Full Throttle

There’s an interesting story out of the U.K. that is related to Max Mosley’s attempt at gaining financial restitution from NotW for invasion of privacy when they printed the nazi spank-fest featuring Mosley and five prostitutes.

Actor Hugh Grant just won a U.K. court judgment for invasion of his, Liz Hurley and her husband Arun Nayar and accepted £58,000 damages over photographs taken of them on holiday in the Maldives.

According to the BBC story the trio selected the islands strictly for the privacy and the seclusion the private resort claimed was available.

Two thoughts on this; 1. What the hell made these three think anywhere on the planet offered any type of seclusion when your at their level of star status, and 2. Why isn’t the the so called “private resort” held culpable? Looks from this distance they promised something they couldn’t deliver.

Anyway, I wonder what this says about The Littlest Pervert’s case against the NotW because of the obvious privacy connection in the two cases?

I suspect a lot, but I say that knowing little on the issue within the U.K. ither than they are much stricter than most places on the planet

Regardless of the final outcome of Mosley’s suit it should have little to do with the FIA decision considering his actions since the the story first broke. He’ continued to lie out his posterior and spin faster than a frog in a blender.

Funny thing is Mosley could learn something from Grant.

Hugh Grant was the toast of Tinseltown until he was hit by a scandal after his encounter with a Hollywood prostitute in 1995, but now he has been embraced by U.S. audiences because of the stylish way he handled the issue.

Grant said on Larry King Live at the time, “I could accept some of the things that people have explained, ’stress,’ ‘pressure,’ ‘loneliness’ - that that was the reason. But that would be false. In the end you have to come clean and say ‘I did something dishonorable, shabby and goatish.’”

Mosley could learn something, but he’s too bull-headed, stubborn, drunk with the power his position affords him and just plain stupid.

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Remember when a Czech ally of Max “The Littlest Perv” Mosley came out in full support of him and claimed it was all a grand conspiracy perpetrated by Mclaren’s Ron Dennis?

Well, I guess the black helicopters, Area 51 visitors and Ron Dennis theories are all in the same category, the machinations of a deluded mind.

Radovan Novak, general secretary of the Czech Automobile Association, who made the original charge against Dennis has contacted Mclaren stating in essence, “opps, sorry, my bad can I have a do over?”

Mclaren has posted the following on their website:

“Mr Novak has asked us to make it clear that he does not believe that either McLaren or (team boss Ron) Dennis were involved in the events referred to and that the remarks are not representative of his views, “Mr Novak has apologised for the misunderstanding and McLaren and Mr Dennis have thanked him for this gracious and swift reaction.”

Lude, conspira, recognosie?

O conspiracy!
Sham’st thou to show thy dangerous brow by night,
When evils are most free? - Julius Caesar (2.4.6)

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In less than a fortnight the F1 Circus rolls into Monaco for one of, if not the most prestigious event on the world championship calender. The events long and gloried history may never again see a day like this years addition in what may come to be known as “M Day.”

The day Max “The Littlest Perv” Mosley steps from his Monaco residence and darkens the door of an F1 Paddock.

According to The Times a team principal told the paper his squad has been instructed to set-up an “informal scouting system” to warn of Mosley’s presence, something Times blogger Edward Gorman is calling the “Mosley avoidance strategies.”

“The safe majority of teams are considering what they should do about their important people in terms of interaction with the president of the FIA at Monaco,” another source told the Times and that “furtive conversations” on the issue were conducted last weekend in Turkey.

If that isn’t Comedy Gold I fail to see what is.

If reports are true 4,000 members of the media are accredited for the Monaco event I suspect it will be fairly easy to spot Mosley. Unfortunately his appearance will be The Story of the weekend and the media hoard will be drawn to him like flies to a steaming pile, which come to think of it is a pretty apt description all things considered.

Cross Posted @ F1 Rage!

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After Scuderia Toro Rosso team manager Massimo Rivola attended the recent MotoGP night race at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit he expressed concern over scheduling of F1’s first night event in Singapore.

Under the original schedule there would only have been one and a half hours of running in the dark before the night time qualifying session on Saturday.

