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Schumacher's biggest mistake

I spent a frightening weeked in Brazil at the end of last season trying to compare and contrast Michael Schumacher with Ayrton Senna and it was a rushed job in a hotel far from home.

Night fever

Another bee in Bernie's bottle is his ambition to stage night races under floodlights. Fernando Alonso reckons this is impossible and said so in Australia in no uncertain terms.

Green agenda gathers pace

Honda's Earth Car is annoying a lot of people, not just outside Formula One but in it too. Highlighting, as they have done, the non-existent environmental case for Formula One looks like it is going to come back to haunt the sport for the rest of the season.

Learning from the master

Talking to someone who knows the ins and outs at Ferrari the other day, we were discussing Massa's emergence and this source spoke about how Massa had "massively" improved during last season and beyond most people's expectations.

Best of friends, not

The battle of minds between Felipe Massa and Kimi "the Iceman" is the fascination of the early season face-offs. It could end up getting really nasty. I saw them in the Dolomites at Madonna di Campiglio in January and I was struck by how unfriendly they were to each other when they got the chance.

Welcome to a new season

Welcome to my Formula One blog. A newcomer to the paddock with so much to explore, I intend to do a lot of it right here. So let's go...