Yes, the 2011 season is finally under way, and Sebastien Vettel started this campaign exactly as he ended the last, by converting pole position into a dominant win over Lewis Hamilton. However, the real sensation of the day was Renault’s Vitaly Petrov, who successfully defended against Fernando Alonso to claim the third step of the [...]
Entries from March 2011
Australia 2011: a good start
March 28th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Formula1
Lowered Expectations
March 11th, 2011 · No Comments
Quite late (literally on the penultimate testing day of the season) and clearly short of sponsorship the new HRT 111 showed up in Barcelona today. Team boss Colin Kolles insists that this year’s car will be quicker than last year’s, which sets the bar pretty low. At least the team is hiring an experienced driver [...]
Tags: Formula1 · Silly Season
The Tragedy of Felipe Massa
March 11th, 2011 · No Comments
I was checking out the SA F1 thread earlier and I came up with a little insight about Massa that I thought I’d share here as well. A lot of people seem to dislike Massa, which is something I really don’t think the Brazilian deserves. In fact it’s pretty amazing that the guy manages to [...]
Tags: Formula1 · General Commentary