Random fact I didn't know: Drivers don't get any more penalties for speeding in the pits, but they have to pay 1000$ for each point they gain. So maybe if we see someone in the 10th place, he will drop back because he can't pay for the point.

Their sponsors can afford it.

Fixed.

^^ It was a tongue in cheek joke, stop jumping on everybody's back every opportunity you get.

CNN and Caterham F1 Team Renew Multi-Year Sponsorship Agreement

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 21st March 2013

CNN International and Caterham F1 Team have announced today that the leading international news network has renewed its multi-year partnership deal with Caterham F1 Team. The sponsorship will see CNN’s logo on both of the Caterham F1 Team cars as well as the drivers’ overalls and signals the fourth year that CNN has sponsored the growing Anglo / Malaysian F1 Team.

“Our partnership with Caterham F1 Team provides CNN with a powerful worldwide marketing platform and we’re delighted to continue the alliance of two aspirational global brands;” said Rani R. Raad, Chief Commercial Officer for CNN International. “As a forward thinking company this sponsorship plays to the heart of what CNN is all about, engaging new audiences and exploring new affiliations beyond the traditional or the expected.”

Cyril Abiteboul, Team Principal, Caterham F1 Team: “This partnership will provide us with a comprehensive platform allowing us to deliver additional exposure for the team and its sponsors through CNN media platforms worldwide. We also look forward to welcoming CNN and their partners to the races to further promote F1, Caterham F1 Team and develop real B2B opportunities."

Reports - Russia GP organiser goes broke - A dark cloud has moved above next year's inaugural Russian Formula One Grand Prix.

Speed Week is reporting that the debt ridden race organiser, Formula Sochi, has gone bankrupt and been liquidated by authorities of the Krasnodar region.

Just one month ago, Sochi mayor Anatoly Pakhomov announced that the city "will host" Formula One next November.

Speed Week claims that the bigger company, promoter and circuit builder Omega, has taken over full responsibility for the race preparations.

Official Dmitry Erofeev was quoted by the news agency Izvestia as saying the preparations will continue as normal.

Sochi mayor Pakhomov said last month: "The Krasnodar region administration do not have the right for any kind of failure in this project as the country's prestige is at stake.

"In the event of any problems we would definitely receive all the required help from our neighbours and state."

the lack of activity on their Facebook page in the last few weeks would suggest all is not right

if anything, the fans there are the victim again. Damon Hill already mentioned it in his autobiography (it was in the intro even) what a large fanbase Formula One has in that country.

Negotiations to hold a race there go back to the Brezhnev era. Now it really looked like happening, but things seem to have taken a turn for the worse. Anyway, F1 in Russia doesn't belong in Sochi. It should be in Moscow, the true heart of the Motherland.

if anything, the fans there are the victim again. Damon Hill already mentioned it in his autobiography (it was in the intro even) what a large fanbase Formula One has in that country.

Negotiations to hold a race there go back to the Brezhnev era. Now it really looked like happening, but things seem to have taken a turn for the worse. Anyway, F1 in Russia doesn't belong in Sochi. It should be in Moscow, the true heart of the Motherland.