Just some general news. We're working on getting our writers inspired again... and we'll be adding new F1 News soon... stay tuned...

Wow. The tie breakers are pretty complicated... sort of.

The FIA goes by finish places as tie breakers.
So...

If 1 driver has more 1st P1 finishes, he wins. If they're tied, it goes down to P2 finishes. If they're still tied, they move on to P3, P4, etc until one driver has more high place finishes.

It comes down to this. Three drivers with a legit chance to win the F1 2007 championship going into the last race.

With 107 championship points, Hamilton leads Alonso by 4 points (103) and and Kimi by 7 (100) points. However, Hamilton owns *MOST* tie breakers in the event these drivers end in ties. Alonso owns all breakers vs Kimi.

In GENERAL... Alonso will need to outscore Hamilton by over 4 points (then again, when was the last time the FIA awarded half-points?), and Kimi needs to outscore him by over 7.

*revised*
Alonso victory scenarios:
Alonso wins and Hamilton finishes 3th or worse
Alonso finishes 2nd and Hamilton finishes 6th or worse
Alonso finishes 3rd, finishes 8th or worse, and Kimi does not win
Alonso finishes 4th, Hamilton finishes outside the points, and Kimi finishes 2nd or worse

Kimi victory scenarios:
Kimi wins, Alonso finishes 3rd or worse, Hamilton finishes 7th or worse
Kimi finishes 2nd, Alonso finishes 5th or worse, and Hamilton does not finish in the points

Fantastic.

Has there ever been a less-hailed two-time F1 champion than Fernando Alonso? Projected salary numbers for top F1 drivers get thrown around all the time, and for some reason Kimi Raikkonen always gets mentioned as the top paid driver.

Yes, he's undeniably quick, but the fact that Alonso wasn't the most in-demand driver since Michael Schumacher is pretty puzzling to me. He won his titles after 5 years of Ferrari domination, even though in neither season he had the best car. Kimi's McLaren in 2005 was the class of the field, and Michael's Ferrari seemed like the car to beat in 2006.

In my opinion, of all the top F1 drivers currently, Alonso has the inside track on potentially reeling in some of Michael's records. Case in point, at age 25, he's won the title 2 times and already has 16 wins, 15 poles, and 39 podiums to his name.

Now he jumped into a very competitive McLaren. Maybe a 3rd title to his belt by age 26? Certainly within the realm of possibility.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Alonso

After a bit of time off, we're bringing back F1 Blog in 2007.

It's been an exciting new season thus far in Formula 1... saying bye to some old faces (farewell Michael) and saying hello to the new. We've had some revelations this year already.

Lewis Hamilton has taken the world by storm, many hailing him as the Tiger Woods of F1. The sample size is still too small to tell for certain, but he certainly looks like a competent driver alongside reigning two-time world champ Fernando Alonso. How much he'll affect the sport, who knows - auto racing is requires more money to get into than just about any big-market sport. For one thing, you need much more than a ball to get started.

Schumi's Biggest F1 Mistake Planet F1



"Today, Monday 9 June 2003, Michael Schumacher made, I believe, the biggest mistake of his Formula One career - he extended his contract with Ferrari until the end of the 2006 season."

Well, I can't really agree with the columnist on this article. He argues that Schuey will retire with an aura of excellence if he leaves the sport on top. With the rise of young stars like Alonso / Webber / Montoya / Kimi, his reign of terror is near the end, right?

I'm going to have to disagree here. Granted, Michael makes some mistakes when pressured--- so does everyone else. Name one driver who hasn't ever made a mistake when pressured by a faster car behind (okay, Enrique Bernoldi...). Kimi gave up his first win when he lost control under a full course yellow with light pressure! Montoya gave up his 2nd win (and consequently gave Kimi his first) when he spun with only a handful of laps remaining earlier this season.I reckon the only driver not to have made a (major) mistake yet is Alonso, but after driving at the back of the field in his rookie year, he's only had this season to screw up.

Driver retirement is part of the game in F1, be it caused by driver error or the car simply breaking down. The fact that Michael has probably the best finish rate of any driver in the history of F1 might have something to do with his ability.

But on to the next part of my argument. Michael is doing the right thing for himself as an athlete and the best thing for the sport. Rarely in any sport is there a single champion who dominates the competition as consistently as Michael Schumacher. There is often talk that Michael never had a true rival (I guess we'll just right off Hill, JV, Mika as mediocre?)... but in Michael's case, it's the inconsistencies of other teams to put together quality packages that have allowed Michael to consistently challenge even when his own package wasn't the best.

Now, with this next generation of young drivers stepping up, would any competitor on top willfully relinquish his throne? Hell no! He's going to fight till the end and teach them a thing or two about heart and desire.

Imagine formula 1 without its greatest hero (and arguably its arch villian). Could F1 survive without him? Would the red car seem as menacing with Rubens in the lead Ferrari? Would Kimi just run away with the title?

