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
Kovalainen Tops Morning Session in Hungary
24 Jul 2009, 10:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / For the second consecutive grand prix this season, McLaren Mercedes begins the race weekend on top of the timing sheets. The Woking based team must have done something right during the past month, as the MP4-24 continued to show some impressive pac...
BMW Discover Problem with the F1.09
24 Jul 2009, 09:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen revealed that the Hinwil based team has finally figured out what is wrong with their 2009 package, but insisted more time is needed for the engineers to make the necessary adjustments to the F1.09. Unlike Ferr...
Vettel: Don't Blame Alguersuari, Blame the Rules!
24 Jul 2009, 09:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Mark Webber slammed Scuderia Toro Rosso's decision to bring in the young and unexperienced Jaime Alguersuari to make his Formula One debut at the Hungaroring, 22-year old teammate Sebastian Vettel avoided putting the blame on either the ...
FOTA Denies Non-Supportive Position Towards Jean Todt
24 Jul 2009, 09:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A spokesman for the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) yesterday explained the position of the teams' alliance regarding the upcoming election for the FIA presidency. He strongly denied media reports that the FOTA would not back Jean Todt fo...
Rossi Mourns Donington Park Scrap
24 Jul 2009, 08:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although he hasn't felt the winning taste at Donington Park for a while now – since 2005, to be more precise – reigning MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi admitted he is saddened by the loss of the British circuit. Starting 2010, t...
F1 Drivers Don't Give Alguersuari a Chance
24 Jul 2009, 07:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The majority of the Formula One field agrees that Toro Rosso made the wrong call when giving Jaime Alguersuari the opportunity to make his Formula One debut. The 19-year old Spaniard hasn't complete a single proper testing of the STR4 in his l...
Barrichello Apologizes to the Entire Brawn GP Team
24 Jul 2009, 06:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Only days to the Hungarian Grand Prix, Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello insisted that he and his team have worked out all differences from within the last few weeks. After apologizing for his outburst at the end of the German Grand Prix &ndas...
Race Flags - NASCAR
24 Jul 2009, 06:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / NASCAR has only 11 racing flags, aimed to help the race officials control the championship races weekend in and weekend out. From our previous "Racing Flags" sessions, it's quite obvious this North American racing series has the fewe...
Engine Rules Will Not Change in 2010
24 Jul 2009, 05:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although some technical aspects of Formula One will change dramatically in 2010 – refueling ban, lack of tire warmers or some other thing the FOTA will come up with in the next few weeks – one thing's for sure: the engine rules wil...
Mark Webber Signs Red Bull Extension for 2010
23 Jul 2009, 12:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Australian Mark Webber today confirmed that he will continue to drive for Red Bull Racing in 2010 also. The Grand Prix winner held a series of negotiations with Christian Horner during the past few weeks and today reached an agreement for a one-yea...
Webber Says Button Should Run Out of Luck Soon
23 Jul 2009, 10:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / There were some voices in the Formula One paddock that Australia's Mark Webber has turned from zero to hero mainly because of Red Bull's exceptional aerodynamic programme for the 2009 season. But then again, that can also be said about J...
Carroll, Chilton Linked with Manor GP Drive in F1
23 Jul 2009, 10:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After several rumors regarding the future lineups of Campos Grand Prix and US F1 started to surface in the media in recent weeks, it was only natural for Manor Grand Prix to also step into this game. So far, none of the 3 new teams accepted by the ...
Bridgestone Explains Tire Choice for Hungaroring
23 Jul 2009, 09:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bridgestone will bring the soft and super soft compound tires at the Hungaroring this weekend, as confirmed by Bridgestone's Director of Motorsport Tyre Development Hirohide Hamashima in a press preview for the Hungarian race. The Japanese off...
Alain Prost Might Have FIA Role in the Todt Administration
23 Jul 2009, 09:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jean Todt received yet another boost in his fight for the FIA presidency, as it surfaced in the media that former 3-time world champion Alain Prost considers taking a FIA role alongside his countryman if becomes president of the ruling body in Octo...
FIA Rejects SEAT Sports' Appeal in the WTCC
23 Jul 2009, 08:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) yesterday announced that its International Court of Appeal (ICA) has rejected SEAT's appeal regarding the changing of the technical regulations inside the FIA WTCC series. Earlier this year, th...
Villeneuve Strongly Denies Comeback Reports
23 Jul 2009, 08:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The news about Jacques Villeneuve returning to Formula One seem to get more contradictory by the hour. After it has surfaced in the media on Wednesday that the Canadian driver confirmed he will be making his F1 comeback with US F1 next season, he k...
Todt Tells Vatanen to Show More Respect
23 Jul 2009, 07:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After the FIA has issued the necessary clarification regarding Ari Vatanen's accusations directed at Jean Todt – that he's using FIA money to sustain his campaign, plus some other stuff related to his worldwide traveling on behalf o...
Nicky Hayden Vows to Keep Ducati Ride in 2010
23 Jul 2009, 07:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although he wasn't at all happy with his performance at the Sachsenring the past weekend, Ducati's Nicky Hayden insisted that he'll do everything in his power to retain his racing seat with the Italian manufacturer for at least one m...
Villeneuve Confirms F1 Comeback
23 Jul 2009, 06:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jacques Villeneuve yesterday confirmed that he is closest than ever to making his Formula One return in 2010. The Canadian driver is likely to be officially announced as one of US F1's race drivers in the next few weeks, as revealed in an inte...
Alonso Welcomes Alguersuari in F1
23 Jul 2009, 06:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jaime Alguersuari will not only become the youngest driver to start a Formula One race this weekend, but also the second Spaniard on the F1 grid. Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso is currently the only competitor representing Spain in the Gre...