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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,200 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

on the eve of a new USGP, where have all the US drivers and teams gone?

Here we are on the eve of a new American Grand Prix which is good to see, even if the circuit design is another bit of a nonsense and there is a dearth of US involvement in F1 these days to drive support for the race. So where have they all gone? Continue reading

the #F1 silly season winds down, but we still have three good drives available

The last few days have seen Renault confirm the Iceman and Sauber confirm the Hulk and then Torro Rosso elect to keep their existing line up, so 2013 is looking a bit clearer, but we still have some decent seats open. Continue reading

time to call time on New Jersey? OK, but leave the British GP alone & bring back France #F1

Rumours abound on whether or not the 2013 #USGP at New Jersey is on or off, so is it time to just pull the plug for next year?

F1 costs being what they are a decent element of that is the logistics necessary to cart the circus around, and with the amount of planning that has to go into that we can’t afford to have uncertainty, so should there be a cut off time for a yes or no decision? It is a difficult one because we already have a notional cut off in the announcement of the calendar, but that doesn’t stop a race being cancelled after the publication of the next series. Continue reading

so #NBC have won the rights to #F1 coverage in the USA

The recent announcement that #SpeedF1 were to lose their rights to cover F1 racing in the USA was a big disappointment for me, for I had long enjoyed watching my F1 in their company on my American trips. Continue reading