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
Korean GP Gets Race Promoters' Trophy from the FIA
13 Dec 2010, 11:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Something must have gone wrong with the decision making process within the International Automobile Federation (FIA) last weekend, as the representatives of the governing motor racing body have handed the Korean Grand Prix the Race Promoters’...
Team Lotus Release Fairuz Fauzy as Friday Driver
13 Dec 2010, 10:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Team Lotus might have to wait for a few weeks or even months to find out on what conditions they may tackle the 2011 campaign of Formula One (team name, livery and so on), but as far as their official lineup is concerned, things look to become pret...
Ferrari Targets Extreme F1 Design in 2011
13 Dec 2010, 10:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A few days back, Ferrari's technical director Aldo Costa revealed that the Scuderia will be targeting an extreme design for the 2011 season of Formula One. During a recent media meeting at the Bologna Motor Show, team principal Stefano Domenic...
HRT Owner Denies Team Selling Reports
13 Dec 2010, 09:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following several rumors that appeared in the Spanish media throughout the duration of last week, linking the Hispania Racing F1 Team to a potential sellout before the start of the 2011 Formula One season, the owner of the squad, businessman Jose R...
5 World Champions Grid to Break F1 Record in 2011
13 Dec 2010, 09:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If the 2010 season of Formula One was truly breathtaking, with no less than 4 world champions battling for the F1 crown and the fight for the championship going to the wire until the last chequered flag in Abu Dhabi, the upcoming campaign promises ...
Volkswagen Welcomes New Turbo Engine Rules in F1
13 Dec 2010, 08:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / German manufacturer Volkswagen AG has welcomed the new engine rules imposed by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) starting the 2013 season of Formula One. According to the motor racing representative of the German brand, former Grand Pri...
Ferrari Salutes Team Orders Ban Scrap in F1
13 Dec 2010, 08:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Once the International Automobile Federation (FIA) decided to scrap the team orders ban in Formula One from now on, it was only natural for teams to react. And those of you who had placed your bets on Ferrari, it's time to cash out. Indeed, it...
Tom Walkinshaw Dies of Lung Cancer at 64
13 Dec 2010, 07:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Former Arrows team boss and owner Tom Walkinshaw has died of lung cancer aged 64. The news appeared via Twitter this past weekend, when former F1 driver Mark Blundell paid tribute to the “good driver and team owner, RIP”. The second ...
FIA Confirms Turbo Engines for 2013, Scraps Team Orders Ban
10 Dec 2010, 15:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Formula One has finally gotten rid of the controversial team orders ban. Following the latest meeting of the FIA's World Motor Sport Council (WMSC), it has been decided that the “article forbidding team orders (39.1) is deleted.” ...
Lotus Renault F1 Team Will Not Change Team Manager
10 Dec 2010, 15:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Group Lotus' latest move in Formula One – purchasing a big part of the Enstone based Renault F1 Team to become major equity partner in the organization – will not be followed by important changes in terms of team management. At lea...
Citroen Sign Peter van Merksteijn Jr for 2011 WRC
10 Dec 2010, 14:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Christmas has come a bit early for Dutch driver Peter van Merksteijn Jr, who has been announced by Citroen that he will drive a factory-supported DS3 WRC in the 2011 World Rally Championship. Van Merksteijn Jr will likely drive the car on a full-ti...
Brundle Teams Up with Blundell for 2011 Daytona 24-Hour Race
10 Dec 2010, 13:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Martin Brundle will leave the commentator desk at the BBC during the month of January – not that the British broadcaster has any F1 activity during that time of year – and return to racing. After making some one-off appearances in the V...
Hispania Racing Going Bankrupt?
10 Dec 2010, 12:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hispania Racing F1 Team is on the brink of collapse. According to the latest reports in Spain, it seems that the squad owned by Jose Ramon Carabante might not make it to the season opener in Bahrain next season. That is unless a miracle happens or ...
2011 FIA WTCC Season Opener to Be Held at Interlagos
10 Dec 2010, 12:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The FIA World Touring Car Championship will kick off next season in Brazil, as the series' officials have decided to start the 2011 campaign at the Interlagos circuit, rather than the one in Curitiba, Mexico. The decision made by WTCC promo...
Hunt Says Renault Risks Image Damages Over Lotus Deal
10 Dec 2010, 10:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault is on the verge of being dragged into another scandal that can affect its image in the world of motor racing. That is the opinion expressed by David Hunt, the brother of 1976 world champion James Hunt, who until recently held the rights of ...
Team Lotus Will Launch 2011 Car in January
10 Dec 2010, 09:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Team Lotus has learned its lesson well enough in Formula One and started off preparations for the 2011 campaign from as early as July this year. Consequently, their 2011-spec car will be up and ready for media debut in January, and will be taken to...
Prost Regrets Renault F1 Exit
10 Dec 2010, 08:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / France is slowly dying from a Formula One involvement perspective, and the only man who seems to give a damn about it is quadruple world champion Alain Prost. After losing its only Grand Prix in the series a few years back, when Magny-Cours was ous...
Petrov, Worst Driver of 2010 - Verstappen
10 Dec 2010, 08:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While many regard Vitaly Petrov as one of the most impressive newcomers of the 2010 Formula One season, mainly because of his last performance of the year in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, some F1 pundits beg to differ. Well, we're in fact talking ...
Lotus Renault Boss Tells Petrov to Change F1 Approach
10 Dec 2010, 07:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Vitaly Petrov was indeed tipped with the best possibility of retaining his seat with Lotus Renault F1 Team for the 2011 season, but in order to make it in the series he has to really commit himself to the F1 demands. And this doesn't only mean...
Briscoe Secures 2011 Deal with Team Penske
9 Dec 2010, 15:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ryan Briscoe will continue his adventure with Team Penske in the IndyCar season for at least one more season, after the very sponsor of the IRL, IZOD, stepped in and secured some of the needed financial backing for the Australian driver in 2011. ...