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
Gascoyne Urges F1 to Get Rid of Boring Races
3 Feb 2011, 11:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Team Lotus chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne suggested that some of the boring races of Formula 1 – in recent years, at least – should be the ones to be considered for an F1 exit, rather than the circuits that provide the audience a...
Felipe Massa's Ferrari Catches Fire in Valencia
3 Feb 2011, 11:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Felipe Massa did not have the start of his dreams with the new Ferrari F150 in Valencia, as his 2011 challenger caught fire due to an oil leak in the early stages of the Thursday session. Having replaced Fernando Alonso in the F150's cockpi...
Lewis Hamilton to Appoint Manager Soon
3 Feb 2011, 10:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton had a troubled season last year, on and off the track, and many related this state of affairs with the fact that he didn't benefit from the services of a manager. Shortly before the start of the 2010 campaign, he and father/mana...
Rossi Satisfied with Sepang Test
3 Feb 2011, 09:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Valentino Rossi and Ducati are still to make the Top 10 in timing charts at the Sepang International Circuit this week, but the Doctor doesn't seem too troubled by his struggling start of the MotoGP preparations. The Italian rider tackled t...
Hamilton Says McLaren MP4-26 Different from Rival Cars
3 Feb 2011, 09:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / All major title contenders for the 2011 Formula 1 championship have already unveiled their challengers prior to the first group test of the winter, in Valencia, trying to do as much mileage as possible before the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix. ...
Alonso Tackles 2011 F1 Season with No Pressure
3 Feb 2011, 08:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Despite dominating the action in Valencia on Wednesday, Fernando Alonso stopped short from making bold predictions for the 2011 Formula 1 championship. The 2-time world champion played it safe in front of the media yesterday, insisting that it'...
Vettel Jokes, Hints at Ferrari Future
3 Feb 2011, 08:12 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / There's not a day that goes by without the media brining forward some hints that Sebastian Vettel will become a Ferrari-an some day. Be it statements made by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, Vettel's best known fan, or suggestions made by Fe...
Ferrari Turned Down Red Bull Sponsor
3 Feb 2011, 07:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A new rivalry seems to have born in Formula 1, between reigning world champions Red Bull Racing and the series' most emblematic squad, Ferrari. For the time being, the head-to-head battle between those two only came down to a war of worlds, ea...
F1 Drivers Confirm High Pirelli Tire Wear
3 Feb 2011, 07:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The first group test of the 2011 Formula One championship has gotten under way in Valencia earlier this week, and it seems that Pirelli already has some homework to do before the next F1 meeting, at Jerez. Well, we doubt they'll figure it out ...
MINI Unveils S2000 Countryman WRC Car in Monte Carlo
3 Feb 2011, 06:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / MINI has finally given us a glimpse of how their 2011-spec Countryman S2000 WRC car will look like during the recent Rallye Monte Carlo Historique. The event, which started off on January 26th, saw former Monte Carlo Rally winner Rauno Aaltonen tak...
Alonso Sets Pace on Day 2 in Valencia
3 Feb 2011, 06:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso took Ferrari on top of the timing reports in Valencia on Wednesday, after Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel had dominated the running on Day 1 of the group test. Once again, the Spaniard was one of the drivers who stayed out on t...
Santander Extends McLaren Deal for 2011
2 Feb 2011, 15:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Grupo Santander doesn't want to miss a thing from the benefits that Formula One throws at its partners. After inking their long-term deal with Ferrari at the end of 2009, the Spanish banking giant extended for an additional year their contract...
Pedrosa Maintains Honda Domination at Sepang
2 Feb 2011, 14:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Two days into the 2011 MotoGP testing programme and Honda is still the team to beat. Only this time it was Dani Pedrosa's turn to take his RC212V on top of the timing reports at the Sepang International Circuit. The Spaniard was the only ri...
Brawn Backs Rosberg for Mercedes Future
2 Feb 2011, 13:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Michael Schumacher might have been the big story for Mercedes GP at their return in Formula 1 as a full works team, but their future lies in Nico Rosberg. At least that's the admission of the Brackley based team's boss Ross Brawn, who see...
Ross Brawn to Sell Share in Mercedes GP
2 Feb 2011, 13:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ross Brawn's days as team owner in Formula 1 are coming to an end, as the 56-year old Englishman is about to sell his share in the Mercedes GP team to the German carmaker in the upcoming weeks. At least that was the information revealed by ...
Lotus T128 Begins 2011 Testing in Valencia
2 Feb 2011, 11:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Team Lotus continue to shock the world of Formula 1 with their overoptimistic predictions for the 2011 season. And unless they are looking to make fools out of themselves, they'd better back it up from as early as the winter testing. When t...
Marussia Virgin Confirms Major Management Reshuffle
2 Feb 2011, 11:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Days before they are scheduled to unveil their 2011-spec single-seater, Marussia Virgin Racing have announced a major reshuffle of their management structure ahead of the new Formula 1 campaign. And the biggest news of all is the F1 return of forme...
GP3 Drops Monaco from 2011 Calendar
2 Feb 2011, 10:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Even though they initially confirmed Monaco as an official venue for the 2nd running edition of the GP3 Series, the championship's CEO Bruno Michel today confirmed that the GP2's feeder series will not see any track time in the Principali...
Corruption Looms Over Indian Grand Prix Debut
2 Feb 2011, 10:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / This year's Indian Grand Prix is apparently not as done-deal as it was believed a couple of months back. And it's not because the track isn't ready or anything, like it happened in the case of last year's Korean Grand Prix, but ...
Ecclestone Aims to Strip Spain of One F1 Race
2 Feb 2011, 10:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A nation cannot have more than one Grand Prix during the course of the same season in Formula 1. That's what everybody kept saying when the Italian capital of Rome was knocking on F1's door a few months ago, including the very symbol of t...