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F1 2010: A Whole New World

It looks like a Brit will win the 2009 title (as is the proper order in F1!), but Button was born to bore, and I just can't take an interest...

Written by Duncan Scott about 2 months ago 348 reads 15 comments
How Was Felipe Massa Injured?

Felipe Massa's accident in Hungary on July 25th will remain one of the unpleasant memories of the 2009 F1 season. At the time of writing it is not known if Felipe will ever return to the sport, one can only hope so...

Written by Duncan Scott about 2 months ago 403 reads 20 comments
Farewell Flavio: A Brief History Of F1's Playboy

In the interests of protecting the environment portions of this text have been re-cycled. Today September 16th 2009 we have seen Flavio Briatore take his leave of Renault, and it is fair to say he departs under unfortunate circumstances...

Written by Duncan Scott about 2 months ago 444 reads 10 comments
Why Do Women Like NASCAR?

Is it politically incorrect to say that men and women tend to have different interests? Until recently, I held the view that motor sports were mainly for men...

Written by Duncan Scott about 3 months ago 392 reads 9 comments
The Bleacher Amateur Keyboard Club: Is It Ending?

If you have ever tried to get a book into print, you will know the writer's standing in the world of publishing. He or she is a humble supplicant, and is soon scarred by the lash of rejection...

Written by Duncan Scott about 3 months ago 73 reads 8 comments
F1 for Dummies (Or How to Save This Kitten)

I keep telling people I loathe Bleacher slide shows, so here I am with another one. My purpose today is to promote and explain the sport of F1, but I'm not going to tell you that F1 is better than NASCAR or IRL...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 282 reads 38 comments
Attack Of The Quitting Zombies

I'm quitting Bleacher. Actually I'm not, it just seems a popular thing to say at the moment. Everywhere I look on Bleacher somebody is making a dramatic announcement of departure, invariably at great length and with a deluded self-righteous pomposity...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 173 reads 28 comments
KISS : Keep It Sexy, Stupid

Editors: This article has been edited numerous times. Up until a couple of days ago the greatest number of reads scored by one of my Bleacher articles was 1,820...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 344 reads 16 comments
I William Shakespeare: With a Message to Editors

If I, William Shakespeare, write a seething melodrama concerning murder and ghosts, swordplay and poison, and I choose to call it 'Hamlet,' isn't that my privilege? My title may say nothing ...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 107 reads 31 comments
Say Tease: Sexy Photos of Female Athletes in the Act

I might be a slow learner, but I get there in the end. Intense study, whole minutes of it, has taught me that, to paraphrase H.L.Mencken, nobody ever lost readers by underestimating the taste of the Bleacher public...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 30,652 reads 10 comments
F1 Turbulence: Dumbing It Down

My young Bleacher colleague Michael Griffin recently published an interesting article on F1 aerodynamics in which he considered the airflow over, under, and around the car...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 248 reads 21 comments
Sunday Motorsport And A Death: RIP Henry Surtees

This is not the article I started to write. Sunday came rolling around again, and there was much for me to do. The lawns need cutting, the trees are crying out to be trimmed, and I haven't finished the guttering refurbishment I started weeks ago...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 743 reads 13 comments
Killing Horses: What Wonderful Sport

Do you like to see horses beaten with whips? Does it please you to hear them scream when their legs are broken? When they are destroyed do you feel some pleasure? If you can answer Yes to ...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 38 reads 3 comments
Drugs In Sport: The Unwinnable War?

One of my early Bleacher articles was about Tommy Simpson, an English professional cyclist who died while competing in the Tour de France, and who was found to have taken banned amphetamines...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 48 reads 4 comments
Some Top Sports Bores

What is sport? I do not have the language skills to define it, but if I made the attempt I would tend to include the words 'competitive' and 'unpredictable'. In a true sporting contest Jack can defeat Giant, there are no certainties...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 519 reads 6 comments
Will America Love US GP?

