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
Briatore Believes Red Bull Are Uncatchable
29 Mar 2011, 08:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull disclosed a dominant pace in the season opening Australian Grand Prix, beating the closest competition by 8 tenths of a second in qualifying and finishing the race more than 22 seconds ahead of nearest competitor in the race. And if som...
Ferrari Discover Downforce Issue with 2011 F1 Car
29 Mar 2011, 08:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari have apparently identified the problems that kept them from challenging for the win in the season opening Australian Grand Prix. It's no secret for anyone that people were expecting a much stronger Ferrari car at Melbourne, based on...
Superbike Rider Loses Rear Wheel During Donington Park Race
29 Mar 2011, 07:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The World Superbike weekend at Donington Park witnessed one of the craziest crashes ever seen in motorcycle racing, one that wasn't related to a riding error or a bike vibration, but to a ... rear wheel loss. Yes, you've heard it right...
Red Bull Bullish on F1 Dominance
29 Mar 2011, 06:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel have easily dominated the running in the season opening Australian Grand Prix, and the confidence boost it caused within the Milton Keynes organization was huge. According to team principal Christian Horner, his title-...
Hopkins Not Setting High Aims for MotoGP Return at Jerez
29 Mar 2011, 05:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / John Hopkins will indeed make his comeback in the MotoGP series this weekend, at Jerez, but the Californian did not set his targets too high for the Spanish GP. And that's because a lot has changed in the premier motorcycling racing series sin...
Ferrari Vow to Resolve Problems by Malaysia
29 Mar 2011, 05:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari did not have the weekend of their dreams in Melbourne, as their good form in pre-season testing certainly did not announce a 4th and 7th place finish in the season opening Australian Grand Prix. The issues were visible from as early as q...
Solberg Fears Bad Luck Could Chase Sponsors Away
28 Mar 2011, 14:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Seldom in the recent history of the World Rally Championship one will find a driver as unlucky as 2003 champion Petter Solberg. The Norwegian driver won a multitude of stages in the first 3 rallies of this year's calendar, yet mechanical probl...
Button Wants to End Career at McLaren
28 Mar 2011, 13:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After advising his teammate Lewis Hamilton not to leave the McLaren stable in the future, 2009 world champion Jenson Button told the media that he can't envision himself driving for any other team than the one he is currently employed with. ...
Melandri Scores First WSBK Win at Donington
28 Mar 2011, 13:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Marco Melandri did not take too long to become a race winner in the World Superbike Championship, as he clinched a superb victory at only his 3rd outing in the series, at Donington Park. The Italian started from 9th place on the Race 1 grid and ...
Renault Boss Praises Mature Petrov
28 Mar 2011, 12:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Vitaly Petrov silenced the critics who argued that his presence in Formula 1 was just the result of sponsorship money and continuous political support from his native Russia and scored his best result of career in the 2011 season opening Australian...
Trulli Blasts Pirelli Tire Strategy for Australia
28 Mar 2011, 11:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jarno Trulli is known to be one of the most vocal critics of the new Pirelli tires in recent months, as the Italian reckoned a while back that it's not the high level of wear presented by the aforementioned compounds that bother him, but the l...
Ferrari, Massa Dismiss McLaren Criticism
28 Mar 2011, 11:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button's drivethrough penalty in the Australian Grand Prix, caused by his overtaking maneuver over Ferrari's Felipe Massa by cutting a chicane, was followed by criticism from the McLaren organization. Some of that criticism focused...
Button Will Ask for Permission to Visit Japan
28 Mar 2011, 09:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button has reportedly asked permission from his McLaren team to make a charity visit to Japan in order to further raise donations for the people in the country following the disasters that have hit the Asian nation in recent weeks. Button...
Webber's Chassis Had Problems in Australia
28 Mar 2011, 09:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mark Webber was nowhere near his teammate Sebastian Vettel (performance wise) in the season opening Australian Grand Prix, which caused quite a confusion within the Australian fans present at the race. After al,l each driver had the same car to wor...
107 Percent Rule Will Cause Further Victims in 2011
28 Mar 2011, 09:12 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hispania Racing F1 Team was unable to align its cars on the starting grid of the season opening Australian Grand Prix because neither of the two HRT F111s driven by Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan managed to enter the 107 percent qualifyin...
FIA May Tweak Wing Rules After Chinese GP
28 Mar 2011, 08:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Once the red lights were turned off over the F1 field in Australia, all F1 fans were keen on witnessing the “new order” in the championship, influenced by the new Pirelli tires and the much controversial adjustable rear wing. In the end...
Perez Stuns F1 Paddock with One-Pitstop Race in Australia
28 Mar 2011, 08:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Illegal rear wing or not, Sauber's Sergio Perez stunned the entire paddock on Sunday with his performance in the Australian Grand Prix. And not necessarily because he finished the race in 7th place at his very debut in the series, but because ...
Red Bull Vow to Use KERS in Malaysia
28 Mar 2011, 07:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It's no news to anyone that Sebastian Vettel won the Australian Grand Prix in style last weekend despite not using the much-discussed Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS). While every front-runner in Australia – except for Red Bull Raci...
McLaren Boss Frustrated with Button Penalty
28 Mar 2011, 07:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes boss Martin Whitmarsh admitted his frustration to the British media present in Melbourne regarding the drivethrough penalty received by his driver Jenson Button in the first part of the race, following the cutting of a chicane when...
Sauber Launch Internal Investigation on F1 Disqualification
28 Mar 2011, 06:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / When Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi crossed the finish line of the Australian Grand Prix in 7th and 8th place, respectively, Peter Sauber was arguably one of the happiest men in the paddock. A few minutes later, following the FIA post-race verifi...