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
FIA Yet to Approve Brawn GP Engine Deal with Mercedes
9 Mar 2009, 11:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Brawn GP may have completed their first test drive on the BGP 001 ahead of the Barcelona group test this week, but they're still pending the approval of FIA concerning their engine deal with Mercedes Benz. Under the current rules, an F1 manufa...
Toro Rosso: STR4 Not Similar to RB5
9 Mar 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Toro Rosso have played down reports that their newly-launched STR4 car is simply a slightly-revised copy of Red Bull's RB5. The team's technical director Giorgio Ascanelli insisted that only the basics of the car remained unchanged as com...
Toro Rosso Reveal New STR4 for 2009
9 Mar 2009, 10:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Scuderia Toro Rosso finally unveiled their 2009 challenger at the Circuit de Catalunya earlier today. The STR4 features a similar aerodynamic package as its twin brother Red Bull RB5, but will be powered by a Ferrari engine during the upcoming seas...
SEAT Dominate Curitiba Weekend, Score Two Wins
9 Mar 2009, 09:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nobody messes with SEAT Sport this season! This seems to be the message coming from the Spanish manufacturer following their dominant performance at Curitiba this weekend, as the Seat Leon TDI proved a way too better of a car to be challenged in th...
Flawless Kurt Busch Wins Kobalt Tools 500 in Atlanta
9 Mar 2009, 09:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Victory Lane seems to have become a family tradition for the Buschs. Only this time it was older brother Kurt who made no error on his way to clinching his 19th career win in the Sprint Series, the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. ...
Sir Jackie Stewart - RBS Ambassador For Free
7 Mar 2009, 16:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Finally, Sir Jackie Stewart had a change of heart concerning his ambassadorial duties with The Royal Bank of Scotland, as he issued a statement confirming he is willing to honor his current deal with the aforementioned company in 2009 for free. ...
Mark Martin Secures Pole for Kobalt Tools 500
7 Mar 2009, 16:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Just when you thought you’re never gonna see Mark Martin lead a NASCAR field before Turn 1 of a Sprint race again, he pulled one of his last rabbits out of his hat and clinched the top spot in the qualifying session for Sunday’s Kobalt ...
Hamilton Denies Purchasing Luxury Yacht
6 Mar 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton denied the latest reports issued by British tabloid The Sun regarding the purchase of a 5.6 million euro Sunseeker 90 luxury yacht. Soon after making the headlines of the aforementioned publication's Fri...
Image of New Brawn GP Car Released - BGP 001
6 Mar 2009, 14:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Brawn Grand Prix Formula One Team have revealed the first images of their 2009 challenger, designated BGP 001. Shortly after Honda announced it has sold all shares of their Formula 1 operations to former team principal Ross Brawn, race driver Jenso...
Hirvonen Ready for Rally Cyprus Challenge
6 Mar 2009, 13:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mikko Hirvonen reckoned the upcoming event in the WRC schedule – Rally Cyprus – has to be approached differently as compared to the first 2 rounds of 2009. As the Cyprus stages will be ran on mixed surface for the first and only time th...
Senna Might Return to the GP2 Series
6 Mar 2009, 12:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If we were to make a top of this week's most disappointed drivers, Brazilian driver Bruno Senna could easily top the charts. The GP2 runner-up was linked with a future move to Formula 1 via the rescued Brawn GP F1 team, but eventually lost out...
Alain Prost Meets Nicolas Sarkozy for Potential French GP
6 Mar 2009, 11:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Alain Prost has allegedly discussed with French President Nicolas Sarkozy the possibility of France's potential return to the F1 calendar from as soon as possible. As revealed by Europe 1 radio station, the former 3-time champion of the series...
Vijay Mallya Explains Mike Gascoyne Layoff
6 Mar 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Force India's owner Vijay Mallya has revealed the reasons why he decided to eliminate both Mike Gascoyne and Colin Kolles from team's management ahead of the 2009 season. Well, it was actually more of a critique brought to the former, as ...
Hamilton Orders 5.6M Euro Sunseeker 90 Luxury Yacht
6 Mar 2009, 09:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton might have to work a little bit more on his relationship with the McLaren MP4-24 ahead of the season opener in Australia – having crashed into a tire barrier on Thursday, during the Jerez testing – but that should not int...
FOTA Push for Standard KERS in 2010
6 Mar 2009, 09:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Kinetic Energy Recovery System might become subject to FIA's standardization process within Formula 1. As teams have pumped millions of euros into developing a functional unit by the 2009 Australian Grand Prix, it seems the teams have deci...
OFFICIAL! Honda Sell F1 Team to Ross Brawn
6 Mar 2009, 06:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It's now official! Ross Brawn will be the new team owner of Honda's surviving F1 team in 2009. The Japanese car maker confirmed, via an official statement issued on Friday, that the Brackley-based team was sold to Brawn in order to surviv...
FOTA Pushes for New Concorde Agreement
5 Mar 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The world of Formula 1 is really seems to be subject to many changes lately and we're not talking about the cost-reduction and sporting-regulation revisions agreed upon by the Formula One Teams Association yesterday, at Geneva. According to FO...
Full FOTA Report after Geneva Meeting 2009
5 Mar 2009, 14:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Formula One Teams Association have revealed a complete statement concerning the changes in racing format, technical revisions and cost reduction that are to be forwarded to the FIA for immediate approval. The document contains several changes i...
New Point System in Formula 1, Approved by the FOTA
5 Mar 2009, 11:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / According to McLaren's new team boss Martin Whitmarsh, the meeting within the Formula One Teams Association members this Wednesday was focused on changes that could make the sport more attractive for the fans. Although certain cost-reduction i...
McLaren MP4-24 Reliability Problems Again, at Jerez
5 Mar 2009, 11:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bad weather at Jerez earlier today forced two of the teams present at the Spanish track to officially end their group test this week. Rain started to downpour from the very first laps of Thursday's testing, but Renault and Force India refused ...