We all probably expected this to be a quiet week. It all turned out a bit differently.
BMW decided to pull the plug on F1. They surprised not only the public but also their drivers who had no idea such an option was even on cards (at least that is what Heidefeld, Kubica and Klien said). [...]

What a bizzare day in F1 this was. It started with BMW pulling out, it ends with news that Michael Schumacher is coming back.
Ferrari has confirmed that Michael Schumacher will replace Felipe Massa in Valencia. Hm, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen as team mates …
“The most important thing first: thanks God, all news concerning Felipe [...]

About eight months after Honda pulled the plug on Formula One another manufacturer announced its F1 exit. Here is the full news as published by BMW short while ago:
The BMW Group will not continue its Formula One campaign after the end of the 2009 season. Resources freed up as a result are to be dedicated [...]

BMW has called an emergency press conference for Wednesday. Dr. Norbert Reithofer, the chairman of the BMW board, Dr. Klaus Draeger, the director for development, and Mario Theissen, BMW motorsport director will be present. There hasn’t been any confirmation what will the press conference be about other than we can expect imporatant news. The fact [...]

Earleir yesterday there were some reports suggesting that Felipe Massa might have sustained serious (and perhaps career threatening) eye injury. However later on yesterday there were more optimistic news coming from Colonel Dr. Lajos Zsiros, the chief surgeon of the Hungarian Defence Forces.
According to the doctor Massa has woken up and the doctors had no [...]

Here are the results of round 10 of our prediction game. This was rather low scoring round with the top score of 17 points (Fantoci and Kudlakova). We had few predictions for Webber’s lap and Lewis Hamilton’s win but nobody guessed the pole position for Fernando Alonso.
Wil is now at the top of [...]

Lewis Hamilton won his first race of the season ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Mark Webber. Jenson Button only managed 7th place, Sebastian Vettel retired. (Kimi Raikkonen will be investigated after the race for the incident after race start.) The rookie Jaime Alguersuari came home in 15th, 1 place ahead of his team mate Sebastien [...]

Here is a short video (using some older animations) explaining the design and structure of F1 helmet and showing examples of helmet testing. Short feature on HANS device is also include. The final part of the video shows the damper and the spring – the part that is suspected to have hit Felipe Massa during [...]