Glock refuses to drive “atheist-branded” Toyota

January 23, 2009
Glock refuses to drive “atheist-branded” Toyota

Cologne, Friday: Speculation has surrounded the security of Timo Glock’s seat at Toyota after the German reportedly refused to drive the team’s new car, carrying controversial sponsorship from a secularist organisation. The slogan, placed on the team by the National Secular Society of the UK, reads “There’s probably no God – so stop worrying and...
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Green Williams “not an environment thing”

January 21, 2009
Green Williams “not an environment thing”

Grove, Wednesday: Frank Williams, the owner of the Formula One team of the same name, has denied that his team’s remarkable new colour scheme has anything to do with raising environmental awareness, upon revealing that the British team will run in a green livery for the 2009 season. At the moment, Williams are operating with...
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Tilke drafts discovery hailed as “momentous”

January 19, 2009
Tilke drafts discovery hailed as “momentous”

Olpe, Monday: The excavation of numerous early circuit designs by renowned (no, seriously) racing track designer Hermann Tilke have been proclaimed as “a momentous discovery” by archaeologists and motorsport experts alike, with excited commentators jumping up and down and exclaiming that we are now able to gain a crucial insight into the mind of...
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Stumbling blocks ahead for new GP in South Ossetia

January 16, 2009
Stumbling blocks ahead for new GP in South Ossetia

Tskhinvali, Friday: Bernie Ecclestone’s plan to introduce Formula One to the Caucasus in 2011 have hit a major stumbling block today, with the FIA threatening that they will not sanction the inaugural South Ossetian Grand Prix, should the event go ahead. The FIA has long maintained a position of what it calls “political neutrality,” meaning...
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“Unbelievable storylines” cause F1 viewers to switch off

January 15, 2009
“Unbelievable storylines” cause F1 viewers to switch off

Wapping, Thursday: A survey by British “magazine” Salutations! has attributed F1’s declining viewership in recent years to a lack of identifiable characters and realistic storylines in the continuing saga of man and machine at the limits of motoring technology. The magazine, which focuses on exploiting famous people and reminding the nation’s poor of how stupid...
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  • New team is for 2011 obviously, not 2010. Slap rule still applies though.
  • FIA to pick new team for 2010. As before, anyone who says "Prodrive" gets slapped right in the face.
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  • Jacques Villeneuve on ? What's all that "aboat"? I was expecting a phone call....
  • Good on E.Salazar for his auction for the people of Chile. He could raise even more in a charity boxing match with Nelson Piquet Sr....