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
Hayden Enjoys Ducati GP12 Test at Jerez
11 Apr 2011, 11:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nicky Hayden got the chance to jump on the saddle of Ducati's Desmosedici GP12, or at least the initial-spec version of the bike, that the Italian maker will race in the new 1000cc era of the MotoGP series next year. A week after clinching ...
Power Wins Race at Barber
11 Apr 2011, 09:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Will Power once again showed what he's made of on road courses in the IndyCar Series, as he eased to his first race victory this year on the Barber Motorsports Park this past weekend. The Penske Racing driver enjoyed a perfect start and put...
Di Resta Hit By Chunks of Pirelli Tires in Malaysia Race
11 Apr 2011, 09:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Tire wear has been taken to the next level in Sepang this past weekend, as the Pirelli tires for the Malaysian Grand Prix made their presence felt on the track (literally) through discarded chunks outside the racing line. From mid-race onwards, ...
McLaren Forgive Hamilton for Malaysia GP Outburst
11 Apr 2011, 08:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The after-race in Malaysia saw a very frustrated Lewis Hamilton get out of his cockpit, as the British driver's high hopes at Sepang turned to dust during the one and a half hour of running on Sunday. After losing pole position by only a te...
Alonso Points Finger at Hamilton for Aggressive Driving
11 Apr 2011, 08:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso accepted the 20-second penalty received by the FIA stewards after the Malaysian Grand Prix as normal, but had a problem with Lewis Hamilton's aggressive maneuvers before the two made contact. With only a handful of laps rema...
Sauber Pays Employees Points Bonuses for Australian GP
11 Apr 2011, 07:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Peter Sauber did take money out of his own pocket to pay up the points' bonuses for his team members after the Australian Grand Prix, despite the fact that both Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi were later disqualified by the FIA stewards for t...
Ferrari to Develop Flexible Wing Concept in 2011
11 Apr 2011, 06:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Buoyed by their lack of speed this season, Ferrari seem determined to try just about everything to solve this problem as soon as possible. And as this type of problem requires multiple solutions, one of them would be to try and copy Red Bull's...
Red Bull Admit KERS Needs Fixing
11 Apr 2011, 06:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) is undoubtedly the one chapter Red Bull Racing have got things wrong this season, as the reigning world champions have been unable to run a functional unit in neither of the first two races of 2011. In A...
Perez Aims to Be Ready for Ferrari Call
11 Apr 2011, 05:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sauber's rookie driver Sergio Perez impressed a lot of people at his debut in Formula 1, when he tackled the season opening Australian Grand Prix on a single pitstop strategy to finish in points and ahead of teammate Kamui Kobayashi. Of course...
Webber Ran Without KERS in Malaysia
10 Apr 2011, 15:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mark Webber was once again left wanting for more at the end of the Sunday action at Sepang, as the Australian recorded another struggling performance at the wheel of his Red Bull RB7 in Malaysia. The 34-year old driver was unable to use his Kine...
Alonso, Hamilton Handed 20-Second Penalties at Sepang
10 Apr 2011, 14:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As if they didn’t have a troublesome afternoon already, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton were each handed 20-second penalties by the FIA stewards at the end of the Malaysian Grand Prix, at Sepang Internationa...
Vettel Grabs Easy Malaysian GP Win
10 Apr 2011, 10:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel won his second consecutive race this year after another dominant performance on the Sepang International Circuit, making it two out of two for both him and his Red Bull Racing team in 2011. Although the winning margin wasn&rsquo...
Vettel Secures Pole Position in Malaysia
9 Apr 2011, 09:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing have done it again at Sepang, as the pair secured their second consecutive pole position in the 2011 F1 season, for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. The reigning world champion waited until the very last ...
FIA Hint Multiple DRS Use in the Future
8 Apr 2011, 14:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Even though the Drag Reduction System (DRS) will only be used on the main straight of the Sepang International Circuit this weekend, the FIA's race director Charlie Whiting hinted that the aforementioned device might be ruled for multiple-area...
Hispania F1 to Rent Mercedes Wind Tunnel
8 Apr 2011, 13:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hispania Racing F1 Team is reportedly set to use one of the wind tunnels owned by Mercedes GP for the remainder of the 2011 F1 season. The information is yet to be confirmed by HRT F1 team principal Colin Kolles, but the latest reports from Sep...
Rossi, Hayden to Test Ducati GP12 Bike
8 Apr 2011, 13:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ducati is working at full speed to become a title contender in the 2012 MotoGP season – as this year's crown would be a totally unrealistic goal – as the team confirmed that Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden will be testing the Desm...
Renault Solves Car Failure, Caused by Material Batch
8 Apr 2011, 12:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lotus Renault GP have gotten to the bottom of their Friday issues with the R31 challenger. According to the team's technical director James Allison, the failures that happened to both Vitaly Petrov and Nick Heidfeld in the first practice sessi...
Alonso Smiles at Hamilton's Prost Comparison
8 Apr 2011, 11:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso smirked at Lewis Hamilton's comments earlier this month, according to which the rivalry between him and the McLaren driver is comparable with the legendary one-on-one between triple world champion Ayrton Senna and quadruple F1 ...
Hamilton Says Red Bull Are Sandbagging in Malaysia
8 Apr 2011, 09:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If we are to trust the recent timing reports in Malaysia after the second practice session, we'd be inclined to believe that McLaren are breathing down Red Bull's neck heading into the Saturday action at Sepang. And although some official...
Alonso Troubled By Ferrari's Pace in Malaysia
8 Apr 2011, 09:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While everybody was expecting Ferrari to solve the problems they encountered in the Australian Grand Prix and come back stronger in Malaysia, the Scuderia did not impress anybody in the first two practice sessions at Sepang. Fernando Alonso, the...