacher and Alguersuari…

Podium or Pits – your weekly F1 news review

Who’s had a ‘Podium’ week, and who’s had a ‘Pits’ week on this crazy rollercoaster of Formula 1? Oh, and did you know that it is a mere 50 days until the first practice session of the 2010 season in Bahrain?