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Alonso: "Ferrari Story Gets Old!"

9 Jul 2009, 14:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso did the only decent thing he could do and stood by his team during times of intense rumoring such as these. Confronted with allegations that he has already signed a 2-year contract w...

Hirvonen Not Feeling Title Pressure

9 Jul 2009, 14:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Surely Mikko Hirvonen was not hopeful of holding the championship lead with 4 rounds to go in the 2009 World Rally Championship season. After Loeb had won 5 events in a row in the first part of the ...

Rally Australia to Set Up Extra Grandstands for September Event

9 Jul 2009, 13:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The alternative scheme by which one gets to host a round in the World Rally Championship these days seems to have worked just fine for the Australian organizers. Actually, it went better than fine, ...

Volvo to Run C30s on Bio-Ethanol at WTCC's Brands Hatch

9 Jul 2009, 12:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Volvo has confirmed participation in the Brands Hatch event of this year's FIA World Touring Car Championship through Swedish team Polestar. This will be a one-off from the Nordic car maker in ...

FIA Blames the FOTA for Paris Bluff

9 Jul 2009, 12:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) responded to FOTA's recent accusation that the 8 teams were not allowed to bring their input to the 2010 sporting & technical regulations durin...

Italian Media Going Strong on Alonso-Ferrari Deal

9 Jul 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Yes, we know it's not official, and yes, it can become rather annoying keeping the headlines with the Alonso-Ferrari rumors lately, but with so many reports linking the Spaniard to a driving sp...

Red Bull to Build 2010 Car after Vettel's Driving Style

9 Jul 2009, 10:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull's Christian Horner revealed that the 2010 car – the RB6 – will be built around German star Sebastian Vettel. The 22-year old driver has driven the RB5 to two championship w...

Meteorologists Predict Heavy Rain on Sunday, at Nurburgring

9 Jul 2009, 10:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The latest news concerning the weather at the Nurburgring circuit this weekend is certainly not that good for the Formula One teams. Although cold temperatures were expected to hit the venue placed ...

FOTA Threaten with Breakaway Series... Again!

9 Jul 2009, 09:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With the prospects of having yet another racing weekend overshadowed by the ongoing dispute between the FIA and the FOTA – the June 24 peace turned up to be quite misleading, hasn't it? &...

Alonso to Attend Roadshow in Oviedo

9 Jul 2009, 09:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso will finally be part of Renault's Roadshow tour this year – probably his last with the Enstone based team – as the two-time world champion has confirmed his presence...

F1 Drivers Lose Charity Football Match to German All-Stars

9 Jul 2009, 08:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Nazionale Piloti has gotten us used to plenty of charity football matches this year. Unlike recent years, the Formula One drivers seem more open to playing some good old fashioned football match...

Felipe Massa Confirms He'll Be a Father in November

9 Jul 2009, 08:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's Felipe Massa is set to becoming a father later this year. The Brazilian driver officially confirmed for the first time this season, prior to this weekend's German Grand Prix. Acc...

Heidfeld and Glock Reveal Special Helmets for German GP

9 Jul 2009, 07:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With German drivers making up a quarter of the Formula One grid nowadays, the Nurburgring race this weekend is surely something a German F1 fan out there would never want to miss. As Jenson Button a...

Austian Government to Remove Honor from Ecclestone

9 Jul 2009, 07:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone's pro-Hitler comments last weekend seem to haunt the Formula One supremo despite his public apology recently. After he was rumored to miss the upcoming German Grand Prix, at N...

FOTA Blames FIA for Endangering F1 Peace

9 Jul 2009, 07:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following the FIA – FOTA representation yesterday afternoon, the teams' alliance issued a short statement, giving their stand on what went wrong during the Paris discussions. Accused by t...

FOTA Walks Out of FIA Meeting, Peace Over!

9 Jul 2009, 06:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As expected, the peace between the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) lasted for a couple of weeks. Actually, it only lasted until the two bodies ...

Heidfeld Regrets Not Switching to Brawn

8 Jul 2009, 14:26 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The German F1 driver could have been competing this season behind the wheel of a BGP 001 for Brawn GP team. Nick Heidfeld revealed for a German newspaper, Suddeutscher Zeitung, that he was in talks ...