Next year something special will happen. 2010 will be the Chinese year of the tiger, the British year of a long-awaited general election, the deadline for the withdrawal of US combat troops ...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 189 reads 35 comments
It's Time To Be Nauty Again: Have You Seen This Geek?

The F1 section of Bleacher Report is not exactly thriving. Agreed? We lack zest, spit and vinegar, reckless enthusiasm, silly humour, shameless self-promotion and many other things...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 147 reads 38 comments
Not the Formula One News

There have been all sorts of F1 stories in the news recently, here is a summary: FOTA split with the FIA. FOTA kissed and made up with the FIA; both parties swore undying love...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 81 reads 0 comments
Fuji, Toyota, and the Future of Formula One

Autosport is reporting that the Fuji International Speedway will no longer host F1 after 2010 due to financial considerations. Read the whole story here, there would be no point in me plagiarizing it...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 99 reads 5 comments
F1 Death By Boredom: Bury My Heart At Laguna Seca

Most of us who write in Bleacher's F1 section have had something to say about Max Mosley. He is a big figure on our landscape, and I'm sure he would not object to me saying he has often been controversial...

Written by Duncan Scott about 4 months ago 269 reads 15 comments
Bleacher's Top Sport: The Crying Game

Are you the kind of low-brow who watches talent shows like America/Britain/Somewhere's Got Talent? No, neither am I, but my wife loves them, and am I not her lifelong companion? Those shows are ubiquitous, every country has them...

Written by Duncan Scott about 5 months ago 97 reads 3 comments
FOTA's Broken Arrow: The Beast Lives

Throughout history, it has been commonplace for great battle victories to soon become hollow and meaningless, irrelevant to the final outcome...

Written by Duncan Scott about 5 months ago 116 reads 4 comments
Invisible Racing For 2010?

"Knock knock" "Who's there?" "It's the invisible man." "Tell him I can't see him." OK, so it's an old joke, and it never was awfully clever. What do you want on a dull Sunday afternoon? Bear with me while I try to construct some relevance to F1...

Written by Duncan Scott about 5 months ago 143 reads 14 comments
F1 Zombies Fight The Forever War

I have a recurring nightmare. It does not invade my sleep, but visits me day after day in my waking hours, appearing on my TV screen, my computer display, and on the pages of print media...

Written by Duncan Scott about 5 months ago 144 reads 5 comments
F1, Max Mosley, and the Beyoncé Factor

Max Mosley has experienced a strange surge of popularity as of late. That's odd, because for many years he has been the object of F1 fans' extreme distaste, and he has known it. Here's what he said in a interview with The Scotsman newspaper on Apr...

Written by Duncan Scott about 6 months ago 289 reads 7 comments

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Duncan Scott Article Archive

F1 2010: A Whole New World

How Was Felipe Massa Injured?

Farewell Flavio: A Brief History Of F1's Playboy

Why Do Women Like NASCAR?

The Bleacher Amateur Keyboard Club: Is It Ending?

F1 for Dummies (Or How to Save This Kitten)

Attack Of The Quitting Zombies

KISS : Keep It Sexy, Stupid

I William Shakespeare: With a Message to Editors

Say Tease: Sexy Photos of Female Athletes in the Act

F1 Turbulence: Dumbing It Down

Sunday Motorsport And A Death: RIP Henry Surtees

Killing Horses: What Wonderful Sport

Drugs In Sport: The Unwinnable War?

Some Top Sports Bores

Will America Love US GP?

It's Time To Be Nauty Again: Have You Seen This Geek?

Not the Formula One News

Fuji, Toyota, and the Future of Formula One

F1 Death By Boredom: Bury My Heart At Laguna Seca

Bleacher's Top Sport: The Crying Game

FOTA's Broken Arrow: The Beast Lives

Invisible Racing For 2010?

F1 Zombies Fight The Forever War

F1, Max Mosley, and the Beyoncé Factor

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