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
Donington Boss Denies Debt Allegations
10 Feb 2009, 08:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Donington Park will go ahead with its revamping program as scheduled, insisted the circuit's boss Simon Gillett. He denied the reports that appeared in the British media the past weekend – the Daily Mail – linking his company Donin...
Red Bull RB5 Debuts with Gearbox Problems
10 Feb 2009, 07:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing did not have the perfect start in terms of testing their 2009 machinery, the Red Bull RB5. The 2009 challenger was supposed to hit the track at Jerez yesterday, with Sebastian Vettel making his first appearance for RBR this year, bu...
Henning Solberg Targets Win in Rally Norway
9 Feb 2009, 16:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Loeb should not only fear the Ford works drivers for the Rally Norway win this weekend, but also Stobart Ford's Henning Solberg. Having ranked 3rd overall during the 2007 event, the Norwegian insisted he will only aim for the win thi...
Horner Hails Adrian Newey's Approach on the RB5
9 Feb 2009, 15:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The new regulation changes introduced by the FIA this year led to a series of optimistic thoughts from all F1 team principals when talking about their 2009 campaign. The last of those statements belong to Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner, wh...
Red Bull Cut Jobs, Turn to In-House Production
9 Feb 2009, 15:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing's team manager Christian Horner revealed that his team had to cut about 20 jobs during the winter break in an effort to reduce costs ahead of the new season. However, the British principal stated that the staff “reorganiz...
Webber Will Race No Matter What, Rules Out Diet
9 Feb 2009, 14:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although confident about making it to the season opener in Australia, Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber admitted only time in the cockpit will tell if he will be ready to race in late March or not. The Australian driver argued that he has 4 testin...
Martin Truex Jr. Clinches Daytona 500 Pole Position
9 Feb 2009, 14:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Martin Truex Jr. will start the upcoming Sprint Cup season from pole position, as he managed to set the fastest time of the qualifying session for the Daytona 500. The Earnhardt Ganassi Racing driver stopped the clock at 47.872 seconds thanks to a ...
NASCAR Announce Top 35 Owners Points for 2009
9 Feb 2009, 13:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / NASCAR has finally announced its new Top 35 in the Sprint Cup owners standings which will privilege the cars to make a certain appearance in the first 5 rounds of the 2009 season. It was no easy job by the NASCAR officials either, as the economic d...
Vettel Sets Winning Targets in 2009
9 Feb 2009, 11:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing's newcomer Sebastien Vettel knows exactly what he wants from the new season. After becoming a Formula 1 race winner last year, thanks to his impressive performance at Monza, the German tipped to become the new Michael Schumache...
F1 Aerodynamics to Turn Out a Failure in 2009?
9 Feb 2009, 11:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Overtaking Working Group (OWG) commissioned by the International Automobile Federation to improve overtaking in Formula 1 might not survive the year 2009. Formed by three of the most respectable technical engineers in the sport – McLaren&...
All-American F1 Team to Be Based in North Carolina
9 Feb 2009, 10:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The first all-American Formula 1 team that is likely to make its debut in the series from as early as 2010 will be based in North Carolina. The news was reported by the Charlotte Observer and ThatsRacin.com on Sunday, with the official announcement...
Turkish GP Face Scrape-Off in 2011
9 Feb 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Turkey may host its last Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2011 if the circuit officials do not start negotiations with F1 supreme Bernie Ecclestone soon enough. As reported by Turkish newspaper The Today's Zaman, is seems that Ecclestone will not renew...
Red Bull Unveil New RB5 for 2009
9 Feb 2009, 09:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing are the latest team to introduce their 2009 challenger this off-season, revealing their newly-developed RB5 earlier today, at Jerez. Team manager Christian Horner expressed his hopes that the new car will finally bring Red Bull Raci...
Petter Solberg Starts Own Team in the WRC
9 Feb 2009, 08:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Subaru may have left the World Rally Championship ahead of the 2009 season, but Petter Solberg's plans inside the series will not stop here. The 2003 WRC champion has struggled to find a racing seat in the series during the winter but eventual...
GPDA Make Official Superlicense Request to FIA
9 Feb 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Grand Prix Drivers Association will not sit back and watch how superlicense fees inside Formula 1 increase year after year. The F1 drivers are currently taking their time to sign the new superlicense agreements for 2009, as the new fees have in...
Kevin Harvick Wins 2009 Budweiser Shootout
8 Feb 2009, 10:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kevin Harvick will enter the new Sprint Cup season feeling like a winner, after clinching the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Although he got knocked into the wall in the first part of the race and lost a valuable amount of ti...
FIA WTCC Confirm 2G Bio-Fuel in 2009
7 Feb 2009, 22:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It is now official. The 2009 edition of the FIA World Touring Car Championship will be much eco-friendlier as compared to the past seasons, as all cars will be running on second generation bio-fuel supplied by PANTA. Although the intention to switc...
Lorenzo Admits Having Problems with New Bike
6 Feb 2009, 16:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although he consistently improved his lap times during the Sepang testing this week, Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo is not very pleased with his progress with the new YZR-M1. The Spaniard admitted that he still has a lot of problems when braking and i...
Pedrosa Pulls Out of Sepang Test Due to Knee Pain
6 Feb 2009, 14:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Dani Pedrosa won't be testing for Honda in the third day of the Sepang meeting due to knee pain. Although he improved his performances in Malaysia this morning – as compared to the first day of testing – the Spaniard revealed that ...
Loeb Admits Underdog Status in Norway
6 Feb 2009, 14:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Rally Norway will be Ford's best chance of getting even with rivals Citroen in the overall classification. Following their poor performances in Ireland, Ford are very confident they could turn the table in the second round of the season, as bo...