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 Hopeful of Retaining McLaren Drive for 2010
10 Jul 2009, 07:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With the second half of the season under way soon, rumors about potential F1 deals in 2010 are starting to surface in the media. There are plenty of drivers who don't know exactly what to expect ahead of next year, as the contracts of more tha...
Geoff Willis Resigns as Technical Director of Red Bull
10 Jul 2009, 06:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing might be at the top of their game this season, but their rate of success didn't seem to impress technical director Geoff Willis too much. It appears the 49-year old Brit has left the team prior to the German Grand Prix this wee...
Bourdais Dismisses Toro Rosso Ultimatum
10 Jul 2009, 06:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Scuderia Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais yesterday commented the rumors suggesting the German Grand Prix might be his last outing with the Faenza based team this season. A quite relaxed Bourdais told the media that this isn't the case and...
Raikkonen Tells Ferrari to Focus on 2010 Car
10 Jul 2009, 05:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari may be thinking of replacing their sole world champion in the last 5 years – Kimi Raikkonen, that is – with Renault's Fernando Alonso, but that doesn't seem to stop the Finnish driver from setting his 2010 goals as if ...
Raikkonen Wants Ferrari Seat in 2010
10 Jul 2009, 05:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Ferrari and Fernando Alonso took a clear stand in the ongoing rumors referring to the Spaniard's move to Maranello in 2010, it was only natural the German reporters at Nurburgring would try to squeeze some comments out of Kimi Raikkonen ...
Toro Rosso Gives Ultimatum to Bourdais
9 Jul 2009, 15:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Recent media reports revealed that Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais may have only one race to prove himself in Formula One. Following some disappointing outings this season – in his sophomore year in the Great Circle – the ...
Alonso: "Ferrari Story Gets Old!"
9 Jul 2009, 14:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso did the only decent thing he could do and stood by his team during times of intense rumoring such as these. Confronted with allegations that he has already signed a 2-year contract with Ferrari in the summer of 2008 and will soon be...
Hirvonen Not Feeling Title Pressure
9 Jul 2009, 14:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Surely Mikko Hirvonen was not hopeful of holding the championship lead with 4 rounds to go in the 2009 World Rally Championship season. After Loeb had won 5 events in a row in the first part of the season, everybody thought all the Finnish driver c...
Rally Australia to Set Up Extra Grandstands for September Event
9 Jul 2009, 13:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The alternative scheme by which one gets to host a round in the World Rally Championship these days seems to have worked just fine for the Australian organizers. Actually, it went better than fine, if we're to consider the immense ticket reque...
Volvo to Run C30s on Bio-Ethanol at WTCC's Brands Hatch
9 Jul 2009, 12:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Volvo has confirmed participation in the Brands Hatch event of this year's FIA World Touring Car Championship through Swedish team Polestar. This will be a one-off from the Nordic car maker in the touring series, as they aren't expected t...
FIA Blames the FOTA for Paris Bluff
9 Jul 2009, 12:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) responded to FOTA's recent accusation that the 8 teams were not allowed to bring their input to the 2010 sporting & technical regulations during yesterday's meeting in Paris. The ruling bo...
Italian Media Going Strong on Alonso-Ferrari Deal
9 Jul 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Yes, we know it's not official, and yes, it can become rather annoying keeping the headlines with the Alonso-Ferrari rumors lately, but with so many reports linking the Spaniard to a driving spot with the prancing horse from the very end of th...
Red Bull to Build 2010 Car after Vettel's Driving Style
9 Jul 2009, 10:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull's Christian Horner revealed that the 2010 car – the RB6 – will be built around German star Sebastian Vettel. The 22-year old driver has driven the RB5 to two championship wins this season and his driving style will be the ...
Meteorologists Predict Heavy Rain on Sunday, at Nurburgring
9 Jul 2009, 10:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The latest news concerning the weather at the Nurburgring circuit this weekend is certainly not that good for the Formula One teams. Although cold temperatures were expected to hit the venue placed at the foothills of the Eifel mountains during the...
FOTA Threaten with Breakaway Series... Again!
9 Jul 2009, 09:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With the prospects of having yet another racing weekend overshadowed by the ongoing dispute between the FIA and the FOTA – the June 24 peace turned up to be quite misleading, hasn't it? – Toyota's John Howett insisted that the...
Alonso to Attend Roadshow in Oviedo
9 Jul 2009, 09:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso will finally be part of Renault's Roadshow tour this year – probably his last with the Enstone based team – as the two-time world champion has confirmed his presence in his hometown Oviedo for the September event. A...
F1 Drivers Lose Charity Football Match to German All-Stars
9 Jul 2009, 08:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Nazionale Piloti has gotten us used to plenty of charity football matches this year. Unlike recent years, the Formula One drivers seem more open to playing some good old fashioned football match ahead of Friday action at the track. After Monaco...
Felipe Massa Confirms He'll Be a Father in November
9 Jul 2009, 08:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's Felipe Massa is set to becoming a father later this year. The Brazilian driver officially confirmed for the first time this season, prior to this weekend's German Grand Prix. According to the 2008 Formula One runner-up, his wife...
Heidfeld and Glock Reveal Special Helmets for German GP
9 Jul 2009, 07:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With German drivers making up a quarter of the Formula One grid nowadays, the Nurburgring race this weekend is surely something a German F1 fan out there would never want to miss. As Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton prepared something special for t...
Austian Government to Remove Honor from Ecclestone
9 Jul 2009, 07:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone's pro-Hitler comments last weekend seem to haunt the Formula One supremo despite his public apology recently. After he was rumored to miss the upcoming German Grand Prix, at Nurburgring, the 78-year old Brit is now in danger ...