Author: Andy Darley

  • F1: Hamilton penalised in Malaysia qualifying

    A cluster of British drivers will start the Malaysian Grand Prix from the middle of the field – with very mixed feelings about how they ended up there.

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  • Motormouth MP lashes out at BBC F1 deal

    Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay has thrown a bucket of cold water on the BBC’s celebrations at regaining the rights to show Formula One by claiming it wasn’t a real sport and should be on commercial TV.

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  • A1GP: Irish and Brits storm podium in Mexico

    Adam Carroll scored Ireland’s maiden win when A1GP visited Mexico City last weekend, while Oliver Jarvis grabbed a pair of second places to move Team GBR up to fourth in the overall standings.

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  • F1: Australian GP in six words

    To mark the fact that only six cars finished the Australian Grand Prix, we thought for a bit of fun we’d use just six words to sum up the performance of each driver and team. We’d love to hear your versions in the comments!

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  • F1: Australian Grand Prix live blog

    It’s March, it’s silly-o-clock in the morning, and that means only one thing – F1’s back and it’s time for the Australian Grand Prix. Brits on Pole is here in front of the TV with a lot of tea and a laptop with a stuck ‘N’ key, ready to blog the action as it happens.

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  • F1: Pole for Hamilton as Kimi falters

    It wasn’t supposed to be this way – but Lewis Hamilton won’t be complaining. The young Brit began his second F1 season by putting his McLaren on pole in Melbourne, while main rival and defending champion Kimi Raikkonen starts near the back after mechanical problems.

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  • F1: Hamilton, Räikkönen set early pace in Melbourne

    Predictions that Ferrari would romp away from the field in Melbourne were put on hold for at least 24 hours as Lewis Hamilton split the honours with Kimi Raikkonen on the first day of practice for the Australian Grand Prix.

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  • IRL: no Minardi in 2008, says Stoddart

    Plain-speaking Aussie businessman Paul Stoddart says he won’t be moving his Minardi Champ Car team across to the IRL following the merger because he’s had enough of trolling around at the back of the field.

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  • F1: Reports of Ron’s demise greatly exaggerated

    Well, they wrote the obits – but Ron Dennis refused to die. Today he reportedly told staff at McLaren’s Woking HQ that he was going nowhere.

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  • F1: Super Aguri is safe, Davidson looks on the bright side

    Talk about making the best of a bad situation. Super Aguri’s tightrope-walk in search of the funding that would ensure their survival wasn’t all bad, according to Anthony Davidson.

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