With all of the talk based around FOTA and a breakaway series, many may have not even realized that one of the crown jewel events on the F1 calendar were taking place. What better weekend for the British crowd then hometown boy Jenson Button coming home with a hefty points lead and a seemingly bullet proof car. Things however, did not work out how Brawn GP had hoped for their homecoming. Red Bull Racing came to Britain with loads of upgrades including a completely different aerodynamics package. Sebastian Vettel took…
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F1 – FIA Responds with Lawyers
The FIA has now released a statement which threatens the FOTA teams with legal action. This is no surprise since the FIA has already hinted in the past that they would pursue such recourse if necessary. The FIA’s lawyers have now examined the FOTA threat to begin a breakaway series. The actions of FOTA as a whole, and Ferrari in particular, amount to serious violations of law including willful interference with contractual relations, direct breaches of Ferrari’s legal obligations and a grave violation of competition law. The FIA will be…
Read MoreF1 – FOTA’s Gambit
We here at Open Paddock have been pretty shy about jumping on the F1 media train for the last couple months since the politics of F1 have overshadowed the racing. But this situation has finally come to a head, so let’s discuss. Is this a page out of Max’s handbook of extreme bargaining tactics, or is that FOTA’s final word? Max has become a broken record when it comes to negotiations. He comes out with a monstrously extreme position that is only intended to make the other bargaining party enter…
Read MoreF1 – FOTA Missile Crisis
In what seems to be straight out of the 1960s history books, we are again faced with two rival powers who are hell bent on changing the face of motorsport as we know it. Autosport Magazine has published a story that has FOTA forming a breakaway championship. Well Shaun…what are you talking about? It is simple to be honest, the war of words between FOTA and the FIA has blown into all out chaos as only the F1 circus can bring it to you. As we have followed for the…
Read MoreLe Mans – Door is Open to F1
The current situation between the the FIA and FOTA has already been a powder keg this year, and the ACO has struck a match and lit the fuse. The situation in Formula 1 has been monitored by us fans all this year. Even to an extent to where the racing has been sub par and often over shadowed by the politics on going. The ACO whom is the front line regulating authority to the 24 Hours of Le Mans has told Formula 1 manufacturers that they are all welcome to…
Read MoreRally – Rally GB Saved…For This Year
In a story revealed by the folks at Autosport, the Rally of Great Britain has been saved this year after a funding boost from the MSA which happens to be the British motorsport governing body. The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) and the MSA are currently engaged in a battle over the rally after the Welsh decided to drop the event from its funding list. The battle had taken its roots in 2007 when an agreement was signed that saw funding from WAG last for five years. However, the FIA has…
Read MoreLe Mans – Audi Make Practice Statement
Day 1 of practice for the 24 Hours of Le Mans is in the books and rain covered the race course for most of the day. Audi’s #1 car piloted by Capello/Kristensen/McNish took top honors with a time of 3:30.07. The North American Audi team put their R15 a mere 0.054 off the top spot. Following Audi was Peugeot and their 908 HDi Coupe. The French team put the cars 3/5/9th on the time sheet. The Pescarolo team ran 4th in their Peugeot as well. The day seen a number…
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Rally – Italy Day 2
1. 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 2:58:03.5 0.0 2. 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 2:58:13.4 +9.9 3. 11 Petter SOLBERG 2:59:16.1 +1:12.6 4. 1 Sébastien LOEB 2:59:18.3 +1:14.8 5. 7 Evgeny NOVIKOV 3:00:49.5 +2:46.0 6. 5 Matthew WILSON 3:03:06.3 +5:02.8 7. 10 Khalid AL QASSIMI 3:05:01.4 +6:57.9 8. 2 Dani SORDO 3:07:22.3 +9:18.8 9. 21 Mads ÖSTBERG 3:10:32.5 +12:29.0 10. 6 Henning SOLBERG 3:10:33.6 +12:30.1 11. 146 Patrik SANDELL 3:12:58.2 +14:54.7 12. 150 Nasser AL-ATTIYAH 3:13:21.7 +15:18.2 13. 147 Armindo ARAUJO 3:14:07.8 +16:04.3 14. 63 Jarkko NIKARA 3:14:20.4 +16:16.9 15. 32 Michal KOSCIUSZKO 3:14:27.5…
Read MoreF1 – Monaco Preview
Glitz and glamour are always a part of the Formula 1 World Championship, but never is it in full swing like it is for Monaco. This weekend is the crown jewel of the F1 calendar and it has proven to be an exciting weekend thus far on track. Unfortunately for the series however, is the off track action that has clouded the actual racing. Here is a look at each team and what we expect for this weekend. Also, we will pepper in the qualifications results as well. Brawn GP…
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