Ambitious But Rubbish

My Italian is probably terrible so apologies for that, but the first batch of the new Fiat 500s due to arrive in Canada is already spoken for, as they sold out in less than 12 hours since midnight yesterday. The car is staggeringly popular in Europe but it remains to be seen whether it will [...]

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F1 has a new world champion, and his name is Sebastien Vettel. There, that should put a stop to everyone calling the young German “a future World Champion” as he’s often been touted ever since he won at Monza in a very much unfancied Toro Rosso. He managed this with a flawless if uneventful drive [...]

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Here’s an interesting scenario which could happen next week in Abu Dhabi: Vettel wins, Webber comes second, and Alonso develops car problems and finishes 5th. This is literally the most complicated result that can come out of the next race. What’s interesting about it? With the 2010 points scheme this would result in all three [...]

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For a couple of weeks now there have been rather strange disagreements in the press about the name “Lotus” in F1. Pay attention because this gets complicated. Currently there is a team called “Lotus Racing” in the Championship. This is a Malaysian team which is partly funded, but not owned, by Proton. Proton is the [...]

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Where does Top Gear get new Stigs? Shocking footage reveals all.

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After Brazil Red Bull have collected their first World Constructors’ Championship title, but the drivers’ situation is now as complicated as it gets. The weekend gave us a shock pole position for Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg — over a second quicker than the Red Bulls in qualifying, which is pretty much unheard of in 2010 — [...]

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Racing in Brazil… heritage, passion, armored cars, police escorts, carjackings… wait, what?

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Hulkenberg P1, over a second ahead of Vettel and Webber… WTF?

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