Reporting from the Ragged Edge
It has been generally assumed for some time that Felipe Massa will not be at Ferrari in 2013. The Brazilian driver's contract expires at the end of this year, and his performance in 2011 was dismal, so it seemed logical that Ferrari would look to replace him. Ferrari have been in contact with at least one... Continue Reading →
2012 has had the most open start to a season in Formula One history. The first seven races were won by seven different drivers, in five different cars. It seemed that success on Sunday was more or less a lottery. But in Valencia a week ago, some order began to emerge. It became apparent in... Continue Reading →
The Valencia circuit has been criticised for providing boring, processional races. Not so this year. The 2012 European Grand Prix was an overtaking fest, mostly due to the high degradation of the Pirelli tyres in the Spanish summer heat. Fernando Alonso produced arguably one of the finest drives in his career to win the race,... Continue Reading →
Felipe Massa has endured a lot of criticism in the last 18 months. And perhaps deservedly so. His performance in 2011 fell far short of what was required, and the first few races of 2012 were much the same. But he may be coming right. Monaco was Massa's first competitive race of 2012. After qualifying... Continue Reading →
In a desperate and spectacularly unsuccessful attempt to win yesterday's Canadian Grand Prix, Ferrari tried to get one set of soft tyres to last 51 laps on Fernando Alonso's car. Alonso was running second when Lewis Hamilton pitted 20 laps from the end of the race. Hamilton had a slow pitstop, which could have played... Continue Reading →
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