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
Bahrain Cancellation Gives McLaren More Time to Develop MP4-26
22 Feb 2011, 08:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton admitted that the cancellation of the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix is actually good news for his team, in a sense that the Woking based squad will have more time to develop and improve the McLaren MP4-26 challenger. Having de...
GP2 Asia Series Cancel Round 3 in Bahrain
22 Feb 2011, 08:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The GP2 Asia Series was relying on Bahrain to host rounds 2 and 3 of this year's championship. Instead, both have been canceled, as confirmed by the series' organizers via a statement on Monday. Last week, in the wake of violent clashe...
Berger Doesn't See Mercedes a Title Contender
22 Feb 2011, 07:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A few days back, Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug told the media that if the season were to start tomorrow, the W02 challenger would not finish inside the Top 10. And former Grand Prix winner Gerhard Berger couldn't agree more, as ...
F1 Teams Move Last Test to Barcelona
22 Feb 2011, 07:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Before the Bahrain Grand Prix officials decided to cancel the 2011 Formula 1 race, news made the headlines that the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) also voted not to travel to Bahrain for the last group test of the off-season. And although ...
Bahrain Grand Prix Could Return in 2011
22 Feb 2011, 07:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The opening round of the 2011 Formula 1 season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, has been canceled, but it now appears that the race might be rescheduled sometime this year. The prospect has been brought forward by the very F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, who...
Bahrain Grand Prix Canceled from 2011 F1 Calendar
21 Feb 2011, 17:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The opening round of the 2011 Formula 1 championship, namely the Bahrain Grand Prix, will not take place. The decision is now official and has been made by the track organizers on Monday afternoon, with the Crown Prince letting F1 boss Bernie Eccle...
Chandhok Tests F3 Car in the UK
21 Feb 2011, 15:45 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Karun Chandhok tested a British Formula 3 car over the weekend, at the Pembrey racetrack in the UK. Rest assured though, the Indian driver will not abandon his F1 dream for a place in the British series, as he only wanted to enjoy some track time a...
F1 Teams Cancel Bahrain Test in March
21 Feb 2011, 15:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Formula One teams have agreed not to send their crews to Bahrain for the final test of the pre-season, scheduled between March 3-6, according to a recent report from Sky Sports News. The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) met on Friday to ...
Raikkonen Will Miss Rally Mexico, Focus on DS3 WRC Testing
21 Feb 2011, 14:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kimi Raikkonen began his second campaign in the World Rally Championship – his first one with the new Citroen DS3 WRC though – in a positive way, scoring a decent 8th place and making the scoreboard from the very opening round in Sweden...
Mercedes Boss Believes W02 Is Not Top 10 Material
21 Feb 2011, 14:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Even though Nico Rosberg topped the Sunday timing reports on the Circuit de Catalunya racetrack at the wheel of the Mercedes W02 – and admitted he was pleased with the direction in which Merc is going this off-season – there seems to be...
Bahrain Protesters Point Fingers at F1 Race
21 Feb 2011, 13:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The chances of seeing the Formula 1 field in Bahrain next month have dropped significantly in the past few days, with the teams and Bernie Ecclestone to make a final decision on the prospect of dropping off the race later today. Until then howev...
Jarno Trulli Crashes Lotus T128, Ends Barcelona Testing
21 Feb 2011, 13:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The 4-day test at Circuit de Catalunya ended earlier than scheduled on Monday afternoon for Team Lotus, after F1 veteran Jarno Trulli lost control of his T128 challenger and hit the wall at the exit of the Campsa corner. Needless to say, the incide...
F1 Teams Want Abu Dhabi Test in March
21 Feb 2011, 11:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With the prospect of losing the Bahrain Grand Prix for the 2011 Formula 1 season due to political turmoil in the country, the team representatives have met last Friday to discuss their F1 plans for the month of March. And while F1 boss Bernie Eccle...
Rosberg Pleased with Mercedes Direction
21 Feb 2011, 11:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / This year's Mercedes W02 has finally made Nico Rosberg happy and confident in a great 2011 campaign, as the German driver took his car on top of the timing reports on Sunday, in the 3rd day of testing on Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya. ...
Button Says Ferrari Has Best Car Right Now
21 Feb 2011, 10:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While the majority of the F1 drivers believe that the Red Bull RB7 will once again prove the car to beat through the 2011 Formula 1 season, 2009 champion Jenson Button has a different view on the matter. Of course, taking into account the fact t...
Liuzzi Expects HRT Talks This Week
21 Feb 2011, 10:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Vitantonio Liuzzi is looking for a quick response from Hispania Racing F1 Team in regards to a potential deal for the 2011 season of Formula 1. The Italian had been invited to test for the Spanish squad last weekend, in Barcelona, and his lap times...
Vermeulen Set to Miss WSBK Season Opener at Phillip Island
21 Feb 2011, 10:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Chris Vermeulen will not get to race in front of a home crowd in the World Superbike Championship this season, as the Australian decided to skip the opening round at Phillip Island in order to focus on making a complete recovery from the knee injur...
Australian Politician Demands End of Grand Prix Era in 2015
21 Feb 2011, 09:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The recent discussions about the possibility of dropping the Australian Grand Prix from the F1 calendar in the near future are apparently not all water under the bridge. Although at some point it was decided that Melbourne's Albert Park comple...
Toro Rosso to Produce 2011 F1 Surprise?
21 Feb 2011, 09:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While everybody is looking at Renault, Mercedes GP or even Williams F1 as to the teams that will improve the most in Formula 1 through the upcoming campaign, one surprise appearance in that discussion might be that of Faenza-based squad Scuderia To...
Lauda Blasts New Rear Wing in F1
21 Feb 2011, 08:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Formula 1 will debut some interesting new technologies in 2011 – some of which have already been tried on, like the Kinetic Energy Recovery System, but failed due to the rush by which they debuted in the first place – most aimed at impr...