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F1: Hamilton makes Sports Personality shortlist
Here comes one of those posts that falls into the ‘not really news in any sense’ category. But just for the record, the BBC has published the shortlist for its Sports Personality of the Year Awards and Lewis Hamilton is on it.
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F1: Hamilton takes on Top Gear challenge
Who wants to be F1 world champion anyway, when there are much greater prizes at stake? Who needs to beat Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen when the satisfaction of knocking The Stig off the top of the rankings awaits?
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F1: David Richards on Prodrive’s future in the series
A fascinating Q&A with David Richards on Autosport.com reveals a whole new perspective on the customer car issue, the future of F1’s Concorde agreement and the commercial viability of today’s racing teams. In it he says that he’s still hopeful that Prodrive will be able to compete as a F1 team – but the conditions…
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F1 quotes: damn sport’s full of troublemakers
Bernie Ecclestone’s been waxing lyrical about the good old days when men were men, racing cars were racing cars, not these new-fangled computerised roller-skates anyone can drive, and politics were allegedly some way off over the horizon.
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F1: Lewis Hamilton pulls into Oxford
Lewis Hamilton has cruised into Oxford to meet his fans and sign copies of his book – despite a nearby demonstration with the potential to upset proceedings.
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Dancing victory for Castroneves is a win for motorsport
It maybe a bit off-topic for this blog, but it would be churlish not to congratulate IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves on winning Dancing With the Stars, the US version of Britain’s Strictly Come Dancing.
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McLaren Autosport BRDC Award: the contenders
The phrase ‘the next Lewis Hamilton’ is a very overused one at present – but we’ve had an excuse to peer into the crystal ball, courtesy of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.
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F1: Autosport awards on terrestrial TV
Watch out, all you racing fans. Your sport’s becoming truly mainstream now… Terrestrial broadcaster ITV has announced that it will be the first to show the Autosport Awards Ceremony in the event’s 26-year history.
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F1: could a Brit test for BMW?
A seat in next year’s BMW F1 car is likely to be a very strongly-coveted proposition. And one is still open, albeit in a testing role. But, as we all know, these seats can be among the most hotly-contested of all, because of the opportunities they provide. Could a British driver possibly be on the…