March heralds the start of another exciting Formula One season. Bahrain hosts the big start on Sunday the 14th of March and this year looks to be a close fight between McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari. Williams, Sauber and Renault will no doubt play their part in this years F1 Championship as well. The good thing is, we are starting this seasons campaign without all the neg press that was hanging over the sport this time last year.

Of course, we welcome back a Formula 1 great in Michael Schumacher, who’ll be driving for Brawn-Mercedes. Jenson Button, last years winner, joins forces with Lewis Hamilton as the pair go all out to make hat-trick of F1 successes for Britain. Fernando Alonso joins forces with the fit again Felipe Massa at Ferrari. Red Bull have a seriously srtong pairing in Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber who both finished 2nd and 4th respectively last season.
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This Sunday is the penultimate race in the F1 season. We visit Sao Paulo for the Brazilian Grand Prix and with Jenson Button stuttering to wrap up this competition, Sebastian Vettel looks a great outside bet to become champion with F1 betting punters.

Vettel trails Button by an incredible 16 points with only two races left to compete. Yet, with the pressure mounting on Brawn and Button many bookmakers have confirmed Vettel as clear favourite to drive to victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Brawn have somehow found themselves in a rather stong position as we head into the last 4 races of the F1 championship. Brawn are leading the constructors championship with a whopping 40.5 point lead over nearest rival Red Bull-Renault. However, it is in the drivers championship that really has got the hands-rubbing together in earnest as to where this years crown will be going.

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Formula One is buzzing today as news begins to reverberate around the industry about the return of F1 legend, Michael Schumacher, to replace injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. The 40 year old former 7 times champion, Schumacher, has stated that he will drive for Ferrari until Massa has fully recovered. Now, Schumacher has just a few weeks to gear himself up for the European Grand Prix held in Valencia on 23rd of August.

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Formula One racing giants, Ferrari, have spectaculary claimed they will quit the sport next season if the FIA successfully impose a budget cap. Renault have also made it clear that they will follow Ferrari, out-the-door, if the FIA get their way. But is it really just toys thrown from fuel-injected prams from Ferrari and Renault or are their threats real? Could Formula One survive without Ferrari? Is this the beginning of the end for the troubled sport?

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Jenson Button is confident he can add to his fantastic start to the Formula One championship and make it 4 wins out of 5 by winning the Spanish Grand Prix (10 May 2009). The Brit and his Brawn-Mercedes team are currently sitting 12 points clear, with his team mate, Rubens Barrichello 2nd with 19pts and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull-Renault on 18pts. Lewis Hamilton is currently languishing in 7th position with a solitary 9pts after a dissapointing start to his defence of the championship.

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After what has seemed like a winter of discontent for Formula 1 Championship at last the season is about to start again this Sunday and we can all concentrate on what is happeing on the racetrack instead of the financial woes of the industry. Melbourne is the setting for the Australian Grand Prix, with the race taking place on Sunday the 29th March, 07:00 hours British time.

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The first race of the Formula 1 season, in the Australian Grand Prix, on March 29, will see a new set of colours in the line-up after Honda has agreed a deal with Ross Brawn and Nick Fry to take over the team in a last-minute management buy-out. The new team will be known as Brawn GP and has received the enthusiastic backing of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) and Formula One Management (FOM). All have pitched in with help and advice to preserve an important member of the Formula 1 family. Engines will be supplied by Mercedes who are also giving the new team extensive background support.

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Richard Branson and the Virgin Group are deep in talks about buying Honda’s Formula 1 team. With the new season beckoning (29th March) it is hopeful that Honda and Virgin can quickly come to some arrangement before deadlines are reached. Honda is currently for sale at the price of £1.00 but any buyer would need around £40 million to bankroll the team for just 1 season. If no deal is reached then Honda would need to get rid of their Formula 1 team, around 700 employees including British driver Jenson Button.

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In another twist for the motorsport industry this week, Formula One big guns Ferrari have teamed up with Indian car makers, ‘TaTa’, the company who produce the World’s cheapest car. We highlighted last week, Formula One Hits The Skids, the seriousness of the financial market stifling the motorsport industry. No sooner had we published the story that Suzuki and Subaru pulled out of the World Rallying Championships. Now the news stories are that the drivers inflated wages are next in line to be downsized.

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