Archive for the 'Formula One' Category



First thoughts on the iPad

Published on 1 June, 2010

Last Friday, along with hundreds of others, I was in a queue at the Birmingham Bullring Apple store to purchase an iPad. When it was announced, I really didn’t think that I’d want one. Yes, it looked nice, but why would I need a device that was basically a glorified eBook reader, web browser and [...]


Lewis Hamilton World Drivers Champion 2008

Published on 3 November, 2008

So, Britain has it’s first Formula One World Drivers Champion since Damon Hill in 1996. In a thrilling, unpredictable race Lewis Hamilton drove conservatively, seemingly content in the fact that he only needed to finish 5th. Ultimately, that conservatism almost cost him the title as two laps from the end he was passed by the [...]


Murray Willis?

Published on 5 May, 2008

You’ve got to hand it to the Daily Star. While their Big-brother-Z-List-celebrity-hyped paper is not always the most newsworthy, it certainly throws up some of the more amusing stories. Today, they claim that Bruce Willis is set to play commentating legend Murray Walker in a film about the life of Michael Schumacher – inventively titled [...]


F1 Back to the BBC

Published on 23 March, 2008

Formula One will be returning to the BBC from 2009 onwards. This has already sparked a huge debate on Radio Five Live, the most popular question being – will they use ‘The Chain’ as the theme tune again? The ITV theme tunes have been mixed to say the least. The theme for the first couple [...]


Ecclestone switches spotlight onto Melbourne

Published on 21 March, 2008

Formula One’s politician has now threatened that the future of the Australian Grand Prix is in doubt unless the organisers agree to run the race at night in the future. Bernie Ecclestone often makes threats like this – the British Grand Prix at Silverstone is regularly under the axe, but FOM have only once actually [...]