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
Alonso Not Stressed for Losing Podium to Petrov
28 Mar 2011, 05:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso missed out on the podium for the season opening Australian Grand Prix, as the Spaniard finished the race in 4th place, a little over a second behind Renault's Vitaly Petrov. And if that duel doesn't sound familiar enough, ...
Ogier Wins 2011 Rally Portugal
27 Mar 2011, 14:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Citroen’s Sebastien Ogier found the perfect solution to leave his Rally Mexico crash behind him: he won the next round on the 2011 WRC schedule, in Portugal. Returning to the scene of his first ever win in the championship, the Frenchman reig...
Sauber Drivers Excluded from Australian GP
27 Mar 2011, 14:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sauber drivers Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi have been disqualified from the 2011 Australian Grand Prix due to technical infringement. Shortly after the race in Melbourne, which rookie Perez finished on an astonishing 7th place, while follow...
Vettel Storms to Australian GP Win
27 Mar 2011, 08:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel did everything right on Sunday and clinched his first ever win in the Australian Grand Prix, leading the field from pole position to the chequered flag on the Albert Park Circuit. As the new era of Formula 1 kicked off this week...
Vettel Flies to Australian GP Pole
26 Mar 2011, 16:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel picked up where he left off in Formula 1 and dominated the qualifying action in the season opening Australian Grand Prix, setting the best time in all 3 qualy sessions on Saturday. In the end, he stopped the clock at 1:23.529, almo...
2-Pitstop Race Possible in Australia - Sutil
25 Mar 2011, 15:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Tire degradation might not pose such big problems to the Formula 1 teams at the season opening Australian Grand Prix. Despite recent concerns regarding the potentially high number of pit stops to be performed by the F1 drivers during the approximat...
Bourdais Secures IndyCar Drive with Dale Coyne
25 Mar 2011, 14:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It has now been confirmed that Sebastien Bourdais will make his official return to North American open-wheel racing in 2011, after signing a one-year deal with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series. After testing for Dale Coyne'...
Hamilton Reaffirms Commitment to McLaren
25 Mar 2011, 13:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton has reiterated his commitment to the McLaren organization, amid recent reports that he might eye a switch to world champions Red Bull in case his current team doesn't provide him with a title-winning car in 2011. During the w...
Ferrari Add Aerobatics Commander to Strategy Team
25 Mar 2011, 12:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's strategy mistake in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year seems to have haunted the Maranello officials throughout the winter, as some of the most important staff moves made by the Scuderia in the last few months have had ...
Rally Portugal Spectator Injured, Taken to Hospital
25 Mar 2011, 11:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Rally Portugal started off this week in a rather spectacular fashion, after the very shakedown of the event witnessed a major crash from Monster Ford World Rally Team's Ken Block on Wednesday. And the drama continued on Thursday, with Mads Ost...
Teams Will Show True Worth on Saturday - Alonso
25 Mar 2011, 10:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull have topped the first practice session in Australian on Friday, McLaren have done the same in the second 90-minute running, while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has provided the only unchanged element of the day, finishing 3rd overall in b...
Red Bull Fear Power Deficit Due to Rear Wing
25 Mar 2011, 10:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / For the past few weeks, Red Bull officials and drivers have consistently lobbied for a limitation in the use of the adjustable rear wing in practice and qualifying. In order words, while not against the implementation of the aforementioned device i...
Ferrari Urge Pirelli to Develop 2011 F1 Tires
25 Mar 2011, 09:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Even though they have been strong supporters of the new Pirelli tires this off-season, Ferrari have now urged their fellow countrymen to improve the durability of their compounds this season. Ferrari's team principal Stefano Domenicali admi...
Chandhok Takes Blame for Lotus Crash
25 Mar 2011, 09:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Karun Chandhok's time in the cockpit of the Lotus T128 was short-lived on Friday, as the Indian driver got out of the pits and into the tire barriers for his first official outing for Team Lotus. Leaving the pits on cold hard tires, the Ind...
Newey Says Red Bull Is 0.5s Faster than Competition
25 Mar 2011, 09:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull's car designer Adrian Newey is not known to be a vocal man when it comes to car performances, as he usually lets his title-winning cars to do all the talking. However, following Friday's first practice session at Albert Park, dur...
Timo Glock Fears Virgin Will Not Make Australian GP Grid
25 Mar 2011, 08:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Virgin Racing's Timo Glock is worried that the new 107 percent qualifying rule might give his team some headaches into making the grid for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix. The aforementioned rule was imposed by the International A...
Vettel Names New Car Kinky Kylie
25 Mar 2011, 08:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Finally, reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel has set his mind on how to nickname his 2011-spec single-seater. And since the 2011 campaign kicked off in Australia a few hours ago, what better way to celebrate it than naming your car after local...
Red Bull Boss Responds to Hamilton's Comments
25 Mar 2011, 08:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton did not upset anyone at Red Bull Racing with his comments this week. Actually, his outspoken opinion of the title-winning squad – according to which Red Bull is only an energy drinks company who will never compare itself to the...
Button Tops Second Practice in Australia
25 Mar 2011, 08:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes surprised everyone in the second practice of the Australian Grand Prix, as Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton posted the best times of the afternoon and were the only two drivers to drop under one minute and 26 second on the Albert P...
Pedrosa Will Ride in 2011 with Unhealed Shoulder
24 Mar 2011, 15:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Honda may have the strongest challenger in the MotoGP this season – and there's hardly anyone to contest that – but Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa might not get to enjoy it that much, as his championship hopes have been dealt some bad ...