F1 China FP1 Results & Report: Vettel Way Ahead of the Rest in Low Visibility

What Happens When It Keeps On Happening 11:42pm EST — Smog and fog hung thick over the Shanghai circuit for the first practice session of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, with Sebastian Vettel the fastest driver. He led teammate Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, and Nick Heidfeld as the fastest five, though only Webber [...]

F1 Brazil FP3 Results & Full Report: Kubica on Top at the End of Rainy, Damp Session

What Happens When Rain Makes Everything More Interesting 10:12am EST — Robert Kubica took the fastest lap (1:19.191) from Sebastian Vettel as the final practice session for the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix ended. It was a damp session, with rain falling as it began, but the track attempted to dry out, leaving the drivers on [...]

F1 Silverstone Quali Results & Full Report: Vettel Leads Red Bull Front Row

What Happens When Things Become Predictable 9:04am EST — Sebastian Vettel won another pole for Red Bull, with Mark Webber to start second in a Red Bull front row for the starting grid of the 2010 British Grand Prix.  Fernando Alonso led the charge of the other teams to qualify third, with Lewis Hamilton and [...]

Tweeting From the Road: On the Way to Daytona

What Happens When Half Race Distance in One Day as a Passenger is Tiring 10:13pm EST — While traveling from home in Western PA to Daytona, Florida can be a fascinating trip, it is also a long one.  Tuesday covered nearly twelve hours of drive time, from mid-Virginia through North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and [...]

Live Coverage From the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona

What Happens When Coverage Expands 2:35pm EST — For all those readers interested in other forms of roadracing, On Any Sunday, These Days will be providing live coverage of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona beginning on set-up day Thursday, January 28 through the race beginning at 3pm EST Saturday, January 30th and ending after [...]

UPDATE: No Bridgestone, Pirelli, Goodyear, or Michelin as Tire Suppliers in F1 2011

What Happens When “Rubber Town, USA” Gets the Scoop 1:15pm EST — When Bridgestone announced that it would not renew its contract as the sole tire supplier for Formula1 after the contract ends at the end of the 2010 season, the next question was who would take over  in F1.  Soon, Reuters published that Pirelli [...]

Romain Grosjean Waiting on FIA

What Happens When A Young Driver Has a Ride, But Can’t Talk About It — Apparently, Renault is waiting until after its suspension hearing Monday to announce Nelson Piquet’s replacement.  Romain Grosjean, current Renault test driver, will replace Piquet after his previously expected sacking.  If the team wins its appeal to race in Valencia, Grosjean [...]

Renault’s Valencia Ban, and How Much I Enjoy Being Right

What Happens When No One Is There to Hear You Last night, after the FOX coverage of the F1 GP at the Hungaroring, I turned to my father and said, “You know, they [the FIA] banned Renault for Valencia to make it look like they’re working on safety, but after the appeal the worst Renault [...]