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Once again we find ourselves praying for the recovery of Alex. It's difficult to explain his level of skill driving an open wheeled race car, so I'll just post video of "The Pass" for younger readers who might not know of Zinardi. For the rest of us, it's still some of the finest racing from...

As was my initial response - any reference to SP would be inherently tongue-in-cheek (hopefully.)

Jetronic: Always great to see "sniff petrol" referenced as source of information. Prior to the Alonso scoup they posted a piece titled "New 911 GT3 to replace Jesus." Certainly credible journalism.

I don't think Alonso has anything to worry about at Indy as far as driving in a highly competitive crowd as he'll be coming out of the most aggressive group of drivers in the world. He'll certainly need to learn new techniques that are unique to super speedway ovals, but his driving skills will...

Like most of you, I've been an F1 fan for a long time now (50yrs +) and for the past several years I've seen it deteriorate into something that blatantly tries to compete with other sports entertainment offerings and repeatedly fails. CART, TransAm, CanAm and others have fallen by the wayside...

RIP.

Many of the CanAm cars used the small-block Chevy engines from builders like Bartz which were taken out to 363 and (IIRC) 388 inch displacement. Even some models of the McLarens used SBC power. Then there were cars like the Porsche 908 with even smaller displacement motors. I fondly remember the...

Originally Posted By: DeepFriar Oooo Formula 5000. Crazy wonderful while it lasted. It was my path of later interest in F1. There are different opinions on David Hobbs as an announcer but that guy drove everything I cared about. Yep..talk about gutsy drivers - Hobbs, Redman et al. I used to...

That's the era of cars I'm referring to. Also, when you watch his 241 qualifying run it's impressive just how stable the car is. Like the old adage states: if it looks fast, it probably is fast.

Originally Posted By: billt460 Actually, that looks pretty cool! It certainly looks better than the current crop of Indy Cars, with all that silly bodywork hanging off of everywhere, and flapping in the wind. I think the Indycars reached a high point when the last of the real Champ Cars were...

Originally Posted By: weasley I agree that Alonso is good, but not the best. If his development feedback is so good, why did the Ferrari stay stubbornly in the mid-pack? When Schumacher moved to Ferrari they were in a real mess, almost comically bad, and within a season were winning races...

Anyone care to take a stab at who'll be the next F1 champion? I'm going to go with Alonso, based only upon the fact that he can do miracles with even marginally competitive cars.

Originally Posted By: dailydriver That is a nice looking modern F1 ride, but can the front wings get any more convoluted, intricate, or complex? (Of course they are effective, maybe even aerodynamically perfect, but look at that mess!) They certainly must do something, if not merely...

Another great race and another demonstration of Alonso's ability to take a marginal car and put it in the pack of front runners. With every race my respect for his driving abilities grows.

Originally Posted By: A_Harman If it wins, it's beautiful. So true. I remember how I felt about the Benneton before MS started winning with it. In my mind it went from a very ugly interpretation of the design parameters to a beautiful cutting-edge example of future F1 designs. IIRC it was one...

Tosh: Yep...I finally found F1 on my Directv list via Unimas which seems to be a partner of Univision. If nothing else, it'll make me brush-up on my Spanish and the world feed pretty much shows everything anyway. Thanks, Bill

Thanks for all the replies. I remember that a few years ago so-called A la carte TV options were discussed but quickly snuffed out by the big providers. I'm really not a cheapskate, but am insulted that I have to pay for additional packages just to get the station I want. I really don't need the...

Hello F-1 fans. Are any of you picking up F1 races either via live stream or same day over the internet? I've heard that some folks do it (in the U.S.) but I'm not sure exactly how. I've dropped my DirecTV additional package levels, so I'm looking for a less-costly alternative. Thanks, Bill

I really don't mind the looks of the Williams & McLaren. I've been a fan of this sport since the early 60's & have studied all of the formula's design interpretations since then. Departures from the status quo always require a certain period of adjustment. The previous generation of cars were...

No matter how hard they try to equalize the teams' speeds (DSR;KERS; timebomb tires and mandated tire useage, etc.) there will always be one team and driver that is significantly faster than the rest. The combination of Vettel/RB is unbeatable. While I wish we had true competition at the front...