He told autosport.com after that experience: “Personally I am not relaxed, let me put it like this. Honestly, I would like to test but it is not possible and too expensive to realise. I am sure it will be fine in the end, but there are still some points to discuss.

“The most important is that our schedule should be all over the night, rather than split between day and the night. The sunset in Singapore is at 7pm and at the moment the plan is to have first practice finish at 6pm and second practice to start at 8pm.”

Rivola’s concerns were reviewed by the F1 teams and the FIA with the resulting change in schedule and F1 teams were informed about the latest version of the timetable in Turkey last weekend

The new schedule is as follows:

Practice 1 Friday 19:00-20:30
Practice 2 Friday: 21:30-23:00
Practice 3 Saturday 19:00-20:00
Qualifying Saturday: 22:00-23:00
Race Sunday: 20:00

Autosport also understands that the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) is pushing for some kind of acclimatisation session on the track on the Thursday before the race – although whether this is in F1 cars or other machinery is not yet known.

Cross Posted @ F1 Rage!

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A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has revealed the first image of its brand new ‘Powered by Ferrari’ car for use in season four (2008/09).

The CAD drawing was released ahead of the car’s inaugural shakedown test in Southern England.

A1GP’s own TV commentator and Formula One legend, John Watson, will have the honour of driving the car for the first time, powered by a V8 Ferrari engine producing in the region of 600 bhp.

The chassis is based on the design of the highly successful F2004 chassis, incorporating A1GP’s core values to deliver close, exciting racing among a competitive field where overtaking is an essential part of the entertainment.

A1GP technical director, John Travis, is overseeing the design, development and production of the car from premises in Bognor Regis in the UK, with Rory Byrne acting as consultant. Meanwhile the work on the manufacture and supply of the A1GP engine is being overseen by Ferrari’s Jean-Jacques His.

The Powered by Ferrari project was first announced on 11 October 2007 when the most famous name in motorsport signed a six-year agreement to manufacture and supply all A1GP engines for this unique series and provide consultancy on the design of all A1GP chassis from season four onwards.

‘Everyone is very excited about this project and it will be fantastic to see the new A1GP powered by Ferrari car turn a wheel for the first time on Friday,‘ said A1GP chairman Tony Teixeira.

‘We obviously still have a lot of work to do as this is just the first step in what will be an intense development and testing programme, but I am very happy with the progress made so far.

‘We have a small, dedicated group of people in Bognor Regis and are very lucky to be able to use some well known motor racing companies for certain areas of expertise. I am pleased to say we are on schedule and we will be announcing the date of the official unveiling of the car soon.’

Cross Posted @ Asian Motor Sports

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And so it is, Super Aguri’s boss and owner Aguri Suzuki has unsheathed his Katana and committed Seppuku on F1’s first all-Japanese team in the Western-dominated sport.

“I have been very happy that I was able to achieve a miracle and become a team owner, but I have to make the difficult decision to withdraw,” Suzuki said.

“It had been my dream to become an F1 team owner,” Suzuki said, “but I have to put a close to the work.”

“However, the breach of contract by the promised partner SS United Oil & Gas Company resulted in the loss of financial backing and immediately put the team into financial difficulties.

“I would like to express my deepest thanks to Honda, Bridgestone, the sponsors, all the people who have given us advise during various situations over the past couple of years all the Team Staff who have kept their motivations high and always done their best, Anthony Davidson who has always pushed to the limit despite the very difficult conditions, Takuma Sato who has been with us from the very start and has always fought hard and led the team and lastly our fans from all over the world who have loyally supported the Super Aguri F1 Team.”

The Japanese outfit’s place on the F1 grid has been in doubt ever since rescue talks with Magma Group collapsed in the build-up to the Spanish GP.

The cash-strapped team only raced due to last-minute help from Honda (reportedly in the neighborhood of a quarter million dollars) who provided the team with engines and technical support.

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The weird and not-so wonderful odyssey of F1’s Super Aguri squad continues with reports suggesting the team has been denied access to to the Turkish Grand Prix circuit pending talks between founder Aguri Suzuki and backers Honda over the Japanese team’s future.

From my perspective gleaned from many news reports I’ve come to the conclusion someone is lying out their ass.

