– Final update on the Renault race fixing scandal, we hope
– Qualifying report, did Barrichello’s crash change the outcome?
– Nico Rosberg pays dearly for his mistake
– How lucky is Jenson Button?!
– Sutil knocks Heidfeld off his reliability streak
– Red Bull release Mark Webber’s car only to have him put it in the wall a lap later
– Feedback from our listeners
– Listener trivia, which is the youngest F1 team?
– Our marvelous predictions, along with our listeners’
– See you in a week from Japan!

-Poor Badoer, we feel for you.
-Force India does it again
-Vitantonio Liuzzi hits the ground running
-Very Quick Monza Race Report
-Brawn GP, Impressive 1-2, Barrichello on top!
-Adrian!!!!!!
-Liuzzi, you’re amazing!
-Hamilton crashes out, a touch much on the go pedal.
-It’s not a gate! It’s Scandal-pore!!!
-Nico Rosberg to drive a Brawn?
-McLaren and Mercedes parting company…maybe.
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-Fisi in a Ferrari?
-Toyota is in win or die mode.
-Giancarlo Fisichella on Pole, Unbelievable!
-Button out Q2, 14th, tough luck mate.
-Belgium Grand Prix Race Report
-Kimi Raikkonen replaced by Iceman, who wins in the Ferrari!
-Force India’s incredible pace, a one-off?
-What now for Brawn?
-F1’s youngsters not quite up to the Spa challenge
-Webber get’s his hand slapped
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– News and updates since Hungary: Massa is getting better, Schumi’s in, Schumi’s out, Badoer’s in, Renault can race, Piquet is fired, Alonso to Ferrari?
– Qualifying report
– Race Report: Button starts poorly, Buemi and Glock get together, Badoer is really really slow, Vettel’s engine explodes, Heikki does OK, McLaren miscues Hamilton, Rubens Barrichello wins in Valencia!
– Race analysis: Barrichello earned it, McLaren couldn’t have won anyway, Badoer is really really slow, Kimi doesn’t care anymore, Rosberg did well despite being hot, Kubica did surprisingly well, very little passing in the race but stategically interesting, F1 is moving back to small constructors over manufacturers, silly season will be silly.
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– Our Predictions from last race: Jim wins a Coke!
– Our Predictions for Spa
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-Introduction
-Last Week follow-up
-Get Better Felipe Massa!
-Fernando Alonso on Pole, Wowsers!
-Timing and scoring gets wonky
-Hungarian Grand Prix Race Report
-Hamilton back to his winning ways, stunning performance!
-Nico Rosberg 4th, a podium can’t be far off
-Webber moves to second in the drivers Championship
-Bad Luck Adrian Sutil.
-Bad Luck Fernando Alonso, I hope things are tight in the future…
-Brawn, off the pace, Jenson says “fix it, please!”
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-Introduction

-Last Week Follow-up

-FOTA and FIA come to an agreement, and then squabbl again

-Webber on Pole

-Brawn qualify 2-3, Barichello over Buton

-German Grand Prix Race Report

-Mark Webber wins the German Grand Prix!!!

-Red Bull 1-2

-Nico Rosberg 4th, contines to impress

-Adrian Sutil robbed of a god result

-We’ll miss you in F1 Sebastian Bourdais

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-Introduction
-Last Week follow-up
-FOTA GP1 series, We hope not!
-McLaren McSucks, still!
-Rubens Out-qualis Button for the first time this year
-Vettel on Pole again!
-British Grand Prix Race Report
-Sebastian Vettel yawns his way to a dominant BGP victory
-Nico Rosberg top 5…again, McLaren/Mercedes for 2010?
-Barrichello strong this weekend
-F1Show predictions
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Okay, Jim and I simply couldn’t wait until Sunday to talk about the FOTA’s decision to start its own breakaway series. I am very nervous about this, as our all American F1 fans, because we know far too well the consequences of this decision. While I agree with FOTA on principle, I am not convinced that they can govern themselves. It’s this very issue that ultimately led to the demise of CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) here in the states. And Indy Racing still hasn’t recovered from the fallout to this day.

First, a little history. For the bulk of the Indianapolis 500’s life the event was governed by USAC (United States Auto Club) a club basically run by the Hullman family, who also the own the famous brickyard. But in the 1970’s the teams that raced in USAC events got increasingly frustrated and eventually decided to start a breakaway series called CART. CART was the alliance of the racing teams, a democracy of sorts, who thought they could govern themselves better than USAC. In 1979 CART was born and quickly took over as the main open-wheel car series. While they enjoyed some success in the 1980’s and became quite popular in the 1990’s, they never seemed to be able to control themselves. As a result, costs elevated beyond control and their relationship with the Hullman family was tense.

In 1994 a young Tony George wanted to become more involved with CART, when CART refused to work with him, he said, “fine all start my own series!” Thus, in 1996 the IRL (Indy Racing League) was born. CART, full of ego and short on sense, decided to compete against the Indy 500 with the American 500, a race held at Michigan International Speedway on the same day, this act split the fans in two directions and created a rapid downward spiral for American open-wheel racing. As the two series competed against each other, fans precipitously abandoned the sport for NASCAR leaving both series to struggle for survival. Even the Indy 500, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” significantly lost popularity.

When CART split from USAC it ultimately failed, Indy car is now fully controlled by the IRL and Tony George, who himself is a member of the Hullman family. And what exactly does Mr George control? An open-wheel series with one-tenth the popularity of it’s former self. A glorified spec-series with one showcase event.

My point is simply this, the FOTA will not be able to govern itself. There is simply too much ego, people will inevitably act in their self-interest as opposed to what’s best for the group. Without firm decisions, costs will sky rocket, manufacturers will leave and they’ll be left with nothing. Both the FIA and the FOTA need to come to an agreement, or everyone will suffer and we, the fans, will be left to watch the Sprint Cup at the “Pepsi presents the Mobil One Monaco Grand Prix powered by Intel!”

FOTA, please be bluffing…

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