Ovidiu Panzariu
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Favorite quote: “Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog”, Damon Hill, 1996 F1 champion
Schumacher's Manager Rules Out Comeback
28 Jul 2009, 13:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The news about Michael Schumacher allegedly return to Formula One racing seem to be more contradictory by the minute. After Schu's spokeswoman Sabine Kehm today confirmed her employer would consider stepping into the F60 cockpit to replace inj...
Schumacher Confirms Interest in F1 Return
28 Jul 2009, 13:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While the “Fernando Alonso driving for Ferrari in Valencia” story doesn't seem to be based on such a solid ground these days, the discussion to whether Michael Schumacher will accept a potential proposal coming from Ferrari to repl...
Piquet: "Briatore Doesn't Know S*** About F1!"
28 Jul 2009, 12:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It seems there's really no turning back to the Renault-Piquet split following the latest drama at the Hungaroring last weekend. As shown by the TV cameras present at the Hungarian track, Flavio Briatore decided to leave the Renault garage afte...
Mercedes: "FOTA Should Reconsider KERS Scrap"
28 Jul 2009, 11:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton's dominant win in the Hungarian Grand Prix may have planned at least some doubts within the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) over scrapping the Kinetic Energy Recovery System from the sport in 2010. Mercedes motorsport direc...
Buemi Excused by Toro Rosso for Poor Hungarian GP
28 Jul 2009, 10:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With a new unexperienced teammate by his side starting the Hungarian Grand Prix, everyone expected Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi to take his leading role within the Scuderia Toro Rosso team more seriously. Although he started the weekend pretty well...
Grosjean Ready to Replace Piquet at Valencia
28 Jul 2009, 10:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / We're quite sure some of you are getting a bit tired of this, but the latest rumors coming from the F1 paddock suggest Brazilian driver Nelsinho Piquet is very close to making his Formula One exit prior to the Valencia race three weeks from no...
Ferrari Say Alonso Drive in Valencia Impossible
28 Jul 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari strongly denied rumors that 2-time world champion Fernando Alonso might replace Felipe Massa for the Valencia round of this year's Formula One championship. The news came via a reporter from Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport, who revea...
Romania to Host F1 Race?
28 Jul 2009, 08:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Romania seems to have caught the eyes of Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone for hosting a potential grand prix in the future. According to media reports coming from Le 10 Sport (French media), it seems an F1 project has already been launched in ...
Stoner Doesn't Blame Team for Disastrous Strategy
28 Jul 2009, 08:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Ducati's tire strategy during the British Grand Prix at Donington Park worked out miserably, both Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden avoided pointing any fingers after the Sunday race. The Italian team decided to equip both its bikes with ...
Max Mosley Asks for Official Investigation on Massa Incident
28 Jul 2009, 08:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following the crash sustained by Felipe Massa in Hungary the past weekend, in which the Brazilian sustained multiple injuries after a spring coming from Rubens Barrichello's suspension hit his helmet at the entrance of Turn 4, FIA president Ma...
Power Not Stressed Out about Indy Full Drive
28 Jul 2009, 07:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Australian driver Will Power revealed the secret for his great performance at Edmonton on Sunday was not spending too much time thinking of securing a full-time race seat in the Indy Car Series. While currently on a selected-events deal with Penske...
Ferrari Will Not Rule Out Schumacher Return
28 Jul 2009, 07:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While most F1 experts believe calling Michael Schumacher to fill Felipe Massa's shoes in the 2009 Formula One championship would be a mistake from the Maranello based Scuderia, team principal Stefano Domenicali doesn't want to rule out th...
Brundle: "FIA to Make an Example out of Renault"
28 Jul 2009, 07:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) handed Renault a one-race ban for their loose wheel nut during the Hungarian Grand Prix mostly to serve them as an example. This isn't us talking, but former Formula One driver and current commenta...
Ecclestone, Lauda Thrilled by Alonso-Ferrari Drive at Valencia
28 Jul 2009, 06:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The rumor that Fernando Alonso might race in a Ferrari suit at Valencia seems to be getting more serious by the minute. After the Spanish newspaper Diario AS revealed the 2-time world champion is likely to replace injured Felipe Massa in the F60 co...
Massa Wakes Up From Coma
28 Jul 2009, 06:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's Felipe Massa woke out of the coma yesterday evening and spoke his very first words following his crash in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Brazilian underwent an emergency surgery on Sunday and was induced into a coma shortly after, in ...
Alonso to Replace Massa at Valencia?
27 Jul 2009, 14:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If Renault will lose their appeal to the FIA ban for the European Grand Prix at Valencia, they will not only lose important points in the constructors' classification but also likely to be abandoned by two-time world champion Fernando Alonso. ...
Massa May Never Race Again Due to Eye Damage
27 Jul 2009, 14:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The latest news coming from Budapest is anything but good news, as the doctors from the AEK hospital revealed Felipe Massa suffered damage to his left eye during his crash in the Hungarian GP qualifying session. Under the circumstances, they announ...
Valencia Urges the FIA to Let Renault Race
27 Jul 2009, 12:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Needless to say, the news about FIA suspending Renault F1 Team for the upcoming European Grand Prix has not only struck Renault fans all over the world, but also the Spaniard fans that have already bought tickets to the Valencia race three weeks fr...
Webber Insists He's Not Number 1 for Red Bull
27 Jul 2009, 11:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although there are 7 grands prix left to play and a massive 18.5 point difference between him and championship leader Jenson Button, Australian Mark Webber insisted that his podium in Hungary will not attract the “No 1 driver” status wi...
Raikkonen: Accidents Like Massa's Are Inevitable
27 Jul 2009, 10:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kimi Raikkonen admitted that what happened to his teammate Felipe Massa during the qualifying session of the Hungarian Grand Prix is part of the F1 game either one likes it or not. “The Iceman” was affected by the Saturday incident just...