Ugly rumours that we very much don’t want to countenance here at Brits on Pole are starting to surface regarding David Coulthard’s future with Red Bull Racing.
December 16th’s Race of Champions is going to seem awful empty without Colin McRae – but his brother Alister will be there to fly the flag for Scotland, it has been announced.
Consolation prizes are coming thick and fast to season runner-up Lewis Hamilton, who has been presented with a prestigious Golden Steering Wheel award by a German newspaper.
If you were hoping that the inter-team feuding had finished along with the 2007 season then you are set to be sorely disappointed – we don’t advise you to read any further.
He may yet get his man – but is the McLaren spying row about to blow up in Flavio Briatore’s face? Renault has today been summoned to explain itself in front of the FIA over allegations that it was in possession last season of confidential information belonging to McLaren.
Justin Wilson, currently second in the Champ Car standings with a race to go, has been named in the four-driver shortlist for the 2007 Greg Moore Legacy Award which he won last year.
With the title safely in the pocket of the departing Sebastien Bourdais, most of the attention at the season-ending Champ Car Mexican Grand Prix will be on whether Justin Wilson or Robert Doornbos can secure the runner-up spot.
So, if the pundits and insiders haven’t got much news for us on the 2008 F1 drivers’ saga, how about the bookies?
Oliver Jarvis, winner of the 2005 British Racing Drivers Club Young Driver of the Year Award, has finally been able to cash in his prize of a test drive in a McLaren.