Posted in February 16th, 2009
The Renault F1 team will lose their ING sponsorship after the end of the 2009 season.
Renault F1 Team Managing Director, Flavio Briatore said: “During the past three years, the Team and ING have enjoyed a rewarding and successful relationship.
“Drastic cost reductions are one of the first priorities and with the ongoing programme of measures […]
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Posted in February 13th, 2009
Reigning F3 Euroseries champion Nico Hulkenberg won today’s GP2 race in Qatar, the first night race the series has run. Hulkenberg lost his pole advantage at the start, which was mired by a huge crash involving Sakon Yamamoto and Yelmer Buurman, but drove a superb race to clinch the victory.
The BBC website has an interesting […]
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Posted in February 6th, 2009
Sebastien Bourdais has finally been confirmed at Toro Rosso alongside rookie Sebastien Buemi for the 2009 F1 season. The former Champ Car champion faced months of uncertainty as the team tested the likes of Takuma Sato for the drive.
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Posted in January 18th, 2009
Ron Dennis has stepped down as team principal of the McLaren F1 team. Head of operations Martin Whitmarsh will take on Dennis’s role.
“It’s time for Martin to take over. It is 100% my decision - this is a job he will embrace and from now most race-day decisions will be his,” said Dennis.
“This is the […]
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Posted in January 13th, 2009
With the news that Red Bull has placed another of its junior drivers, Mikhail Aleshin, in the new F2 category along with Robert Wickens, I’m getting a bit nervous about the future of GP2. Common sense suggests that two such similar categories cannot coexist with the same level of success. As a GP2 fan, I’d […]
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Posted in December 31st, 2008
Lewis Hamilton has picked up another 2008 award - an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List. Hamilton described it as “the most amazing culmination to what has been quite a year for me”
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Posted in December 4th, 2008
Honda will reportedly announce their withdrawal from F1 tomorrow (Friday). An announcement regarding the team’s future is due at 0500 GMT.
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Posted in November 24th, 2008
The BBC have confirmed their commentary team for the 2009 F1 season. ITV stalwart Martin Brundle will be joined in the commentary box by Jonathan Legard, with Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie reporting from the pitlane. David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan will provide opinion.
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Posted in November 23rd, 2008
Adam Carroll put Team Ireland at the top of the A1GP series standings with an emphatic feature race win at Sepang today, ahead of Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal) and Marco Andretti (USA).
Neel Jani won the sprint race for Team Switzerland ahead of Loic Duval (France) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand).
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Posted in November 14th, 2008
Carlo van Dam took pole position for this weekend’s F3 Macau Grand Prix, as second-quickest Sam Bird fell to fifth after being given a three-place grid penalty.
Pos Driver Team Car […]
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