Bob Barnard Track Engineering

Sorry to not post yesterday but life got in the way, not that there is much prompting me to comment at the moment.

Big weekend of racing coming up though with the British F1 race at Silverstone and no blown diffusers, well none that can be proved I bet. Grand Am at Laguna, ALMS at Lime Rock, WSBK at Brno and Indycar in Toronto. Throw in the Tour de France and it will be a busy TV weekend.

In a related story that has a few journalists frothing at the mouth is the News Of The World scandal which has led to the closure of the paper that broke Max Mosley's little secret. I'm sure Max is happy about that, but Murdoch is still there and of course motorsport is still thinking of his supposed F1 bid and the fallout from this latest scandal. I don't know why anyone is shocked by all this, when I grew up the paper was renowned for it.

Obviously for me the British GP is the most interesting. What will the changes to the engine mapping bring us in terms of competitiveness between the front runners, and will it let the smaller teams catch up as they think? Then there is the race debut of Aussie Ricciardo, let's wish him well, he is going to need all the help he can get in that car for all his obvious talent.