The Australian Press Council will investigate suggestions of a slew of errors in the Herald Sun’s coverage of the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix after the newspaper repeatedly published uncontested crowd estimates, revenue projections and TV viewership figures without acknowledging their contestability.
Grand Prix
The Cup carnival strikes up the brand
Swathes of foreign visitors and corporations inject consumer dollars and marketing investment into the spring racing carnival, proving just what can be achieved when taxpayers aren’t picking up the tab.
GP revenue slump contradicts crowd numbers
As plummeting sales revenue for the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix sends the event further into the major events mire, the race’s official attendance, which makes up the vast proportion of the revenue figure, has grown, according to the event’s organisers.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Ken Henry: Aussie of the Year or wombat? You decide!
Crikey reader Gordon Pears nominates Ken Henry for Australian of the Year. Plus, readers weigh in on Tony Abbott the fitness freak, Grand Prix’s ratings and Stern Hu in China.
Daily Proposition: Experience the glitz and ear-shattering glamour of F1
Melburnians haven’t taken to the colour, the cash, the guttural roar of the F1 Grand Prix. But in global sport it doesn’t get much more exciting than the multizillion dollar F1 circus. So get along. You might even enjoy it.
Renault: the biggest sports cheats of all time?
In a shocking act of cheating, Renault forced one of their drivers to crash, in order to let Fernando Alonso win. This is what happens when sport becomes about money not glory, says Simon Barnes.
Bahrain Grand Prix preview: expect a Brawn resurgence
Bahrain is the last of the opening series of ‘flyaway’ races and, after two rain-affected Grands Prix, we’re likely to see a much more normal race at the desert circuit.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Not time to cut and run from Afghanistan
Today, Crikey reader James Burke challenges Guy Rundle’s argument for immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan: “It’s a familiar tactic, to claim moral superiority while following the path of least resistance.”
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Fitzgibbon, Israel and La Diva Vanstone
Bernie Ecclestone — just a smaller version of Napoleon, according to one Crikey reader.
Brumby’s Grand Prix spinning out of control. Don’t tell Fairfax
Could this be the beginning of the end for the Grand Prix at Melbourne’s Albert Park? Asks Andrew Crook.
Tips and rumours
There will be a reshuffle in the NSW cabinet in the next two weeks to try and ensure the power sell off and right wing elevations. The key move will be Frank Sartor to be moved from Planning. Regarding Underbelly - I wouldn’t necessarily be looking at Channel Nine for the leaker. Episodes are going to […]
Mark Webber is a great driver. Really.
It’s only the naive who write off Mark Webber’s talent, writes Andrew Maitland.
The Age wins the Grand Prix of grovel
Icebergs of discontent and ill-feeling float around The Age newsroom and yesterday afternoon editor Andrew Jaspan had to deal with some of the visible manifestations, writes Margaret Simons.
