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Maybe, if McLaren weren’t joint-owned by human rights abusing torturers, they would have more luck getting sponsors?

The Conservative Party in the UK are closely allied with Rupert Murdoch because The Sun newspaper, which he owns, is read by highly valued indecisive voters. The Conservatives have reduced the money available to […]

I favour two shorter races with the second race having a reverse grid. The artificially engineered need for pit-stops is an attempt to make the racing more exciting by shaking up the race order. Unfortunately the […]

It is sad that F1 teams continue to test and race in Bahrain, giving tacit support to a regime that has imprisoned and almost certainly tortured all of its leading political opponents.

The Times claims that Vodafone’s decision was reached due to the protests in Bahrain http://twitpic.com/cb84y9

Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt started off by calling the reports of protests hype that was made-up by unscrupulous journalists. When it became undeniable that the protests were real the line was that there are […]

According to this press release http://www.bahrainedb.com/mclaren-moves-to-bahrain.aspx Mumtalakat owned 42% of McLaren Group, 50% of McLaren Automotive in 2010

Thanks for doing this Keith.

Given that McLaren Group is 42% owned by the Bahraini government they are virtually employed by the regime.

“A civil war is a high-intensity conflict, often involving regular armed forces, that is sustained, organized and large-scale.”

Bahrain is not a democracy and the government has violently suppressed initially peaceful protests.

Di Resta is impressively consistent

I was very surprised to see the likes of Vettel pit so early for a 2 stop strategy. I was expecting them to pit later for their first stop to avoid falling off the cliff in the final stint.

Ferrari pit crew were pretty impressive.

Massa doesn’t seem to be able to adapt to the Pirelli tyres.

6 laps to go: Alonso is a sitting duck with Perez within DRS range and the engineer tells him to be careful?