Goodbye Mr Briatore : Don't let the door hit you as you leave..

Nice to see that the WMSC have been rather definite in their conditions for Flav’s exclusion from motorsport..

 

As regards Mr. Briatore, the World Motor Sport Council declares that, for an unlimited period, the FIA does not intend to sanction any International Event, Championship, Cup, Trophy, Challenge or Series involving Mr. Briatore in any capacity whatsoever, or grant any license to any Team or other entity engaging Mr. Briatore in any capacity whatsoever. It also hereby instructs all officials present at FIA-sanctioned events not to permit Mr. Briatore access to any areas under the FIA's jurisdiction. Furthermore, it does not intend to renew any Superlicence granted to any driver who is associated (through a management contract or otherwise) with Mr. Briatore, or any entity or individual associated with Mr. Briatore. In determining that such instructions should be applicable for an unlimited period, the World Motor Sport Council has had regard not only to the severity of the breach in which Mr. Briatore was complicit but also to his actions in continuing to deny his participation in the breach despite all the evidence.

 

So, is that a don’t come back.. ;)

 

Full details here on Autosport.com

Vee-Dub go Northern..

With the Interesting E-Up

 

Waiting for an all-electric city car? If you believe Volkswagen, you won't have to wait long. The company says its new E-UP will be fit for the masses by 2013. Whereas most current hybrids make use of a nickel-hydride battery stack, the E-UP packs a lithium-ion unit and no gasoline motor whatsoever—making this one of the first full EVs we've heard of that has a chance of production.

Volkswagen is calling the E-UP the Beetle of the 21st century. We're guessing it means the car will be inexpensive and appealing to the masses. The similarities don't stop there—both pint-sizers have a 0-to-60 mph time of around 11 seconds.

 

More info on Popular Mechanics

More Bugatti foolishness..

I think they’ve beaten Audi’s A2 for the “Most Useless Bonnet” award

 

Yes, the bonnet is actually open in this picture..

Renault F1 Fiasco

So, at the height of speculation around what is going to happen at the Renault hearing next week (following Piquet Jnr’s planned off at last years Singapore GP) it would appear that neither Briatore or Symonds are welcome at Renault any longer.. Yes, they’ve left.. 

I understand that they will still be called to the hearing and disciplined as required..

Full story here on Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78668 (and any other motorsport news site you care to check!)

Will Bernie manage to keep the press machine running next year?  It seems that a year in F1 is not complete without scandal, the sceptic in me is suspicious that only a very small portion of the controversy occurs “naturally”

Food for thought..

Problem Solving Workflow

I find this stands true in most situations..

Google FastFlip

Yes, a little change of tack this morning… but, this, I believe, is rather special.. 

http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/

Google have done it again.. THIS is how to read news..

I’m seriously impressed by it already..

Oi Bugatti... NO!

This.. thing.. is the Bugatti Galibier.. I’m not going to say anything else…

Writing CVs

I’m on a recruitment drive again, so I thought I’d bump this post back up to the top…

I regularly have cause to review CVs that have been submitted for roles that we are recruiting for and almost every one that I read includes some ridiculous inadequacies...

1.) do not write curriculum vitae at the top of your document, I know it's a cv, it's quite obvious.

2.) do not include the words motivated team player in your profile/personal statement/synopsis, it is over used and meaningless

3.) unless you have just left school, do not put your education before your career history, obvious exception to this being relative professional qualifications

4.) do not tell me that your interests include socialising and listening to music, unless you have recently found a love of these having spent life as a hermit!

.) possibly the most important, this document is designed to sell you, it is your brag sheet, your opportunity to tell people how good you are, make sure it looks professional, make sure you check what your agency are going to do to it, believe me, agencies destroy CVs!

I could go on for hours, just remember, a cv gets you through the door, you get the job!