Auto Motorsport
Barrichello Launches Public Attack on Brawn GP
12 Jul 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Rubens Barrichello has had enough of team orders and mechanic-related mistakes this season, and he let it all out after his disappointing finish in the German Grand Prix, at the Nurburgring. The Bra...
Mark Webber Scores First F1 Win at the Nurburgring
12 Jul 2009, 14:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mark Webber has finally done it. The Red Bull driver scored his first Formula One win in 132 starts, at the Nurburgring, beating local favorite and teammate Sebastian Vettel by almost 10 seconds and...
Nelsinho Piquet Faces Departure Speculations After German Grand Prix
10 Jul 2009, 15:14 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The Nurburgring paddock is filled with rumors about Nelsinho Piquet leaving the French F1 team after the German Grand Prix. The rumors are well-founded on Renault's F1 manager Flavio Briatore&...
Hamilton Tops Second Practice at the Nurburgring
10 Jul 2009, 14:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton took his slightly improved MP4-24 on top of the time charts during the second practice session on Friday. Just like in the P1, a short drizzle prevented the fie...
German Police Knocks at Force India's Door
10 Jul 2009, 13:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Force India nearly missed this weekend's German Grand Prix following a brief police raid at team's motor home at the Nurburgring. The German police allegedly knocked at Force India's ...
Villeneuve Admits "Slim Chances" of F1 Return
10 Jul 2009, 10:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jacques Villeneuve's return to Formula One might be a long way from finalizing, as the Canadian driver revealed, earlier this week, that his discussions for a race seat in 2010 have been &ldquo...
Webber Tops Morning Practice in Germany
10 Jul 2009, 10:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull did not lose any momentum during today's morning practice at the Nurburgring, as Australian Mark Webber set the fastest time of the day, almost four tenths of a second ahead of nearest...
Timo Glock Loses Race Engineer ahead of German GP
10 Jul 2009, 09:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Getting a job in Formula One doesn't seem like that big of a deal nowadays, if we are to judge by the latest news from within the F1 paddock. Following the surprising departure of Geoff Willis ...
German Drivers Give Nazi Salute to the Media
10 Jul 2009, 09:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The 5 German drivers part of this year's Formula One grid – Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg, Timo Glock, Sebastian Vettel and Adrian Sutil – showed their home crowd they still haven...
Melbourne Threatens to Axe GP Unless Mosley Steps Down
10 Jul 2009, 09:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Australian organizers have warned the Formula One Management that they will revise their participation in the sport if FOTA will decide to form a breakaway series. Of course, these kind of threa...
Red Bull Takes Front Row at Chicagoland, Vickers in Pole Position
10 Jul 2009, 08:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If one could bet on something, it would probably be on Brian Vickers taking pole position during this year's rounds of the Sprint Cup Series. The Red Bull driver recorded his 5th pole position ...
Button Admits Pressure to Win Again
10 Jul 2009, 07:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Even if he is currently holding a 23-point lead in the drivers' classification, British driver Jenson Button insisted he is now under more pressure to get back in the winning streak with more t...
Kovalainen Hopeful of Retaining McLaren Drive for 2010
10 Jul 2009, 07:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With the second half of the season under way soon, rumors about potential F1 deals in 2010 are starting to surface in the media. There are plenty of drivers who don't know exactly what to expec...
Geoff Willis Resigns as Technical Director of Red Bull
10 Jul 2009, 06:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing might be at the top of their game this season, but their rate of success didn't seem to impress technical director Geoff Willis too much. It appears the 49-year old Brit has lef...
Bourdais Dismisses Toro Rosso Ultimatum
10 Jul 2009, 06:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Scuderia Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais yesterday commented the rumors suggesting the German Grand Prix might be his last outing with the Faenza based team this season. A quite relaxed Bourdai...
Raikkonen Tells Ferrari to Focus on 2010 Car
10 Jul 2009, 05:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari may be thinking of replacing their sole world champion in the last 5 years – Kimi Raikkonen, that is – with Renault's Fernando Alonso, but that doesn't seem to stop the...
Raikkonen Wants Ferrari Seat in 2010
10 Jul 2009, 05:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Ferrari and Fernando Alonso took a clear stand in the ongoing rumors referring to the Spaniard's move to Maranello in 2010, it was only natural the German reporters at Nurburgring would t...
Hamilton Appeals to Bring Back Celebration in F1
9 Jul 2009, 15:13 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The reigning champion in Formula One expressed, in an interview for the German press ahead of the Nurburgring Grand Prix, his desire to see celebration back in F1. At the end of the Silverstone ...
Joey Logano in Gillette Ad Campaign
9 Jul 2009, 15:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Gillette announced today that Joey Logano, the youngest driver in the history of NASCAR to win a Sprint Cup Series event, will be joining Gillette Young Guns Drivers, alongside other racing hotties,...
Toro Rosso Gives Ultimatum to Bourdais
9 Jul 2009, 15:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Recent media reports revealed that Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais may have only one race to prove himself in Formula One. Following some disappointing outings this season – in h...