For the first time since 1993 refuelling has been banned in Formula One.  Gone are the days of pitstops lasting 10 seconds or more, the chance of fires and the intricacies of fuel stop strategies and in their place have come 3 second pit stops as the tyre men throw on slick tyres at a lightening rate. While those tyre men have had to work harder and train ever more with the tyres, what about the companies behind the fuel rigs?  They have had to work even harder to ensure their fuel... Full Story

Paralympic Games 2010: When I was in the states years ago, I became a big sponsor of the Paralympics and also of the Special Olympics. I have had the pleasure to cook, organize and feed multiples of thousands of these Olympic contestants in my time. One of the most memorial times for me was the paralympics after the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Georgia. Right Now the Paralympics is going on in Vancouver Canada... The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the Olympic... Full Story

Stefano Domenicali has said he is very happy with the early victory Ferrari have got in 2010, after dominating the Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1-2 finish. The team principal of Ferrari Domenicali, said that after all the hard work the team had put in to get the F10 car working well, and following a difficult 2009 season it was a great remedy to any underlying doubts fans may have about the car. “Well, for sure this race is very important for the team,” said Domenicali. “After... Full Story

Well, here we are the start of another season and it will be the 4th full season covered on this blog.  Amazing.   The start of a new season is always very exciting with fans, drivers and teams alike all feeling like children on the night before chirstmas, the excitement and anticiapation hard to cope with.   Few aerodynamic regulation changes, and just a handful of rule changes mean that there is a slight sense of continuity into this season, just to remind you the poitns now... Full Story

Karun Chandhok, the rookie who will be racing alongside Bruno Senna at HRT this season says he is confident that by the European rounds of the season his team will be within point scoring positions. Chandhok, who previously raced in GP2 and tested for Red Bull, says he expects initially things will be tough but HRT can prove themselves worthy contenders. The team looked unlikely to even make the grid until 2 weeks ago when they were bailed out, and then the car launched a few days ago in... Full Story

Berlin, Germany On the 4th day of Germany's biggest poker tournament held at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin (Germany), a gang of six masked gunmen armed with assault rifles (AK47), machetes and grenades entered the venue with the target of stealing the  £1million jackpot. Unconfirmed reports suggest that they ended in stealing more than £700,000 in cash. Check the videos -   A source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘The gang had balaclavas, machine... Full Story

Ralf Schumacher, the former F1 driver with 6 Grand Prix wins to his name will be staying in the German Touring Car series DTM instead of jumping across to Formula One again after the team he was linked with, Stefan GP, were told they could not have an entry slot today. Schumacher, whose elder brother Michael recently returned to F1 with Mercedes Benz, will stay in DTM where he has been struggling to find his feet since moving to the series 2 seasons ago, and having spent last season driving a... Full Story

USF1 have officially shut down operations working on their 2010 car and entry into the Formula One series, and will now not compete in the forthcoming season, which starts in just 9 days time. The team run by Ken Anderson and Peter Windsor has been under close scrutiny recently as rumours hotted up that they would not make the grid in time.  Yesterday those rumours became truth when the remaining staff at the team were put on indefinite unpaid leave while the mess was sorted out. With... Full Story

Richard Branson, the Virgin magnate who thrust himself upon Formula One with Brawn GP sponsorship last season and now runs his own team through the Manor GP project, claims that criticisms of the new teams by Ferrari is very sad. Ferrari released an anonymous column on their website last week stating that the new teams were degrading F1, and that the FIA had launched a holy war within Formula One. Branson claims that the new teams will bring more than Ferrari could imagaine to the... Full Story

USA ESPN's Tony Kornheiser was recently suspended for 2 weeks for making  making inappropriate remarks about Sportscenter host Hannah Storm's dressing style on his radio program "Pardon the Interruption (PTI)". His comment - "Hannah Storm in a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. She's got on red go-go boots and a catholic school plaid skirt ... way too short for somebody in her 40s or maybe early 50s by now ... She's got on her typically very, very tight shirt. She looks like she has... Full Story