Odd questions are often the most interesting. To offer a response to your question: no; not so far as I am aware. From time to time, people have wondered whether the general preponderance of clockwise circuits in motor-sport (with the notable exception of American Ovals) has any effect or influence; i.e. whether this lends itself to favouring right or left-handed people. It is a strange feature of nature that right-handedness (leggedness or whatever) tends to predominate in the animal kingdom. Crabs, lobsters, crayfish etc. tend to have a larger right claw than left, and there are apparently countless other, more subtle examples. There may even be similar evidence in plants - particularly those with more the obvious spiral growth characteristics such as conifers, monkey-puzzle trees, palms, sunflowers etc. Studies have revealed that right-handedness in humans outweighs left-handers by a whopping 93% to 7%, ignoring the very rare, genuinely ambidextrous. Furthermore, there is compelling evidence that this imbalance can be traced back more than 5000 years (through artworks and other artefacts). I have my own belief (total, unfounded conjecture with no basis other than a gut feeling!) that the cause may ultimately be found to be the earth's rotation (Coriolis effect - although it should be remembered that northern and southern hemispheres experience this in opposite directions) and/or the variance in the Earth's magnetic field. However, I'm getting carried away here. All I can say is that I have never seen any compelling evidence that driving is affected. But there is one more thing worth noting: it is (remotely) possible that the British invention of roundabouts - and our clockwise use of them - may lend an extra confidence in this direction, particularly in the early stages of learning; and especially amongst motorcyclists, where the roundabout is the most common, most obvious, early experience of leaning a bike over more than 'normal'. Another random guess at explaining the tendency for 'rightness' may be something as basic as following the path of the Sun across the sky. (Bear in mind that continental land-mass is less substantial in the southern hemisphere where the Sun traces out a generally leftward path). These are speculative guesses about the reason for nature seeming to prefer 'rightness'; but I really I don't know. All I can say with any certainty, is that in my experience of race drivers - and even on the American Ovals which are all anti-clockwise, where this question has tended to be raised more often - I have not noticed any significant difference from the norm over many, many years. Notable 'lefties': Johnny Herbert (far better than often credited, he suffered a terribly debilitating accident at a vital time in his early career), Ayrton Senna, Valentino Rossi, Terry Labonte - and loads of others (at a guess, probably about 7% of all race drivers !).
I want some of whatever it is Stefano's slipping into Fernando's tea: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99291
I doubt any of the drivers relish satisfying the sponsorship demands but most of them just knuckle down and get on with it without moaning or coming up with pithy little bon mots like "if you took away the cars I wouldn't be there."
Is this a precursor to telling us what he's doing? The last I heard he was dissing the Pirelli test driver's job as being beneath him and dropping his appeal against his conviction for killing Eric Lux at just about the time everyone was talking about Massa losing his Ferrari seat mid-season.
I've read that he's dropped and then repealed several times now... I've got no news on him, just remembered him last night and then couldn't find out what he's doing now. I'm surprised he didn't attempt DTM.
this is a bit disturbing. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-despite-vowing-remain-single-rest-life.html
It seems that the new planned Silverstone Qatari leaseholders have pulled out and now an American consortium (with Richard Branson's Virgin included) might step in with a possible 150 year lease.
David Sanchez, an aerodynamicist from McLaren, comes to Ferrari. http://www.microsofttranslator.com/...23/dalla-mclaren-arriva-laerodinamico-sanchez
Not F1 but definitely a moment when you realise your good idea isn't good Ferrari sorry for Nanjing city wall publicity stunt As a separate aside: In the last decade, the Spanish Grand Prix has been particularly susceptible to immediate form: only once (2008) has the winning driver in Spain failed to win either the preceding or the following race.
Rubens Barrichello has revealed that he received a threat on the pit radio during the 2002 Austrian GP that made him "rethink life":
