Category: Formula 1
Toyota Announces Plans To Continue Racing In F1, NASCAR
Toyota Motor Corp. today announced that it “plans to keep racing in Formula One and NASCAR," despite the company forecasting its first loss in 59 years. Toyota F1 team Principal … Read More
Alonso leads Day 2 at Jerez
Final F1 test times for Monday at Jerez, Spain. Jenson Button took over the driving responsibilities of the Brawn GP001 for the afternoon and began a race simulation before a … Read More
Brawn insists no cheap pace for sponsors
(GMM) Ross Brawn has plainly rejected speculation his Brackley based team is artificially topping the test timesheets. Ever since the BGP001 recently made its debut, it has stunned the F1 … Read More
BMW wants higher F1 car weight
(GMM) BMW-Sauber would like to see formula one's minimum car weight increased. Despite the voluntary introduction of heavy KERS energy re-use systems this year, the FIA has left the existing … Read More
Barrichello stays top at lunchtime in Jerez
Testing continued this morning in Jerez, with Brawn GP, Renault, McLaren and Williams all in action for the week's second day in southern Spain. Just like yesterday, it's been a … Read More
Q&A with BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen
Mario Theissen The BMW Sauber F1 Team has covered 9,445 kilometers in testing with the F1.09 in Valencia, Sakhir, Jerez and Barcelona in preparation for the team's fourth season in … Read More
The Story of the FW31
Williams FW31 “This could be our most important season for a decade," says Frank Williams. “The rule changes give Williams F1 a chance to re-establish itself." Whether the team returns … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief
Last winter testing this week Brawn's diffuser design also disputed Coulthard museum shutting down Teams pushing on amid crisis – Ecclestone Last winter testing this week(GMM) One of the last … Read More
Alonso crashes R29
Fernando Alonso The ING Renault F1 Team began its final pre-season test today at the Circuito de Jerez in the south of Spain as Fernando Alonso completed 40 laps of … Read More
Barrichello tops today’s test times from Jerez
Rubens Barrichello in the Brawn The last week of F1 testing for the year began today in Jerez, Spain. Once again the Brawn GP team showed the way with Rubens … Read More
F1 lenders worried F1 will not be able to meet payments
Lenders to Formula One and Manchester United, two of the biggest names in British sport, have been selling on loans taken out by the two businesses at deeply distressed prices … Read More
Are McLaren and Brawn showing their real hand?
Last week's four-day test in Barcelona presented us with more questions than answers, as the start of the 2009 Formula One season draws ever nearer. With just two weeks to … Read More
Team boss: Toyota nearly pulled out of F1
Toyota Motors' decision to stay involved in Formula One went right down to the wire, a Toyota executive told The Yomiuri Shimbun. Tadashi Yamashina, chairman of the German-based Toyota Motor … Read More
Brawn team stirs up the odds
The newly formed Brawn GP team are causing quite a stir, not only in testing in Barcelona but in the betting world too, both the team and its drivers have … Read More
New rules ‘disadvantaged’ Ferrari – boss
(GMM) Ferrari is facing "a slight disadvantage" heading into the 2009 season, its team boss Stefano Domenicali has admitted. First, reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton's employer McLaren this week admitted … Read More
Nuclear Waste is not an issue
As it turns out we were all led, incorrectly, to believe that the storage of waste from nuclear power plants was a problem. As it turns out, it really is … Read More
Bernie rules out Silverstone return
(GMM) Bernie Ecclestone has ruled out formula one returning to Silverstone, even if it means the historic British grand prix must fall off the calendar altogether. The F1 chief executive … Read More
McLaren team in emergency talks
The McLaren team held a crisis meeting at their base in Woking yesterday, it is rumored. Lewis Hamilton joined the meeting after returning from the Barcelona test to join teammate … Read More
Q&A with McLaren’s Whitmarsh and Haug
McLaren completed their penultimate pre-season test in Barcelona on Thursday, and with just one final four-day test remaining before the start of the season the team is languishing dangerously at … Read More
Kovalainen gained weight for 2009
(GMM) Heikki Kovalainen bucked this winter's trend by actually putting on a significant amount of weight. While most of his rivals shed kilograms ahead of the introduction of heavy KERS … Read More
Ecclestone set to lose £1bn
UPDATE What part of the word 'divorce' does the diminutive Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone not understand? On Wednesday, his Croatian-born (former) wife Slavica was granted a decree nisi at … Read More
British firm to design French GP track
Pierre Bedier, the president of the Yvelines Conseil General has revealed details of the planned F1 factory at Flins-Les Mureaux, in the Seine Valley to the west of Paris. Bedier … Read More
Aussie GP projected to have huge losses again
There isn't a race promoter in F1 that Bernie Ecclestone and the FOM don't bankrupt. Not a single one turns a profit and if not for government subsidies, are really … Read More
Interview with BMW Sauber F1 driver Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica Munich/Hinwil. The final day of testing of the BMW Sauber F1 Team for the 2009 season has now passed. After taking the F1.09 for its maiden outing in … Read More