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
Citroen Boss Trusts Drivers Rivalry Will Push Team Forward
23 Mar 2011, 10:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Rivalry between teammates is seldom wanted by team bosses in motorsports, as it creates tension inside the garage and leads to unwanted and complicated situations throughout the year. Often enough, it also deprives the team of some valuable champio...
HRT Owner Promises New Package for Australia
23 Mar 2011, 10:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Hispania Racing F1 Team story in the last few weeks seems to be depicted from the Twilight Zone series. Let us explain. Every official of the Spanish team assures its fans that everything is going according to plan in terms of 2011 programme de...
Button Tells Hamilton to Stay at McLaren
23 Mar 2011, 10:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button advised teammate Lewis Hamilton to stay with McLaren Mercedes for the long run, rather than risk a move elsewhere and have a “surprise”. In recent weeks, amid reports that McLaren's MP4-26 isn't quite the titl...
Virgin Signs Yamamoto for Reserve Role
23 Mar 2011, 09:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Marussia Virgin has appointed a new reserve driver a couple of days before the 2011 season opening Australian Grand Prix, Japanese racer Sakon Yamamoto. The deal between the two parties has been signed on a 3-race basis, meaning Yamamoto will be...
Alonso Praises Massa for F1 Speed
23 Mar 2011, 09:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari have improved significantly for the 2011 Formula 1 season and off-season testing showed that the Scuderia will be Red Bull's top contender for the world title this year. That being said, all eyes are now set on Fernando Alonso, with se...
Buemi Rates Toro Rosso Inside the Top 5
23 Mar 2011, 08:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / One of the most improved teams in Formula 1 this season, at least if we are to trust from their car's pace in winter testing, is arguably Scuderia Toro Rosso. And according to race driver Sebastien Buemi, his STR6 should be Top 10 material thi...
Webber Thinks Wing Rules Should Be Revised
23 Mar 2011, 07:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mark Webber voiced his objections regarding the new moveable rear wing rules imposed by the FIA for the 2011 F1 campaign, saying that he doesn't see the point in letting the drivers activate the wing as they please in practice and qualifying, ...
Mark Webber Revives Tasmania Challenge
23 Mar 2011, 07:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber confirmed yesterday the return of the Tasmania Challenge for 2011. The multi-sport event that carries his name has initially been scrapped at the end of 2008, following a cycling accident that almost hampered the ...
Solberg Targets Podium Appearance in Portugal
22 Mar 2011, 15:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Petter Solberg is yet to secure a podium finish in the 2011 World Rally Championship, but that doesn't mean his title ambitions for the ongoing campaign have faded one bit. On the contrary, given the adversity he had to overcome in the first t...
Vettel Resembles Alonso - Coulthard
22 Mar 2011, 15:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ever since he set foot in Formula 1, Sebastian Vettel has been compared to 7-time world champion Michael Schumacher, being referred to countless times by the media and F1 pundits as “baby Schu”. However, there's one former Grand P...
Webber Gained Weight After 2010 Title Miss
22 Mar 2011, 14:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mark Webber might have acted all socially correct after he failed to secure the world title last season, but the Australian certainly did not take his defeat too well over the winter. If Fernando Alonso took 2 to 3 days to cool off, Webber drowned ...
Ecclestone Argues Hamilton, Button Will Struggle in 2011
22 Mar 2011, 14:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A couple of months back, the majority of the F1 pundits in Great Britain saw in McLaren's Lewis Hamilton vs Jenson Button a veritable dream team for the 2011 Formula 1 season, arguing that both will have a strong saying in the upcoming campaig...
Hulkenberg Will Drive VJM04 in Australian GP Practice
22 Mar 2011, 13:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nico Hulkenberg will start off his second consecutive Formula 1 campaign from a different position as compared to last year, as he will only get to drive an F1 challenger through selected Friday practice sessions of the 2011 season. Having drive...
Ecclestone to Visit New York for F1 Race Prospect
22 Mar 2011, 12:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Curiously enough, one of the highly important figures of Formula 1 that will miss this year's opening round in Australia will be its very chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, who will reportedly travel to New York city this weekend to discuss th...
Ferrari Boss - Race Strategy Vital for Wins in 2011
22 Mar 2011, 12:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While Fernando Alonso believes it will still be the fastest car of the 2011 Formula 1 season to emerge on top of the classification at the end of the season, his team boss Stefano Domenicali has a slightly different opinion on how the championship ...
F1 Team Bosses Pick Vettel for 2011 Title
22 Mar 2011, 10:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari may have shown the highest level of consistency in their testing this winter, but it's still Red Bull that leads the way in terms of performance, as argued by several important figures of the paddock in recent weeks. With only a few...
F1 Adjustable Rear Wing May Be Tweaked
22 Mar 2011, 10:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The adjustable rear wing might not be in Formula 1 to stay. According to Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren Mercedes boss and also head of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), the aforementioned innovation implemented by the FIA for the 2011 season may...
Paul Tracy Secured Indy 500 Deal with Dreyer
22 Mar 2011, 09:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Controversial Canadian racer Paul Tracy has once again managed to put himself in a cockpit for the Indy 500 race. For the 2011 edition of the famous race, Tracy will compete for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, a team for whom he raced on one occasion...
Hamilton Thinks Red Bull Will Favor Vettel
22 Mar 2011, 09:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Red Bull Racing has continuously stated through the course of the off-season that Sebastian Vettel's F1 title in 2010 will not bring with it an automatic No 1 status for the German drivers, some F1 pundits and the majority of the medi...
Massa Praises Ferrari Reliability, in Doubt About Performance
22 Mar 2011, 09:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Everybody has been praising Ferrari for their great reliability this off-season, as their 150 Italia (or whatever they call their car these days) has done the most mileage through the 15 days of testing in the months of February and March. However,...