The hype surrounding drivers like Eddie Irvine is quickly forgotten. However, the true talent of Michael Schumacher would be soreless missed.

F1Racing.net: Every day updated Formula One news - Schumacher and Alonso to face music over Brazil

Interesting that what's his face wasn't reprimanded for slamming into Montoya's parked car (with Montoya still in it)... That could have been a really ugly scene if Juan had decided to step out of his car at the wrong time.

itv.com/f1 - Brazil result investigated

If you think about it... Webber crashed at the beginning of the front straight--- so it takes maybe 10 seconds to reach the end of the lap from that point, right?

Fisi (with his at the time superior bridgestones) was 5 or so seconds ahead of Kimi at the time, maybe 10 seconds ahead of Alonso. The safety car was all set to be called out as Fisi passed Webber... Kimi made it through... then the big Alonso crash. It took a couple of seconds (some sources say 20) for the race to be red flagged... meaning unless Fisi crawled to the finish line in less than 10 seconds from a flat-out section, he should be declared the victor...

"Ironically, Formula 1's official timekeepers are TAG Heuer, who have been sponsors of McLaren since 1985."

Controversy over rain tyres“We had the advantage on very wet ground but we lost the advantage every time because the safety car came out and saved the cars with tyres made by our rival. It’s not right.” Pascal Vasselon, F1 programme director for Michelin. Bridgestone's strategy is quite clear here, sacrifice a few cars during the race to bring out the pace car, therefore the Michelin runners can't take advantage of their tires, and bid their time until the track dries out.... But thank God that didn't happen becuase Michelin runners like Weber & Alonso came to the rescue.

On the podium, Fisi is thinking "That trophy is mine, it's mine. You f@#king bastard, you stole it from me."
Meanwhile, Kimi is thinking "I won, I won. It's mine & you can't have it. Ha ha. Loser!"

Did Rubens run out of fuel? A fuel feed problem caused Rubens to retire when he was comfortably in the lead," said Jean Todt. Yes, when you ran out of fuel, you would usually have a fuel feed problem.

'We Were 50 Seconds From Glory' Says Jordan Well, I donno if it's just me, but I'm pretty sure I saw Fisi's Jordan very much on fire when it rolled into the pit lane after the race have been stopped. Maybe he meant 50 seconds from blaze of glory?

Fisi: "I Still Think I Am The Winner"Yeah right, and a monkey might fly out of Paul Stoddart's butt.

Stoddart Believes Minardi Could Have WonYeah right, and a monkey might fly out of my butt.

Brazil GP: Race Winners And Losers Most exciting race to date this year! I hope all the teams (except McLaren) bought enough garbage bags to take their broken race car home back to Europe.

Barrichello: 'An early win would be nice!'
Okay, this is an old article, but hey, it's still good to use! Rubens Barrichello was a disappointment. HANS or HANS-free, he just couldn't get the job done & win the race after Schumacher screwed up. Sure he finished second, but he never really seemed that interested in challenging for the win. Was it because there was a clause in his contract stipulated that he can't win a race until Schumacher wins one first?

Schumacher is Trulli sorry & Trulli is Trulli disappointed

Talking Point: How Was It For You?

Sunday's race seems to fill with excitment now, however, the new qualifying format is just aweful to watch. Anyone who ever witnessed Ayrton Senna come out for that last tilt at the top spot will gladly tell you what qualifying should be about....

Schumacher cracking under pressure, part II
Briatore pans 'stupid' Schuey

HANS or HANS-Free
Justin Wilson, another HANS casuality.

Schumacher cracking under pressure?
"After remodelling his aerodynamics in Melbourne he was entitled to feel a little sorry for himself. Two weeks later, after a move so optimistic that even a New York taxi driver would have considered it suicidal, he was apologising to Jarno Trulli..."-Planet-F1.com

Hmmm, why is this what's his name... Button almost as fast as I am?
I'm World Champion, he is doggie poop. Something stinky here.

Mosley introduces new rule shocker!

Our spies in Melbourne Report
What really happened out there, it's all here.

Barrichello: "An early win would be nice!"
Yeah, but that stupid HANS device.

Barrichello blames HANS
I think Schumacher, Montoya, Ralf and Ross Brown must all be wondering "Damn, that's a good one. Why didn't I think of that first?"

JV pit mix-up intentional?
Hey, whats that? I can't heeear you... Say that again? You want me to pit on the same lap as Button? Okay, no problem.

Bad hair day down under for Ferrari
Barrichelllo got it wrong, Schumacher screwed up, Kimi got screwed, Montoya over did it & David Coulthard wins it! Now, Ross Brown, Jean Todt & a bunch of Japanese tire engineers are all pissed. Montoya got lucky because Patrick Head is busy chewing Ralf's ass.