There is nothing of note scheduled in the world of Formula 1 today.
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Autosport: Valsecchi takes last gasp GP2 win
Autosport’s report of the second GP2 race in Abu Dhabi, which was won by Davide Valsecchi.
“Davide Valsecchi extended his GP2 Asia lead by denying Michael Herck victory with a late pass in the second Abu Dhabi race.
Until the closing stages, Herck and his team-mate Giacomo Ricci had looked set to give their DPR team a shock one-two – four and a half years after the squad’s last wins.
But Valsecchi mounted a last gasp charge to pass both Ricci and Herck in quick succession and claim his iSport squad’s second win of the weekend.”
Motorsport Musings: These Are Testing Times
Dank explains his disapproval of the intense media coverage of pre-season testing. “Testing has never and will never appeal to me. Absolutely nobody really knows just who is quick until it comes to the first qualifying session of the season, and for anyone to form any conclusions this early on in the year is just foolhardy. Countless Internet forums across the globe will speculate wildly and over-analyse everything to the nth degree. Who was on a low-fuel run, who was actually doing some reliability work… It’s all just a pointless exercise as there are very few of us who can properly decode what the heck is actually going on.”
Michael Griffin on F1: Safety over the years
Our resident rally editor Mike Griffin has recently been looking at F1 safety over the years, over at his own blog. So far he has looked at the safety developments of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s & 80’s and every post is very interesting, with a pinch of humour. Here is an extract from the study of safety in F1 in 1969: “Now, when you look at this record, you must be a bit shocked at the lack of safety. If you died, you were seen as very good, because you were obviously quick enough to die, and some people actually said that the dead were obviously better than the living drivers.”
Pic of the day

Today’s pic of the day is GP2 Asia driver Oliver Turvey on his way to winning his maiden race yesterday.
Notices
Lotus Racing boss Tony Fernandes yesterday tweeted saying that you can win a place at the 2010 Lotus’ launch, which takes place in the Royal Horticultural Hall, central London on the 12th February. To be in with a chance of winning, tweet @tonyfernandes saying why you believe Lotus Racing is special, before midnight on Monday.
I have updated the Virgin Racing shakedown post with some better video footage, which was recorded and uploaded to Youtube by Virgin’s test driver Luiz Razia.
New on the blog is the Downloads & Games section, with some great online games, info on our fantasy league and desktop wallpapers of every car which has been launched so far.
