F1: A farce playing out on slippery tyres

In the aftermath of an intriguing and incident packed Monaco Grand Prix we should be talking about Nico Rosberg’s splendid win and history being made on the streets where he grew up. It should be on some of the big overtaking moves that worked and others that didn’t,...

McLaren Honda: Back to the future

Ferrari are undoubtedly the most popular team in Formula One, perhaps even in the whole motorsport world. However, as an avid F1 follower since the early seventies, my allegiance has never really been with the teams, but rather with the drivers. To me, they are the...

Thrills and spills on slippery Paris circuit

I had the good fortune of accompanying the UAE contingent to the SWS Grand Finals at Circuit du RKC in France this past weekend. The world’s best SWS leisure kart drivers and teams were in action to decide the best of the best during a two-day contest. In the SWS...

Sebastian Vettel has got 2013 season sewn up

With hostilities set to resume this weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, I am going to be a party-pooper and say that the 2013 Formula 1 season is already done and dusted. Although my heart says: ‘Silly call, as the season is only four races old’; my head...