This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. A friend this week brought something troubling to my attention. Sports Illustrated did a piece on motor racing legend Michael Schumacher and where he is now. The piece talked about his greatness and seven Formula One championships and how he’s fighting back from…
Two-time Formula One Champion Fernando Alonso won his Formula One titles in 2005 and 2006. That’s when his fan base exploded all over the world and especially in Japan. Alonso came into The Freak Nation in 2018 at the Daytona 24 Hour. He won a year later with Wayne Taylor Racing. The Freaks had fun…
Aerodynamics Consultant Andrew Brilliant visited The Freak Nation Sunday night to detail a problem that’s stumped many engineers in the Formula One garage. It’s called porpoising when the aero flowing over a race car causes the car to bounce up and down like a porpoise breaking through the surface of the water. Andrew explains how…
Formula One came to Miami, Florida this weekend and the action was wild on and off the track. The Freaks have impressions on the weekend as fans, observers and several lifetimes of following Formula One. What was the racetrack like? Did the track properly showcase the greatest drivers in the world? And why did the…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… It made me feel good when I read about Formula One drivers meeting for four hours Friday night. There was concern after rebel actions in Saudi blew up an oil depot near the racetrack in Jeddah. The rebels want attention as they fight…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… In 1986, at the end of a highly dramatic season on the nighttime soap opera Dallas, Bobby Ewing was seen in a shower revealing to the audience the entire season was a dream. Well, Formula One fans, welcome to what can happen when…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Let me join the list of motor sport fans who are disappointed that Michael Andretti wasn’t able to buy his way into Formula 1. He was working on a deal to buy out Sauber Racing and take over the Alfa Romeo team on…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen has always been fast since he started six years ago in Austria at 17. The undisciplined speed eventually was harnessed and now he’s a favorite to block Lewis Hamilton’s charge to a record eighth World Championship. But…
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