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All-American F1 Team to Be Based in North Carolina
9 Feb 2009, 10:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The first all-American Formula 1 team that is likely to make its debut in the series from as early as 2010 will be based in North Carolina. The news was reported by the Charlotte Observer and ThatsR...
Turkish GP Face Scrape-Off in 2011
9 Feb 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Turkey may host its last Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2011 if the circuit officials do not start negotiations with F1 supreme Bernie Ecclestone soon enough. As reported by Turkish newspaper The Today...
Red Bull Unveil New RB5 for 2009
9 Feb 2009, 09:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing are the latest team to introduce their 2009 challenger this off-season, revealing their newly-developed RB5 earlier today, at Jerez. Team manager Christian Horner expressed his hopes...
Petter Solberg Starts Own Team in the WRC
9 Feb 2009, 08:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Subaru may have left the World Rally Championship ahead of the 2009 season, but Petter Solberg's plans inside the series will not stop here. The 2003 WRC champion has struggled to find a racing...
GPDA Make Official Superlicense Request to FIA
9 Feb 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Grand Prix Drivers Association will not sit back and watch how superlicense fees inside Formula 1 increase year after year. The F1 drivers are currently taking their time to sign the new superli...
Kevin Harvick Wins 2009 Budweiser Shootout
8 Feb 2009, 10:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Kevin Harvick will enter the new Sprint Cup season feeling like a winner, after clinching the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Although he got knocked into the wall in the first...
FIA WTCC Confirm 2G Bio-Fuel in 2009
7 Feb 2009, 22:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It is now official. The 2009 edition of the FIA World Touring Car Championship will be much eco-friendlier as compared to the past seasons, as all cars will be running on second generation bio-fuel ...
Loeb Admits Underdog Status in Norway
6 Feb 2009, 14:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Rally Norway will be Ford's best chance of getting even with rivals Citroen in the overall classification. Following their poor performances in Ireland, Ford are very confident they could turn ...
Mosley Knows Who Set Him Up in the Sexgate
6 Feb 2009, 13:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA president Max Mosley revealed that he is pretty much sure of the person who set him up in the famous sex scandal following the News of the World article about his private sex life last year. Acc...
FIA Lift Restrictions on Stepney and Coughlan
6 Feb 2009, 12:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Starting today, Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan are allowed to work within the Formula 1 paddock. The two men that started the entire espionage scandal between Ferrari and McLaren back in 2007 &ndas...
iSport Sign Van Der Garde and Nunes for Main Series
6 Feb 2009, 12:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / iSport International have completed their driver lineup for the upcoming GP2 Main Series. According to the latest statement on the team's official site, Netherlands Giedo Van Der Garde and Braz...
Takuma Sato's Manager Furious with Toro Rosso
6 Feb 2009, 10:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although they knew right from the beginning that money was a key issue in Toro Rosso's decision to name their second driver for 2009, Takuma Sato and manager Andrew Gilbert-Scott expressed thei...
Menard on Pole Position in the 2009 Budweiser Shootout
6 Feb 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Paul Menard of Yates Racing will start the Budweiser Shootout this weekend from pole position. The starting order for the invitation-only event was established after each of the 28 drivers chose bot...
Official: Bourdais Signs Toro Rosso Extension
6 Feb 2009, 09:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It is now official! Sebastien Buemi will be the second driver competing for Toro Rosso in 2009. The last piece of the puzzle came together earlier today, when the Frenchman officially announced that...
Johnson Predicts the Unpredictable in 2009
6 Feb 2009, 09:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hoping to secure a 4th consecutive Sprint Cup title in 2009, Hendrick Motorsports' Jimmie Johnson reckons that nobody knows what to expect from the new season. Following the testing ban imposed...
Mosley Tips Hamilton for Retaining Crown
6 Feb 2009, 08:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the new season will bring a lot of new coordinates into the sport – introduction of slick tires, Kinetic Energy Recovery System, new aerodynamic package, in-season testing ban, new en...
Innovative Rear Diffusers Cleared by FIA
6 Feb 2009, 07:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / In case anybody would want to challenge the clever rear diffuser designs used by Toyota and Williams F1 ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, the records have already been straightened by FIA presiden...
FIA Confirms USF1 Bid
6 Feb 2009, 07:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA president Max Mosley confirmed rumors linking an American Group entering Formula 1 under the USF1 name. Although no details were disclosed, the Englishman referred to the project as being handle...
Mosley Disagrees with Drivers on Superlicense Fee
5 Feb 2009, 14:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA president Max Mosley doesn't seem too compassionate of the F1 drivers when it comes to the Superlicense fee they have to pay ahead of the 2009 season. Having already increased the fees by a...
FIA Unable to Keep Historical Venues in F1
5 Feb 2009, 13:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation has no means of counteracting Bernie Ecclestone's policy of switching from old historical circuits to new venues. FIA's president Max Mosley did not...