“He certainly doesn’t like other people making money out of Formula One,” said Ross Brawn of Bernie Ecclestone. Truer words were never spoken.
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Financial doping: Why Liberty’s budget cap idea is doomed to fail
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Posted onLiberty Media thinks a budget cap can solve F1’s income inequality. But a financial doping scandal is a much more likely outcome.
Hamilton versus the media
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Posted onLewis Hamilton refused to answer journalists’ questions because they had been “disrespectful”. Did anything they’d written deserve such a response?
F1’s problem isn’t governance, it’s the governor
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Posted onFormula One’s elimination qualifying farce wasn’t a product of bad governance or “democracy” – it was the result of yet another bad idea.
No wonder FOM arranged Baku to clash with Le Mans
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Posted onWith more F1 drivers eager to race at Le Mans it’s no wonder the newest grand prix has been scheduled to clash with it.
Why Hamilton deserves to be a three-times champion
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Posted onIt once seemed Lewis Hamilton might remain a one-off champion until he joined Mercedes, who supplied him with the instruments to become an undisputed great.
Don’t try to silence drivers on tyre safety
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Posted onSparing the blushes of Formula One’s official tyre supplier has to be a secondary consideration to the priority of ensuring driver safety.
Forget surveys, here’s what F1 can learn from Monaco
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Posted onMonaco showed if the FIA and FOM want to inject more excitement into F1 they need to bombard teams with variables and stop them spending their way to success.
Why F1 should adopt the WEC’s ban on grid girls
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Posted onThe World Endurance Championship’s recent decision to end the practice of having grid girls at its races is admirable, and one F1 should immediately adopt.
F1’s pitiful 18-car grid – and a good week for WEC
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Posted onThe World Endurance Championship’s diverse entry is booming while F1 is left with a pitiful field of just 18 cars.
Why Mercedes should block F1’s engine ‘unfreeze’
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Posted onWhether Mercedes are feeling selfish or selfless, they should block any relaxation of F1’s staged engine freeze.
It’s time to define and defend the DNA of Formula One
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Posted onAs F1’s falling audiences put it under greater pressure to change, it’s time to decide what aspects of the sport will never be compromised.
The strange snobbery about short tracks
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Posted on‘Too short and not enough corners’? No, the Red Bull Ring’s uniqueness justifies its place on the Formula One calendar.
Why Ferrari’s ‘fans poll’ findings can’t be trusted
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Posted onFerrari’s ‘fans poll’ is a cynical attempt to hijack the debate over the state of Formula One.
F1 should not act in haste over engine noise
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Posted onThere is scope for improvement in the sound of the new F1 engines but hasty change could cause more problems than it solves.
Hope and despair as F1’s new era begins
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Posted onThe best and the worst of Formula One are on show as it enters a new era.
Don’t want double points? Tell the teams that matter
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Posted onFormula One’s deeply unpopular plan to award double points at the final race of the 2014 season will be debated by the F1 Strategy Group on Wednesday.
Ecclestone hates them but F1 needs its new engines
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Posted onIf Bernie Ecclestone had his way, his sport wouldn’t be getting a new engine formula in 2014. But it is, and it looks promising.
F1 demeans itself with double points gimmick
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Posted onYesterday’s FIA announcement that double points will be awarded for the last race of 2014 was a worrying sign Formula One’s dependence on gimmicks has become an addiction.
After 50 races, DRS is killing my passion for F1
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Posted onF1 has wasted enough time on DRS, a gimmick which has diminished the art of real racing and traded it for the cheap facsimile of push-button passing.