Rivalries in Formula One: The media just loves them, as do the fans. It seems as if they’re not going into meltdown, they’re causing controversy and if they’re not, well that doesn’t stop people supposing that while everything looks great on the surface, behind the scenes they’re on the brink of war. There just seems to be a deep down need for a bad guy to every hero, a simplistic tale of good versus evil…

Phil Jackson looks to see if Felipe is still considered the same racer that competed with Schumi in the Germans’ final years at Ferrari, or if a year after his accident at Hungary the flame is starting to die for the passionate Brazilian.

Felipe Massa has always had his critics and doubters, especially within his Ferrari years questions have constantly arisen as to whether he was the right driver to be in a seat at the Italian team. An unfortunate incident at the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend last year caused these …

The Australian Grand Prix served up a feast of entertainment to fans, but as remarkable as Jenson Button’s maiden win for McLaren had been it had nothing on team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s outburst at his team for enforcing a second pit stop for new tyres. Though Martin Whitmarsh has ultimately taken the blame for a “team error” the repercussions continue amidst rumours that all is not well at McLaren.

It’s true that Lewis put in an outstanding drive (one of many I feel), and one that he was particularly proud of, calling …

Okay, corny title I know but how else was I going to be able to get VIVA in the title? Given the Roman numerals I had to work with this was the closest I was ever going to get! Inherently that means that there also has to be a VIVb post but since there has been so much interesting stuff published this week it shouldn’t be a problem and the (b) post will feature content from our away-day at Autosport International.

Over the last couple of seasons the teams have been …

The Hungarian Grand Prix had a surprise pole-sitter in the form of Fernando Alonso although it was a rejuvenated McLaren and Lewis Hamilton that looked to have the car to beat and they duly delivered. However, all that was overshadowed by the injury of Felipe Massa.

Just the weekend before, Henry Surtees had been tragically killed in a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch. It was a reminder that even with all the safety improvements , motorsport was still a dangerous business. Therefore Formula 1 held it’s breath as Massa veered …

Qualifying in Hungary served up a fright, a surprise and a whole lot of confusion. At the end of it all, it was Fernando Alonso who put his Renault in pole position but was he really the fastest?

Fernando Alonso

Q3 started late following a accident for Felipe Massa who will not take part in the race, it finished with chaos as the timing system failed but somewhere in there Fernando Alonso clinched a first pole for Renault since 2006. Alonso snuck ahead of Sebastian Vettel by just 0.018 seconds with Mark …