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
Petter Solberg Targets Rally Monte Carlo Win
5 Jan 2011, 15:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While many consider Petter Solberg's participation in this month's Monte Carlo Rally – opening round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge – as a preparation for another campaign in the World Rally Championship, the Nor...
Talmacsi to Test Pedercini Kawasaki at Sepang
5 Jan 2011, 14:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Gabor Talmacsi's chances of retaining his ride in the FIM's Moto2 championship have suffered a huge blow when the Hungarian rider found out that his projected team for the 2011 season, Jack & Jones by Antonio Banderas, decided to with...
Chip Ganassi Racing Confirms Daytona 24-Hour Lineup
5 Jan 2011, 13:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Chip Ganassi Racing will attempt to get back in the winning streak in the famous Daytona 24-Hour race, and in order to make sure they have the best chance to grab their 4th win in the event they will bring their best IndyCar and NASCAR drivers to d...
Brawn Wants Winning Car Present for Schumacher
5 Jan 2011, 12:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After a failed return to Formula One last year, it's needless to point out what Michael Schumacher's fans from all over the world wish for their favorite driver in 2011: a chance to fight for the world championship. And while many have se...
Mallorca to Host F1 Race in 2012?
5 Jan 2011, 11:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The 2012 season of Formula One might witness the first race in the Balearic Islands in the history of the Great Circus. And that's because the rumors that initially surfaced in the media midway through last season, regarding Mallorca's pl...
Ecclestone Too Worried About New F1 Engine Sound
5 Jan 2011, 11:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After the FIA announced the introduction of new, more environmentally-friendly 1.6-litre 4-cylinder turbocharged engines in Formula One starting the 2013 season, certain fears were raised over the move. And some of them addressed the sound problem,...
Liuzzi Denies Force India Ousting
5 Jan 2011, 10:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Vitantonio Liuzzi may have lost his seat with Force India recently – according to a report from Swiss newspaper Blick – but he sure doesn't act like it. In a recent interview with Italian website 422race.com, he insisted that the t...
Pat Fry Replaces Chris Dyer at Ferrari
5 Jan 2011, 10:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As reported by several media in Italy in the last couple of months, Ferrari's head of race track engineering Chris Dyer has lost his job with the Scuderia. Needless to say, the Italian squad did not give an official explanation for its decisio...
Petrov Vows to Fight the Ferraris, McLarens in 2011
5 Jan 2011, 09:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Vitaly Petrov was confirmed by Lotus Renault for the upcoming two seasons of Formula One, and shortly after vowed to repay the team's confidence in him by meeting its expectations for 2011. Now Russia has thrown another important investor to f...
McLaren to Drop Silver from 2011 Car Livery?
5 Jan 2011, 08:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / According to some speculation that runs around the Great Circus these days – no media involved this time – it is believed that McLaren Mercedes will no longer use silver as their predominant livery color starting this upcoming season. ...
Lotus Renault to Show 2011 Livery Next Week
5 Jan 2011, 08:12 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault will likely confirm the launch of the 2011 single-seater for late January, joining all the other championship “big guns” that have done the same in recent days – Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull. However, the new car livery f...
Al-Attiyah Grabs Stage 3 of 2011 Dakar Rally
5 Jan 2011, 07:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Carlos Sainz did not continue his winning streak in the 2011 Dakar Rally on Tuesday, but it was still a Volkswagen Touareg to reach San Salvador de Jujuy in first place at the end of Stage 3. This time it was Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah to grab...
Trulli Warns F1 Has Become Too Expensive for Young Drivers
4 Jan 2011, 16:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / In a time when young promising racers are having trouble making their entrance into Formula One unless they secure a strong financial package – some of them are finding it hard to stay in the series despite some overwhelming results, see Nico...
Customer MINI Countryman to Debut in WRC
4 Jan 2011, 15:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Prodrive and MINI will begin their new adventure in the World Rally Championship on a part-time basis in 2011, but the first rally-spec MINI Countryman to make it to a 2011 WRC entry list will not be a works one, but ran through a customer effort. ...
Russia Keeps Providing Financial Support to Petrov
4 Jan 2011, 14:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Vitaly Petrov will stay in Formula One at least until the end of the 2012 season and, if he confirms the hopes put in him by his Lotus Renault team, he may have a chance of becoming the first Russian driver to start on the grid of the first Russian...
Toro Rosso Deny Interest from Arab Investors
4 Jan 2011, 14:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / There were a number of reports issued by Swiss newspaper Blick in recent days, and everybody seems to have eaten it with a big spoon (ourselves included). However, as it often happens after a bunch of stuff is written in the media, people come to d...
Ferrari Identifies Massa's Problems
4 Jan 2011, 14:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After his failed campaign in 2010 – which came immediately after another poor season in 2009 – everybody assumed that Felipe Massa will be ousted by Ferrari and replaced with a stronger competitor for 2011. Instead, the Scuderia refused...
Ferrari Boss Praises One-Man-Show Adrian Newey
4 Jan 2011, 13:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari haven't won anything in Formula One in the last couple of years – we're talking trophies here – and their thirst for titles is getting bigger by the season. However, the fight for becoming world champions once again is...
Team Lotus Supports New Engine in F1
4 Jan 2011, 13:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Since Ferrari has been so critical of the new F1 engine rules introduced by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for the 2013 season, there had to be someone to counterbalance the situation. And Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes stepped right...
Hulkenberg's Management Denies Force India Report
4 Jan 2011, 11:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / According to a report from Blick newspaper in Switzerland, Force India has already decided on their 2011 drivers lineup: Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta will be race drivers for Vijay Mallya's squad, while former Williams racer Nico Hulkenberg ...