Grand Prix Diary

We reveal who really is ‘The Fastest Indian in the World’

March 4th, 2010

A war of words has broken out between ex-Jordan pay-driver, Narain Karthikeyan, and HRT’s new signing Karun Chandhok, as to which of the two can officially lay claim to the title of ‘The Fastest Indian in the World’. Karthikeyan’s website…

Campos name change pleases women fans of a certain age

March 3rd, 2010

Following their recent takeover, the Campos team are now to be known as HRT F1. Women’s groups are said to be delighted that an F1 team are naming themselves after Hormone Replacement Treatment, highlighting one of the many difficult things…

USF1 problems reverberate across the Atlantic

March 2nd, 2010

The shut down of the USF1 project has already started to have major implications on this side of the pond, with the closure of the UK’s first NASCAR team. Following the announcement last year that USF1 were to create, base and…

Stefan GP prove they are ready for F1 - with a piece of paper.

February 28th, 2010

In scenes reminiscent of when Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from Germany in 1938, waving a piece of paper proclaiming all was well, the Stefan GP team have now had their own Chamberlain moment. In a statement on their website, Stefan…

McLaren spies not as subtle as they used to be…

February 28th, 2010

Grand Prix Diary follower @Filbo_ sent us this video clip of Ferrari using hi-tech devices to prevent any more spying…

Saving Private Alguersuari

February 26th, 2010

In Spain’s ‘El Mundo’ newspaper, Toro Rosso driver, Jaime Alguersuari, claims that Red Bull forced him to step in and replace Sebastien Bourdais last season and he compares himself to a World War Two hero. In a rather erudite piece, which…