Todt doubts 107% rule will return in 2010
FIA president Jean Todt has said that he would very much like to see the old '107% rule' return to control grand prix qualifying, but admitted that it was highly unlikely that the rule would be able to return during the current season.
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Rosberg blitzes the pack in second practice
Germany continued its dominance of F1 2010 after Adrian Sutil topped FP1. Mercedes and Nico Rosberg led the way in FP2 to send a message out to his more illustrious team mate Michael Schumacher as McLaren continued to quietly impress.
Read more...Chandhok fails to lap up attention
Karun Chandhok's debut in the HRT-Cosworth car was delayed until Saturday at the Bahrain track, after the Indian driver was forced to miss out on running in either of Friday's practice sessions with teething problems on his new machine.
Bahrain GP - FP2 as it happened
The Friday action continued over in Bahrain, as the drivers headed back out for the second of Friday's pair of practice sessions. Relive all the slightly dull lappery from F1's great and good (and not so good) with The Hand's minute-by-minute report.
Campos mourns "nightmare" pre-season
Former F1 team owner Adrian Campos has spoken about "the worst nightmare of my life" over the pre-season, as he struggled to get his team onto the grid, and eventually was forced to sell the team to shareholder Jose Ramon Carabante.
Sutil tops the first session of 2010
For all the focus on McLaren's revolutionary rear wing, it was another Merc-powered star in Adrian Sutil who led the timing charts of the new decade of F1. All four world champions finished in the top 10, with Michael Schumacher struggling in 10th.
Renault's Bell hints at Wing-gate protest
Renault boss Bob Bell has refused to accept the FIA's decision to allow the new McLaren rear wing design to pass inspection, slamming the Woking team live on the BBC for starting "another arms race" in the sport at the start of 2010.
Todt doubts 107% rule will return in 2010
FIA president Jean Todt has said that he would very much like to see the old '107% rule' return to control grand prix qualifying, but admitted that it was highly unlikely that the rule would be able to return during the current season.
Introducing Guess the Grid!
Patronise F1 is proud to have been given the chance to shamelessly plug a brand new prediction competition for the new 2010 season, as the Guess the Grid prediction game is ready for launch in time for the start of the new season.
GP2 Asia Series - Round 3
The GP2 Asia crowd moved on to Bahrain last weekend for rounds 5 and 6 of the championship, and with another two races still to go, Davide Valsecchi and his iSport team swept to the championship crowns in dominant fashion.
Patty's 2009 F1 Season Review
The Patronise F1 writing team takes a look back at the whole mad story that was Formula One's 2009 season, taking an overly-wry look at every twist, turn and WMSC court appearance that made it such a bizarre year of on- and off-track action.
Rosberg blitzes the pack in second practice
Germany continued its dominance of F1 2010 after Adrian Sutil topped FP1. Mercedes and Nico Rosberg led the way in FP2 to send a message out to his more illustrious team mate Michael Schumacher as McLaren continued to quietly impress.
In Memory Of...Schumie's dodgy moments
Throughout Michael Schumacher's years in the sport, he has had plenty of "debatable" moments. And now, with him returning for 2010, perhaps it is time to revisit his most dubious hours and see whether they really were as bad as we all said they were.
Speed Trap #5
The latest super-exciting new episode of The Speed Trap, PatroniseF1's hilarious new cartoony-cum-comic thingy, sees The Spleen take a sideways look at the life of the brand new Mercedes GP driving partnership.
2008 in Review - Driver Ratings
It has been a year of performances of some description. Some good, some indifferent, and some downright awful. And that was just the title contenders. Lets give a run down of the drivers, and assign ratings to them for no reason other than to inspire debate.
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Goodnight, America
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