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
Stock Car Racer Dies After Crash at Interlagos
5 Apr 2011, 12:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Brazil's Interlagos circuit has provided yet another time with the scene of a fatality in the world of motor racing, after Brazilian stock car driver Gustavo Sondermann lost his life during a race ran on a wet track on Sunday. Sondermann wa...
MINI Scores First Rally Win Since Return, in Italy
5 Apr 2011, 11:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / There's one more month before the factory-prepared John Cooper World Rally Car, developed by Prodrive, will make its official return to the World Rally Championship, at Rally d'Italia-Sardegna. However, MINI's first win at comeback h...
Ferrari Update Car to Improve Qualifying Performance
5 Apr 2011, 11:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari has experienced a somewhat disappointing start of the season, especially if we are to judge by the expectations set out for the Scuderia prior to the Australian Grand Prix. Coming to Australia as probably the second best team of the pack...
Todt Vs Ecclestone Dispute Is Over Money
5 Apr 2011, 09:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone's outspoken dispute might have to do with a little bit more than just the latter's disagreement over the FIA's green path for the future of Formula 1. In recent weeks, the two have started a media w...
Di Montezemolo Set to Join Italian Politics - Report
5 Apr 2011, 09:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's president Luca di Montezemolo might leave his position within the Prancing Horse and focus exclusively on Italian politics. According to several media reports, the move is imminent, with Lapo Elkann, the 34-year-old brother of Fiat c...
Buemi and Alguersuari Silent in Flight to Malaysia
5 Apr 2011, 08:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Scuderia Toro Rosso may have to tackle some unexpected driver-related issues in the 2011 season of Formula 1, after their racers Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari failed to be on the same page after their “track encounter” in Austra...
Raikkonen to Pay $100,000 Per Race in NASCAR
5 Apr 2011, 08:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Until now, Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen was used to being paid big money to drive a car, either in Formula 1 or in the World Rally Championship. When it comes to NASCAR however, or at least his first steps in his new career in stock car racing on ...
Junqueira Gets Indy 500 Drive with AJ Foyt
5 Apr 2011, 08:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bruno Junqueira will be part of this year's Indy 500 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway once more, this time in an AJ Foyt Racing prepared single-seater. The deal includes only the race at the Brickyard and will see the Brazilian join cou...
Button Should Have Known Better - Massa
5 Apr 2011, 07:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button should have known better and handed back his position to Felipe Massa in the Australian Grand Prix, argued the Brazilian driver a week after the incident. Instead, he waited for instructions from his pits and was penalized with a driv...
Paul Tracy Inks 5-Race Deal with Dragon Racing
5 Apr 2011, 06:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Paul Tracy's fans will be happy to know that their favorite driver will be making 6 starts in this year's IndyCar Series, as confirmed by Jay Penske's re-formed Dragon Racing team earlier this week. The Canadian driver's first p...
Hispania Aims to Qualify, Finish Malaysian Grand Prix
5 Apr 2011, 06:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hispania Racing F1 Team promised no repeat of their horrible performance in Australia this weekend, when they'll tackle the second round of the Formula 1 season in Malaysia. In Melbourne, neither Narain Karthikeyan, nor Vitantonio Liuzzi manag...
Maldonado Aims for Top 10 Finish in Malaysia
4 Apr 2011, 14:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Plenty of drivers did not experience the season start of their dreams in Australia, a couple of weekends back, yet more and more are optimistic that the upcoming Malaysian Grand Prix will be the perfect place to get back on track. And one surprisin...
Hamilton Vs Vettel Lineup Would Cause Fireworks - Manager
4 Apr 2011, 14:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / No further than a couple of weeks ago, some voices from within the title-winning Red Bull organization had hinted that Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel would make for an incredible combo at Milton Keynes. Not only that, but the team's motor...
Team Lotus Deny Showboating Claims
4 Apr 2011, 13:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Judging by the performance showcased by their 2011-spec T128 racer through winter testing, Team Lotus was expected to finally battle against the already established teams of F1 in 2011. However, the season opening Australian Grand Prix showed the s...
Going Back to MotoGP Not An Option - Melandri
4 Apr 2011, 13:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Many pundits have argued last year that Marco Melandri's move from the MotoGP championship to the World Superbikes has been a step forward for the Italian rider. However, at only his second outing in the WSBK, the former 250cc champion became ...
Hamilton's Mind Games Won't Work on Vettel - Herbert
4 Apr 2011, 12:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton has been one of the most vocal drivers in the Formula 1 paddock lately, with comments made in reference to rivals Red Bull, Sebastian Vettel and even Fernando Alonso (although this time he has been nothing but full of praises in rega...
Pirelli to Test Extra Hard Tires in Malaysia
4 Apr 2011, 12:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Pirelli have confirmed that the Malaysian Grand Prix this upcoming weekend will provide the tire maker with the first opportunity to test its extra hard compound for the 2011 season of Formula 1. As announced in a recent report prior to the Aust...
Audi Reveals 2011 DTM Liveries
4 Apr 2011, 11:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Audi will make the DTM field this season with no less than 9 racers, 4 of which will be factory supported, while the other 5 will be one-year old machines. And if the multi-car scheme will be pretty much the same as last year, with some slight chan...
Senna Documentary Makes Ron Dennis Cry
4 Apr 2011, 10:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ron Dennis admitted that he couldn't help crying after watching the much-acclaimed new feature documentary about Ayrton Senna's life. Asif Kapadia's documentary “Senna”, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival ea...
Mark Webber Confident in Strong Result in Malaysia
4 Apr 2011, 09:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mark Webber will be looking to bounce back from his poor performance in Australia this week, when F1 action resumes on the Sepang International Circuit, in Malaysia. At the end of the race in Melbourne, the Australian driver had told the media that...