Timeline of a scandal: January 1997: Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone donates £1m to the Labour Party. The donation is not made public at the time. May 1: Labour wins landslide victory in the general election, promising to end government sleaze after a series of scandals under the Conservatives... - sidepodcast
Tony Blair personally ordered an exemption for motor racing from a tobacco sponsorship ban after Labour received a secret £1m donation from Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One boss. New documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show he demanded a change of policy after a meeting with Ecclestone on October 16, 1997, and his officials went on to obfuscate the truth. - sidepodcast
Massa, meanwhile, fell from third to fifth in the closing minutes, beaten by fractions of a second, and rued the fact that he was the fastest man on the track, but at the wrong moment. He said he made a mistake, but also lost a little grip when he most needed it. - sidepodcast
The question last night in the paddock at the Fuji Speedway, where the Japanese Grand Prix is being staged tomorrow, was not so much whether Lewis Hamilton is capable of winning the Formula One world championship this year, as whether he is capable of doing it fairly. - sidepodcast
I can’t say anything this song doesn’t say brilliantly. Comedian Adam Buxton takes on the Radiohead remix contest with his own entry, which cuts through the hype brings a bit of wit to TV incidental music and remixing alike. - sidepodcast
"I know I am as good as Ayrton Senna" apparently stunning even seasoned British journalists present (though presumably not Peter Windsor) "don't you know I'm the best?" - sidepodcast
I am absolutely shattered. But it is for a good reason. Last night/this morning I watched my very first Free Practice session all the way through. After a decade-and-a-half (near enough) I watched a 90-minute practice session. And of all the races to choose, I picked the one where I have to stay up all night! - sidepodcast
There's no animal more dangerous than a wounded predator, and the injuries suffered by Ferrari in Singapore last week - even though they were self-inflicted - are likely to have given the men from Maranello the often superhuman motivation which follows the infliction of pain. - sidepodcast
Current Honda Formula 1 driver Rubens Barrichello has said it wouldn't be a smart move for Bruno Senna to join Honda in Formula One next season. The Brazilian advised his country fellow that a few year in F1 with a team like Honda could ruin his career. - sidepodcast
