Donington Park Boss Sued Over Unpaid Rent?
11 Feb 2009, 16:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Each day seems to bring even more bad news of the future host (if eventually accepted by the International Automobile Federation) of the British Grand Prix. The Donington Park owners seem even more ...
Ron Dennis & Lewis Hamilton Receive Palm D'Or Awards
11 Feb 2009, 15:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / He may be retiring from his position as team principal of McLaren-Mercedes later this year, but Ron Dennis will never be too old to accept a Palm D'Or (Golden Palm) award for his long-time acti...
Sandstorm Ruins 2nd Day of Testing in Bahrain
11 Feb 2009, 15:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If it's not a fog interrupting the testing action at Bahrain, it's a sandstorm. After yesterday''s session on the Sakhir circuit was cut due to intense fog, this morning's m...
Ralf Schumacher Gets New Mercedes C-Klasse for 2009
11 Feb 2009, 14:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ralf Schumacher is expected to boost his performances inside the DTM this year, as Mercedes-Benz have confirmed that the series' sophomore will be driving a 2009-spec C-Klasse in 2009. After sp...
Red Bull RB5 Dominates Day 1 at Jerez
11 Feb 2009, 13:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Buemi topped the first day of testing at the Jerez circuit on Tuesday, but the timing sheets were not very relevant as Toro Rosso approached the official testing session this week with the...
Chandhok: No Finance, No F1 Seat
10 Feb 2009, 15:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Karun Chandhok revealed the real reasons why he's not part of the F1 roster in 2009. Following the economic downturn that started in late 2008 and Honda's pulling out of the sport in Decem...
Coulthard: Button May End F1 Career
10 Feb 2009, 13:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / By keeping his promise and sticking with Honda's F1 racing team no matter what, Jenson Button might eventually be forced to leave Formula One out the back door. At least that's how friend ...
Bahrain Testing Affected by Fog
10 Feb 2009, 13:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Ferrari was hoping to finally conduct some proper testing of their Ferrari F60 this year – following the rainy testing session at Mugello in January – fog prevented the Scuderia...
Vettel Gained 4 Kg During the Winter Break
10 Feb 2009, 11:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing not only decided to take on a different approach when building their car for the 2009 season but will also have maybe the only two drivers in the F1 roster not to have committed to d...
Trident Racing Sign Davide Rigon for Asia Series
10 Feb 2009, 10:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Trident Racing have announced the replacement of Adrian Valles with former Euroseries 3000 champion Davide Rigon ahead of the next GP2 Asia Series race in Qatar. The Italian will therefore make his ...
Vettel Rules Out Drivers' Strike
10 Feb 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The F1 drivers are indeed unhappy with the fees they are required to pay in order to get their superlicense for 2009, but the possibility of them going to strike about it doesn't seem probable....
Hockenheim to Leave F1?
10 Feb 2009, 09:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hockenheim is likely to join the number of historic circuit to be axed from the Formula 1 calendar in the years to come. According to media reports in Germany – Sport Bild – F1 supreme B...
Peugeot Confirm Bourdais for Le Mans
10 Feb 2009, 08:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Bourdais' racing commitments for 2009 have received yet another boost, after French manufacturer Peugeot confirmed the 4-time Champ Car winner for the 2009 edition of the Le Mans 24 H...
Donington Boss Denies Debt Allegations
10 Feb 2009, 08:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Donington Park will go ahead with its revamping program as scheduled, insisted the circuit's boss Simon Gillett. He denied the reports that appeared in the British media the past weekend &ndash...
Red Bull RB5 Debuts with Gearbox Problems
10 Feb 2009, 07:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing did not have the perfect start in terms of testing their 2009 machinery, the Red Bull RB5. The 2009 challenger was supposed to hit the track at Jerez yesterday, with Sebastian Vettel...
Henning Solberg Targets Win in Rally Norway
9 Feb 2009, 16:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Loeb should not only fear the Ford works drivers for the Rally Norway win this weekend, but also Stobart Ford's Henning Solberg. Having ranked 3rd overall during the 2007 event, the N...
Horner Hails Adrian Newey's Approach on the RB5
9 Feb 2009, 15:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The new regulation changes introduced by the FIA this year led to a series of optimistic thoughts from all F1 team principals when talking about their 2009 campaign. The last of those statements bel...
Red Bull Cut Jobs, Turn to In-House Production
9 Feb 2009, 15:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Red Bull Racing's team manager Christian Horner revealed that his team had to cut about 20 jobs during the winter break in an effort to reduce costs ahead of the new season. However, the Britis...
Webber Will Race No Matter What, Rules Out Diet
9 Feb 2009, 14:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although confident about making it to the season opener in Australia, Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber admitted only time in the cockpit will tell if he will be ready to race in late March or not....
Martin Truex Jr. Clinches Daytona 500 Pole Position
9 Feb 2009, 14:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Martin Truex Jr. will start the upcoming Sprint Cup season from pole position, as he managed to set the fastest time of the qualifying session for the Daytona 500. The Earnhardt Ganassi Racing drive...