http://www.f1badger.com ...Formula One isn't boring Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:32:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After four agonizing winter months F1 cars finally returned to competitive action today. Practice 1 and 2 took place at the Bahrain International Circuit this morning, and to fill you in on Friday’s goings on here’s Badger’s Friday digest. First up, there’s a bit of a storm brewing in the pitlane over McLaren’s latest technical innovation. [...]]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/schumacher-feeling-rusty-as-nico-sets-the-pace/ So, you’ve heard that Formula One is back for 2010 and you’re looking to watch it this Sunday afternoon, from the comfort of your armchair?  You would probably benefit from knowing a few things first, so here’s Badger’s no nonsense guide to this weekend’s action. It’s the first race of the season and therefore it’s largely [...]]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/grand-prix-2010-an-armchair-fans-guide/ The second practice for the Bahrain GP and we’re still none the wiser as to who’s on form and going to grab pole position on Saturday or grace their presence on the podium come Sunday afternoon.  Times are as follows: Senna’s session ended badly with his Hispania car losing a wheel nut and he was forced [...]]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/bahrain-practice-2-2/ Formula One 2010 is officially GO GO GO!  This morning we saw the first of three practice sessions ahead of Saturday’s all important qualifying session.  Just as with the winter testing, it’s tricky to really see how quick everyone is because they’re all doing different setups and checks, but nonetheless, let’s checkout the running order [...]]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/bahrain-practice-1-2/ During Friday free practise, less than 30 minutes into the 2010 season and the first controversy / legal battle of the year seems to firmly in place and it’s all about McLaren’s fancy rear wing system with drivers being able to control air-flow over it and make the car quicker in a straight line – [...]]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/bob-bell-on-mclarens-clever-wings-its-a-joke/ This is one of the best things about the new season – no more refuelling, grands prix are back to being proper grand prix races rather than a collection of short sprints.  Sure there’s still the ridiculous rule of having to use two different types of tyre in the race, but at least we’re a [...]]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/f1-2010-ferrari-shell-and-the-refuelling-ban/ Badger’s driver preview continues with a number of familiar faces alongside Petrov and Hulkenberg… Toro Rosso Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso, 16th): Buemi is still only 21. This means he’s got youth on his side, as you’d expect from a Toro Rosso driver. Last season was his first in F1, picking up six points in total through four [...]]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/the-men-in-the-cockpits-driver-preview-part-2/ 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!]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/podium-or-pits-the-final-pre-season-news-review/ Before the season kicks off, here at F1 Badger we thought the time was right to have a look at this year’s driver line ups.  Part one contains the new boys and some old favourites… Hispania Racing (HRT F1) Bruno Senna (Newcomer): Coming with such a famous surname, expectations of Bruno will be high. He stopped racing [...]]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/the-men-in-the-cockpits-driver-preview-part-1/ Badger’s loves Twitter, the little micro-blogging tool is very simple, yet very clever*. After catching up with some of Badger’s Buddies, we happened to notice that ‘Chuck Norris’ was the 5th highest trending topics – it’s his 70th birthday… So in a bid to get good ol’ Mr Norris a little higher we asked you to complete [...]]]> http://www.f1badger.com/2010/03/chuck-norris/