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No New Team for Next Year

At today’s meeting in Paris the fate of the 13th grid slot was decided in three sentences. “Following the press release of 19 March 2010 calling for expressions of interest to participate in the 2011 and 2012 seasons of the FIA Formula One World Championship, a number of interested parties expressed their interest.  It was [...]

Pre-Season Post Mortem

With less than a week until first practise in Bahrain, we come to the end of one of the most eventful off season periods that anyone can remember. 12 months ago it was a shock that Honda had pulled out of F1, now we’re down to two major car manufacturers actually participating in the championship. [...]

FIA limits 2010 grid to 12 teams

Late yesterday evening the FIA confirmed the exit of USF1 from the official entry list and stated that no replacement would be allowed to fill their place. This rules out the entry of Serbian outfit Stefan GP who had been increasingly vocal about their desire and ability to take up a place on the grid [...]

USF1 – Time of Death

Yesterday, even as I was writing the post discussing what loss USF1 failing to turn up to the grid would be, news began to trickle out into the media. At approximately lunch time the remaining employees of USF1 were sent home and the factory closed. Ken Anderson has since confirmed to the press his team’s [...]

Is USF1 failing to make the grid a great loss?

I’ll spoil the ending for you all. No. It is no great loss at all for the circus to line up on the grid in Bahrain in under two weeks without the supposed USF1 team. The only loss suffered is the time lost to allow a replacement team to develop themselves and their car. Luckily [...]

Stefan GP – A step closer??

Stefan GP, the Serbian team who currently do not have an entry in the 2010 F1 championship have announced that their container of equipment has arrived safely in Bahrain. In case there was any doubt they have even provided a copy of DHL paperwork on their website. Stefan GP have also been critical of the [...]

  • Drivers Championship 2013

    1 Kimi Raikkonen 25
    2 Fernando Alonso 18
    3 Sebastian Vettel 15
    4 Felipe Massa 12
    5 Lewis Hamilton 10
    6 Mark Webber 8
    7 Adrian Sutil 6
    8 Paul Di Resta 4
    9 Jenson Button 2
    10 Romain Grosjean 1

  • Constructors Championship 2013

    1 Ferrari 30
    2 Lotus 26
    3 Red Bull 23
    4 Mercedes 10
    5 Force India 10
    6 McLaren 2
    7 Toro Rosso 0
    8 Sauber 0
    9 Williams 0
    10 Marussia 0
    11 Caterham 0