Continuing my look at how I think the teams line up going into the new season. 5. McLaren-Mercedes There has been lots of speculation over McLaren’s position throughout the winter. In the past month or so it has emerged that McLaren appear to have major problems finding grip at the rear. The McLaren has scarcely […]
2009 F1 season preview: Part 1
How exciting! In just seven days’ time the F1 season will be under way. It is high time, therefore, that I cast my eye towards it. Of course, to assess where the teams stand we must look back over winter testing. This year’s winter testing action has been fascinating and deserving of a post in […]
The Red Bull RB5 launch
Among the final cars to launch was the Red Bull Racing RB5, which was launched yesterday. We can safely assume that the Toro Rosso will be very similar, while we are led to believe that the Force India will be in large part a McLaren customer car. Everything has gone all quiet on the Honda […]
The second week of launches
The beginning of last week saw the launches of three more 2009 Formula 1 cars. Williams FW31 Wow, 31. Williams have been around for a long time now, but while their heritage can almost match that of Ferrari or McLaren, their results of late have been massively disappointing. Could 2009 be the year they make […]
The first week of launches
Apologies for the lack of posts here recently. I have been occupied by other things, and the fact that it is the off-season in F1 at the moment makes it easy to choose this blog to put on the back burner. I did not even get round to writing everything I wanted to write about […]
Welcome to vee8!
Welcome to vee8, my new Formula 1 blog. Yes, I finally decided to separate the F1 content from my main blog. I will continue to maintain doctorvee.co.uk, but by starting vee8 I don’t have to worry about overwhelming it with F1 content. A lot of my readers are not so keen on F1, but it […]