A team source confirmed the trucks and motorhome had been prevented from entering the Istanbul Park that much seems certain, the million dollar question is who issued the order. The [in]famous “unnamed sources” fail to offer any clues.

Most have said they either have no knowledge of, or are outright denying Honda F1 chief executive Nick Fry told FOM that the team “would not be racing thus weekend.”

The idea has been floated the request was made so that Honda F1 would not have to suffer the embarrassment of watching its sister team disassemble and leave the track should the pending Weigi deal face rejection by the Honda board.

I’m thinking if it was Fry that made the request it highly unlikely he would do so without consent from the board. To do so would be a clear message that Honda has made up its mind to reject the Weigi bid and allow Super Aguri a painful death before even meeting with Aguri and Weigi in Tokyo this week.

The same sources have claimed no such decision has been made, in addition to having no knowledge of any request made to deny Istanbul access to the team.

“Honda will help Super Aguri as much as possible,” Koji Hayami a spokesman for the automotive manufacturer was quoted as saying. “I do not know of any request [to turn away the trucks]. It is not Honda.”

So who the hell did? Was it Fry operating without knowledge of Tokyo? Or is he being used as a pawn to “save face” on the part of Honda and not appear to be the axe-man behind the whole sorry episode?

Whatever the case the lifespan of Super Aguri looks like it will be resolved this week. Whether the truth behind the track denial is answered is an open question that may never be answered.

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… Danica’s eyes are cast in a future direction:

Danica us hoping to test her skills in Formula One, admitting that she would relish a “proper” test with one of the teams.

“Every driver would love to drive a Formula One car at some point in their life, so yeah,” she told Autosport.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a real, proper test.

“I was asked to do a demonstration lap at Indy in 2005, and I said, ‘No way. You’re making me a show. That’s embarrassing.’ But I would say that a real test is absolutely something I would do.”

And one team who would welcome her testing with them is Honda. “We haven’t instigated anything, but if Danica wanted to be a test driver then we’d be more than happy to talk about it,” Honda CEO Nick Fry said.

Meanwhile in that other racing series, the one with beer swilling, double-wide living, necks of red having fans and cars with tin-tops one, Patty Moise has some very… very sage advice for those trying to break into NASCAR.

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The rest of us meaning F1 fans.

Jean Todt is being lined up to replace Max The Littlest Perv Mosley when the current President of the FIA either steps, or is forced, down.

Allegedly that is the overwhelming view in the Formula 1 paddock as the Perv’s self-imposed execution (hopefully!) at the “Extraordinary Meeting” in Paris is now less than five weeks away.

When he does relinquish his grip on the most powerful position within the sport, former Ferrari team chief Todt – one of the few high-profile figures within F1 to publicly back Mosley (read Todt’s slobbering ass kiss here) – is widely believed to be the man being groomed to take over. Both the BBC and The Times have reported that the Frenchman is “a lock” to assume the role.

God save our gracious Queen (and us poor F1 fans too)
Long live our noble Queen, (but nip the Frog Prince Todt in the bud)
God save the Queen: (and us poor F1 fans too, PLEASE!)
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious, (but don’t be asshats and elect The Frog Prince)
Long to reign over us: (with more Ferrari conspiracies and Mosley-like inefficiency)
God save the Queen. (for the sake of all humanity us poor F1 fans too, PLEASE!)

Cross Posted @ F1 Rage

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The list is getting longer for the future former head of the FIA. The Littlest Perv has lost another round in the legal system of the EU.

A judge in Paris said Tuesday it was not within his jurisdiction to ban an Internet video of The Littlest Perv with prostitutes, but he ordered the French recall of newspapers containing photos of the scene.

Judge Joel Boyer said he couldn’t ban access to website of the British tabloid the News of the World, which had carried a video with images of the scene, because the site is owned and based in Britain. Mosley’s lawyer, Philippe Ouakrat, had requested the site be restricted in France because the FIA, the governing body for motorsports that Mosley heads, is based in Paris.

“The mere fact that this site is accessible from France — like all others on the Web — is not enough to justify French jurisdiction,” Boyer wrote.

Cross posted @ F1 Rage

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