Ovidiu Panzariu

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Ovidiu has been watching Formula 1 since as long as he can remember. In time, he has learnt that every racing series has a little secret of its own so he took it upon himself to create one of the most complex motorsport databases available on line. If Kimi falls from the yacht after completing the first few rounds of the World Drinking Championship or some Nascar driver hits his crew chief for messing up his race, this motorsport addict will give you extensive coverage and keep you up to date the very next minute.

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

HRT Owner Insists Team Will Start Australian GP

14 Mar 2011, 14:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A year has passed since Hispania Racing F1 Team made its debut in Formula 1, yet several similarities with their first campaign in the series point out that the Spanish squad hasn't learnt a great deal from their past failures. After beginn...

Stoner Tries Out Different Seat Positions in Qatar Test

14 Mar 2011, 14:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Honda's Casey Stoner did not get to top another testing session for his new team this week, in Qatar, but one positive thing he did was choosing his race chassis for the 2011 season of the MotoGP. The Australian rider ended the Monday night...

Red Bull Manager Happy to End Vettel Rumors

14 Mar 2011, 13:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Making sure that your driver is feeling comfortable with himself and his squad prior to a Formula 1 campaign, especially when you're dealing with a reigning world champion, is an important preparation element when it comes to how a team approa...

Mercedes Could Sign Mercedes Extension After 2012

14 Mar 2011, 13:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It's incredible what one day of testing can do to a driver's F1 future. At least in the papers. As soon as Michael Schumacher topped the timing reports in Barcelona the other week on board of the improved Mercedes W02 challenger, reports ...

Hamilton Signed Management Deal with Simon Fuller

14 Mar 2011, 12:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton has waited a long time until naming a manager for himself, after he had parted ways with his father Anthony before the 2010 F1 campaign, but what we can say it that the wait has most likely worth it. As confirmed by the McLaren drive...

Vettel Signs Deal with Red Bull Until 2014

14 Mar 2011, 12:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As hinted from early this morning, Sebastian Vettel has agreed to a 3-year extension of his current deal with Red Bull Racing, meaning the reigning world champion will drive for the Milton Keynes based team at least until the end of the 2014 F1 sea...

Team Lotus Contemplate KERS Use in 2011

14 Mar 2011, 11:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Team Lotus is one of the few teams that doesn't plan to use the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) during the 2011 season of Formula 1, especially due to the high costs involving such a move. However, in recent weeks, some voices from withi...

Rossi Happy with Ducati Recovery in Qatar

14 Mar 2011, 11:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ducati has made up quite some ground on Honda prior to the MotoGP opener in Qatar, as showed by the recent lap times recorded by Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden in the first day of night testing on the Losail International Circuit. Although Day...

De Puniet Crashes 2 Times in Qatar, Escapes Unhurt

14 Mar 2011, 09:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Randy de Puniet's switch from a MotoGP-spec Honda bike to a Ducati one doesn't seem to happen too smooth these days, or maybe he simply didn't experience his best testing day to date. The Frenchman recorded two falls, both in the exa...

Williams Will Use KERS in Australia

14 Mar 2011, 09:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Williams F1 Team will use their electrical Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) during the season opening round in Australia. Following recent issues with the technology experienced by the Grove based team, it was reported that the two weeks r...

Alain Prost's Son to Test for Lotus Renault

14 Mar 2011, 08:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / When it comes to Formula 1, there are at least two icons that pop into anyone's head when referring to the French nation: quadruple F1 champion Alain Prost and winning constructor Renault. And there is a good chance of the two names coming tog...

F1 World Shocked by Tsunami, Earthquake Tragedy in Japan

14 Mar 2011, 08:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The recent earthquake and tsunami that has hit the north-eastern region of Japan last week shocked the entire world, and Formula 1 made no exception from that rule. Even though no F1 figure has been personally affected by the tragic events, the ent...

Vettel Set to Sign Red Bull Contract Until 2014

14 Mar 2011, 07:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel is close to signing a 3-year extension to his current deal with Red Bull, as recently reported by some media in Germany. According to the Sport Bild, the reigning world Formula 1 champion has been offered a retainer of EUR 10 to 12...

Solberg Could Run in the IndyCar at Las Vegas

13 Mar 2011, 16:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Here’s one that most of you might not have expected: former winner of the World Rally Championship Petter Solberg might compete in professional single-seaters. And it would not happen on the Old Continent, as you’d probably expect, but ...

HRC Employees in Saitama Unhurt After Earthquake, Tsunami

13 Mar 2011, 15:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that has struck Japan earlier this week did not injure any of the employees of Honda Racing Corporation, as confirmed by a statement released yesterday by the Japanese company. Based in Saitama, less than ...

LMP1 HPD Gets First Test in Sebring

13 Mar 2011, 14:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After unveiling the first pictures of its newly-developed LMP1 version of the HPD ARX-01e earlier this week, the Highcroft team moved quickly to giving its racer some track time ahead of next week’s Sebring 12 Hours race. As reported befor...

IndyCar Changes Restart Rules for 2011

13 Mar 2011, 14:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After limiting the field to only 26 cars, the officials of the IZOD IndyCar Series have decided to implement yet another change for the 2011 edition of the championship, and this time it’s related to the restart rules. In fact, there has been...

Kubica Will Undergo 4th Surgery This Weekend

11 Mar 2011, 15:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Robert Kubica is not done undergoing operation after his rally accident in early February. According to the SID news agency, the Polish driver will be the subject of a fourth intervention this very weekend, at his elbow. Earlier this week, while...

Silverstone Records £2 Million Profit in 2010

11 Mar 2011, 14:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Whereas a couple of years back Silverstone was on the verge of losing its place in the Formula 1 championship due to poor infrastructure and lack of investments in the Northamptonshire-based complex, at the end of the 2010 season the circuit has re...

Rizla Suzuki Reveals Bike, Livery for 2011 [Gallery]

11 Mar 2011, 14:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Rizla Suzuki have unveiled their bike for the 2011 MotoGP season, one that will be ridden by a single rider in the upcoming campaign of the FIM's premier motorcycle racing series. Despite the fact that they've cut their 2011 programme to ...

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