This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Winning in motor racing might be the hardest thing to do in sport. Look at British rally driver Elfyn Evans who was cruising to his first World Rally Championship when he slid off the road Saturday in the Italian Alps at Rally Monza.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Formula One this week said it wasn’t bringing races to the Americas this season. That means events in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Brazil were done for this pandemic year. In fact, the F1 paddock expressed some concern about coming to America…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Every driver wants to win. It’s the way they’re wired. But team drivers have priorities. The first is beating their teammates. Ferrari had trouble with all of it today in Russia. Apparently the team had a plan for pole sitter Charles LeClerc to…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. In the mid-16th Century the French decided to change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. That moved the start of the year from April 1st to January 1st. Those who continued to celebrate the start of the year on April 1st…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Daniel Ricciardo slammed into the back of Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen near the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sunday. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner left the pit wall fuming. The cars were running fourth and fifth but ended with no…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. For years, drivers have said there’s a comparison between driving a Formula One car and a Le Mans Prototype from the World Endurance Championship. I found it hard to believe. The F1 car is minimalist with aerodynamic aids to, quite literally, keep the…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Liberty Media continues its dumbing down of F1. The latest is a projected budget cap of $150 million for all teams. The current Concorde Agreements which govern Formula One racing are set to expire at the end of the 2020 season. Liberty is…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Some Formula 1 news on Daytona Day. The word is Sky Sports will be supplying the F1 coverage when ESPN picks up the series in March. Sky Sports is well respected in Europe but that’s Europe. None of the commentators are well known…
Formula One’s annual visit to America at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas ended Sunday with a reported successful promotion. There were reports Sunday that some 250,000 people attended the race weekend including 80,000 at a Taylor Swift concert Saturday night. These numbers are critical. Attendance fell last year for several reasons including rainy…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Some curiosities from Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka won by points leader Lewis Hamilton. The win over Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg moves Hamilton to a 48 point lead with five races left in the season. That includes the US Grand Prix at…
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