OFFICIAL! Honda Sell F1 Team to Ross Brawn
6 Mar 2009, 06:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It's now official! Ross Brawn will be the new team owner of Honda's surviving F1 team in 2009. The Japanese car maker confirmed, via an official statement issued on Friday, that the Brackl...
Honda, Mazda Request State Aid from Japan
5 Mar 2009, 17:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no surprise Japanese automakers started to feel the pressure of the economic recession, despite their desperate efforts to slash production and save costs in all regions of the world. N...
Pedrosa to Miss Jerez Test Due to Wrist Injury
5 Mar 2009, 11:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Dani Pedrosa has received another bad news following his latest wrist surgery yesterday. According to USP Institut Universitari Dexeus's Dr. Bartolome Ferreira – the man who was handed th...
Barrichello to Sign Honda Racing Extension
3 Mar 2009, 11:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Rubens Barrichello is to extend his streak of Formula 1 starts further on, as he is rumored to have already secured a deal with Honda's F1 outfit for the new season. The information was reveale...
Emirates Deny Sponsorship of Honda Racing
3 Mar 2009, 08:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Airline company Emirates denied all rumors linking them with a potential title-sponsorship over surviving (yet to be confirmed) Honda Racing team. The likelihood of the aforementioned company making...
Honda Team to Be Named Brawn Racing?
2 Mar 2009, 09:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With no official information from either Ross Brawn – presumably leader of the management buyout of Honda's f1 team – or Japanese manufacturer Honda concerning the future of the Bra...
Button to Accept 50% Pay Cut in 2009
27 Feb 2009, 16:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / British driver Jenson Button is ready to accept a drastic pay cut ahead of the 2009 season in order to help his team survive financially through the upcoming year. As it recently emerged from severa...
Honda F1 Team Saved by Management Buyout
26 Feb 2009, 09:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Honda's F1 team is to officially announce its new management in a few days, as unveiled by unofficial reports in the UK. According to BBC News, a source within the Brackley-based team has confi...
Barrichello to Make USF1 Move?
25 Feb 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although they've revealed plans to set up an all-American lineup for their debut season in Formula 1, it seems the USF1 management is also taking under consideration the hiring of an experience...
Takanobu Ito Appointed as Honda CEO, Still Director for R&D
24 Feb 2009, 14:08 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / With the global recession striking companies all over the world, many people are given the sack with no bright perspectives for a future employment, while others are more privileged and succee...
Honda Recalls Faulty Odysseys in the US
23 Feb 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Recalls caused by safety glitches are common things nowadays despite the fact that automakers around the world praise their safety functions and claim their models are often the safest vehicles in t...
Honda Reveal Lack of "Serious" Buyers
23 Feb 2009, 11:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The chances of seeing Honda's F1 team on the Formula 1 grid in 2009 are getting slimmer by the day, as a Honda official earlier revealed that there are no “serious” buyers in line t...
Honda Hybrid Sales Exceed 300,000
23 Feb 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Still under the strong pressure of the economic recession, companies and slowly migrating to the hybrid sector, an unexplored side of the market which is often regarded as the only chance to survive...
Richard Branson Conditions F1 Involvement
21 Feb 2009, 16:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Talking for the first time about his potential debut in Formula 1 as a team owner, Virgin Group’s Sir Richard Branson revealed he will consider the option on the sole condition that the sport ...
Virgin Group Given Deadline for Honda Deal
19 Feb 2009, 10:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It seems that the Honda F1 saga will come to an end later this month, as it is understood that the term for finding a buyer for the Japanese manufacturer's F1 operations is the end of this mont...
Senna: Toro Rosso Were Interested in Budget
18 Feb 2009, 11:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bruno Senna doesn't regret his decision to deny himself of a perfectly decent drive with Toro Rosso for a chance to start the 2009 season with Honda's F1 team. Although that decision led t...
Honda Insight Gets 10,000 Orders since Launch
18 Feb 2009, 10:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The new Honda Insight Hybrid has stirred somewhat of a fuss after its official February 6th showroom launch in Japan. In only ten days, some 10,000 orders have been placed for the new model, more th...
Carmakers Hope to Cut Cost with Fewer Trims
17 Feb 2009, 12:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The effects of the economic crisis could be felt for quite some time from now on, as automakers will try to soften the blow by cutting corners wherever possible. Car manufacturers will find it hand...
S2000 Is Dead, Long Live 700 hp T1 Honda S2000
17 Feb 2009, 11:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite its fairly high popularity among car enthusiasts from all over the world, Honda confirmed that the S2000 will be discontinued at the end of the year. But even so, Honda S2000 will remain ali...
Petrobras to Quit F1, Deny Bruno Senna Backing
16 Feb 2009, 18:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Brazilian oil giant Petrobras have denied allegations that they are considering to be part of a rescue plan for Honda's F1 team. According to autosport.com, Petrobras' Head of Sponsorship ...