Archive for July, 2010

Paul Musselle: Welsh sunshine!

July 31, 2010

It’s been the entire topic of conversation in the CPC Legends paddock all day; you know we Brits love to talk about nothing else – you guessed it, the weather! I’ve lost count of the number of times my fellow CPC Legends drivers have mentioned it today – well those I’ve seen anyway, as most [...]

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Hayden Paddon: Rally Finland update

July 31, 2010

Hi, We have successfully completed a very long, but good day 1 of Rally Finland.  We are currently sitting 22nd overall and 3rd PWRC, only 0.7 seconds behind 2nd and with a fast local closing in from behind. We have had no major problems today.  On the morning loop of four stages we were suffering [...]

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Olly Gavin: Lime Rock anger & Spa build-up

July 29, 2010

Well, the ALMS’ Lime Rock Park proved itself to be no walk in the park for me and Corvette Racing last weekend, with a frankly unbelievable and random penalty given to my team mate Olivier Beretta for so-called ‘blocking’. We finished 5th in the GT class. We’ve all seen the TV footage over and over, [...]

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Pip Hammond: Team orders in F1

July 28, 2010

The German Grand Prix has reopened the issue of team orders in Formula 1. There have been hints of team orders and favouritism within the McLaren and Red Bull ranks up until now, but Ferrari’s more obvious approach to it has brought about uproar in the paddock and amongst the fans. Felipe Massa was leading [...]

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Oly Mortimer: Knockhill diary

July 28, 2010

Saturday Good weather for testing, the car was handling great and I was a good half second faster than anyone. Sunday The track stayed dry for qualifying, despite the dark clouds, and I managed to keep on pole right through the session, although David Sleigh was only a few thousandths of a second behind, with [...]

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