In the wake of the final ruling on the Renault crash-gate scandal, the decision to not exclude Renault from the championship has been described as  “pathetic and disgraceful.” As a counterpoint consider this. When looking strictly at the evidence that was considered, the Renault scandal is isolated to three individuals plus one unnamed witness. The [...]

In the furor over the race fixing allegations involving Nelson Piquet Jr. and Renault, some attention has turned to teammate Fernando Alonso. The argument is that Alonso should voluntarily give up his trophy and prize money for winning the race and/or be removed from the final race results. The basis of this argument is that [...]

We at GrandPrixDB certainly don’t consider ourselves to be a Red Bull motorsports blog. So it’s merely a coincidence that most of our recent posts have been written about either Red Bull Racing or Scuderia Toro Rosso. Before the season started there was much deliberation amongst our contributors about the season’s prospects of Sebastian Vettel. [...]

GrandPrixDB sides with the FIA in handing out a 10-spot grid penalty in the upcoming Malaysian GP to Sebastian Vettel for his role in the late race incident with Robert Kubica at the 2009 Australian GP. You can read our analysis here. Although many observers disagree with the ruling, Vettel could have, and should have, [...]

Sebastian Vettel is a brilliant driver. Even at just 21 years of age he clearly has what it takes to one day become World Champion. However, his incident in the closing stages of the 2009 Australian GP with Robert Kubica as both were fighting for second place was ultimately Vettel’s doing. Yes, technically speaking both [...]

Although it is premature to editorialize based on speculation, the newswires were alight today with reports that Honda is preparing to exit F1 either by selling its team or shutting down the operation entirely. If the reports are true, it really should not come as a complete surprise. Unlike the USA automakers, Honda is probably [...]

With momentum gaining for Scuderia Toro Rosso to hire two newcomers to the organization, Sebastien Buemi and Takuma Sato, the staff of Grand Prix DB would like to make a case for the team to instead retain Sebastien Bourdais. Buemi will likely get the “first” seat at STR. And the reason why Bourdais should be [...]

For the last four months, Robert Kubica has been pleading his case in the press for his BMW Sauber team to fully support his efforts to win the Driver’s Championship in 2008. And finally, with just two races left in the season, the team principals have expressed support for their driver. While such statements make [...]

I always look forward to the Italian GP at Monza because I love this race track. Whether it turns out to be a flag-to-flag victory by one driver or a lottery contest with multiple lead changes, I know the event will be enjoyable. Unfortunately, others involved in the sport are instead feeling rather dour about [...]

Before moving on to preparations for the Italian GP this weekend, here’s one more post regarding the 2008 Belgian GP. McLaren has made it quite clear that Charlie Whiting’s comments to them during the race played an important role in how they managed Lewis Hamilton’s race from the pit wall. You are probably familiar with [...]