When I returned from Singapore to Hong Kong I spotted Nico Rosberg at the Hong Kong airport. Then I saw him waiting for his luggage at the same belt as me and it became sort of obvious he would be spending some time between Singapore and Japanese GPs here in Hong Kong. I found a [...]
The 2009 Singapore GP experience
We had great time in Singapore last year and so we decided to go again for the second race in the Lion City. And I am glad we did so.
There was not that much wrong with organization in 2008 but there were some annoying things especially when it came to food and beverage. Clearly the [...]
2009 Singapore GP – Race result – Hamilton wins
Lewis Hamilton won the 2009 Singapore GP ahead of Timo Glock and Fernando Alonso. Sebastian Vettel finished 4th after serving drive through penalty for speeding. Jenson Button recovered from poor qualifying and claimed 5th place ahead of his team mate Rubens Barrichello.
Nico Rosberg wasted his best chance of podium this season. He went over [...]
Photos – My Saturday in Singapore
Here is a selection of photos I took on Saturday in Singapore. You can’t see any Red Bull, Toro Rosso or Williams cars – I simple could not get any shots of these dark cars right yesterday evening.
2009 Singapore GP – Qualifying and weights
Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the 2009 Singapore GP ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg. Few drivers had their final Q3 runs cut short after Rubens Barrichello crashed causing red flag with less than 30 seconds to go. It was not the best of qualifying for Jenson Button who missed out on Q3. [...]
How to get F1 on the front page of daily newspaper
Bingo, it is possible to get Formula One on the front page of major daily paper. This is what you need to do:
Step 1 – You ask your driver to crash the car deliberately
Step 2 – You fire the driver 9 months later
Step 3 – The driver tells on you and scandal (or “gate”) is [...]
Photos – My Friday in Singapore
I am Singapore this weekend enjoying the Grand Prix. Here are few pictures I took on Friday. I will post more as the weekend progresses and as I slowly figure out how to handle the tricky lighting conditions. The photos are taken around the turns 1, 2 and 3. (Click on the thumbnails to enlarge [...]
The “crashgate” hearing – Someone lied but it does not matter
Yesterday FIA published the complete dossier of evidence, the official decision and surprisingly even posted the audio recording of the hearing (and the decision). You can download the documents and listen to the audio here.
We have all known the decisions of the World Motor Sport Council since Monday. Now we also know how and why [...]
Renault – The crashgate verdict
The World Motor Sport Council handed suspended lifetime F1 ban to Renault (suspended for 2 years), life time motor sport ban to Flavio Briatore (it appears to include driver management as well) and 5 years ban to Pat Symonds. The WMSC concluded that Fernando Alonso was not in any way involved in Renault F1’s breach [...]
Briatore and Symonds leave Renault
And here it comes. ING Renault F1 Team issued statement today informing that its managing director, Flavio Briatore and its executive director of engineering, Pat Symonds, have left the team. The team also announced that it will not dispute the allegations made by the FIA concerning the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. So, it took Piquets [...]
Piquet asked to crash or was it his idea ? – Updated
Less than 2 weeks before the WMSC hearing Autosport came up with more details on the Singapore-Renault-Piquet-Alonso story. Here are the main points of the article:
A meeting took place between Nelson Piquet, Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds few hours before the 2008 Singapore race. The tactics for the race was discussed. That is where the [...]
Links: Renault has a date with WMSC
On Friday FIA announced that representatives of ING Renault F1 have been requested to appear before an extraordinary meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on Monday, 21 September 2009.
The team representatives have been called to answer charges, including a breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code, that the team [...]









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