Great piece of software allowing several permeatations of the finishing order in the final races to calculate who will be World Champion. In all the scenarios I inputted Webber looks pretty solid. Check it out and get back to me if any of your scenarios say other wise. OK Sure, 3 DNF's is not going to help anyone, but who has DNF'd three in a row this year. Besides Lewis? What will your calculations say?? Great fun...

www.f1fanatic.co.uk/championship-calcula...

Brazilian Roberto Moreno tells how he made it into F1 with a little help from Nelson Piquet, his friends, sleeping in his car, 'borrowing' electricity and being in the right place at the right time. more at"

www.autosport.com/features/article.php/i...

With the move towards greener racing in F1 and the failure of team-wide KERS development, another new proposal has garnered some interest involving waste oils and chocolate, yummy, of all things. Sounds like a new formula for success. FOTA anyone??

www.thetimes.co.za/Sport/Article.aspx?id...

Laid out are the main ideas and concepts behind the FIA's latest cost capping proposals for Formula One. Sounds all very logical and long-overdue, will be a fascinating year once this fascinating year, so far, has wound itself up.  more at :

f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/04/30/14-fr...

Read and hear Lewis's car to pit radio, compared with his interview after the race, which the FiA have used to decide that Trulli will get his 3rd place back and Lewis out of the running, not even classified. The new order in formula 1, seems more like 1984 that 2009. Tongue in cheek, of course...

www.f1complete.com/conten...

From wired magazine, an interesting article about F1 drivers and what they like to tool around ini away from the track. The answers may surprise you, unless of course you have sat in or raced a formula car yourself, and then you would probanly agree. Either way, a good read away from Kers, and budgets, while we wait for the season to get back in gear. Cheers...

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/12/why-f1-drivers.html

In Brazil, well that seals it. Like when Carl Lewis shook Ben Johnson's hand before their 88 final. Hamilton, other then out front is a nobody, and in real danger, from himself and other drivers. Ferrari must like their chances with these types of statements being bandied about not unlike Dennis' statement to Peter Windsor on the grid of the Japanese GP right before Lewis slid off at the first corner.  Nothing like taking it down to the wire....

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/10/20/dennis-happy-to-give-ferrari-brazil-one-two/

Now we've heard everything.  Max must be laughing on the inside, giving the teams the wherewithall to decide for themselves.  'Genius' M. Whitmarsh's Friday argy-bargy concept would be exactly the type of ridiculousness that would cause the FIA to take over completely and cast out all the lunatics into their own compound of super-fantastic-circuses on wheels that their over-analytical territorial minded minds would and will conjure up.  Do any of these guys, beside Flavio, ever get some?  What's next, prizes for the best uniforms, cheerleaders.  Give me 1957 again, please....

http://www.upstatetoday.com/news/2008/oct/02/formula-one-teams-mull-1-million-friday-jackpot/

Flavio, his wife and their flashy friends were pelted with sand when they dinghied their way onto the beach from their luxury yacht.  Flavio was quoted along the lines on Marie Antoinette.  Seriously.  I know, what a wacky F1 season this has been.

http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/9790/900/

W. Weber picks Nico to Macca for Kovy to Renault over Schu comeback.  And Piquet, back to the spoilt rich kid GP2 championship. Or Formula 2, if anyone will have him.  Shouldn't have dropped the jr,

http://www.f1complete.com/content/view/9362/900/