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Last Updated: 2009-11-19T12:29:56+05:30
Jenson Button will partner Briton Lewis Hamilton at McLaren next season to form the "dream team" of the Formula One world champions of the past two years .
McLaren said Button, who won the 2009 title with Brawn GP, had agreed a multi-year deal to join 2008 champion Hamilton in a ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-18T14:38:49+05:30
Kimi Raikkonen will not be participating in Formula 1 racing next season as he failed to clinch a deal with McLaren.
Raikkonen's manager Steve Robertson said,"The options in F1 were with McLaren next season or nothing. Kimi and McLaren were unable to reach an agreement, so he will not ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-18T11:13:41+05:30
Timo Glock has agreed for a 2 year contract with Manor GP,according to his manager ,Hans-Bernd Wersauer.The German will drive for the new Manor GP team in the next season of F1.
Glock was associated with Toyota for the past two seasons. Glock had not participated in last three races of the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-17T11:16:40+05:30
Bruno Senna is all set to make his F1 debut with Campos Meta Team next year. The 26-year-old from Brazil has no qualms about following in his uncle, Ayrton Senna’s footsteps. Bruno has been carrying the onus of being the late racer’s nephew ever since he has stepped into a racing car. ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-16T12:40:24+05:30
The Lotus Formula One team has signed its first driver. The new Malaysian-backed teams’ principal Tony Fernandes said this on Saturday but did not reveal the name.
The aviation entrepreneur announced on his Twitter feed."One Malaysia Formula One team aka Lotus has signed its ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-12T15:41:25+05:30
Ace driver Karun Chandhok has said that he has chances of racing in Formula One championship next year.Chandok is currently in discussion with a number of F1 teams.
The Chennai youngster is confident of making it into the next years racing in F1. Chandhok said ,"My father, our ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-12T15:07:08+05:30
Former Renault team head Flavio Briatore has charged one million euros as compensation over the crash-gate scandal from Formula One's governing body.
Briatore will also appeal in the Paris court on the life ban imposed on him from the sport. He wants the ban to be dismissed and a minimum ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-10T14:56:40+05:30
The fake profiles of Formula One racer Rubens Barrichello in Orkut have earned him $500,000. Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay the amount to Barrichello as it owns and manages the social network site Orkut.
The court in Sao Paulo took the decision that was published in the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-05T12:08:36+05:30
Toyota became the latest automaker to quit Formula 1 in response to the economic crisis. Toyota Motor Corp announced its withdrawal from F1 on Wednesday. The carmaker is expecting to report losses for the second consecutive year, due to collapsing sales in the US and European ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-04T12:33:58+05:30
It is being speculated that Japan's Toyota Motor will withdraw from Formula 1.The major reason behind Toyota’s pull out is to slash costs to cope with the fallout from the global recession.
According to sources, Toyota’s Wednesday meeting would decide on company’s ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-03T11:49:15+05:30
Indian driver Armaan Ebrahim secured another top 10 finish in the inaugural FIA Formula 2 Championship .He finished on a high as he came in 12th and 10th in the Sunday's final round of the series at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Fresh of an impressive debut outing the previous weekend with the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-03T10:47:11+05:30
Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has announced that it is to withdraw from Formula One at the end of the 2010 season. The company aims to concentrate its resources on alternative development.
Bridgestone motorsport director Hiroshi Yasukawa in a statement on Monday said, "The ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-02T11:35:05+05:30
Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull won the season-ending inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. This was the first 'day-night' race in Formula One history.
The early retirement of Briton Lewis Hamilton with brake problems on his McLaren Mercedes gave way to the 22 year-old German to easily ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-30T15:41:54+05:30
Bruno Senna has signed for new Formula One team Campos. This was disclosed by a racing official said on Thursday. Bruno Senna is the nephew of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna. The 26-year-old finalised his deal with Campos last weekend.
The Brazilian racing official who was involved ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-30T13:14:29+05:30
Nico Rosberg has decided to leave the Williams Formula One team after the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.The German driver told on Thursday about his quitting.
Rosberg said "It is my last race for Williams, and so that's it really." Rosberg, son of Finland's 1982 world ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-26T17:30:42+05:30
Sebastien Loeb claimed a record sixth consecutive world rally championship winning the British round in Cardiff on Sunday. The 35-year-old Frenchman said, “I’m really happy for this one because Mikko is strong. It was an incredible battle all season."
"A sixth title ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-26T15:10:54+05:30
Valentino Rossi grabbed his seventh MotoGP title at the Malaysian Grand Prix.The Italian sealed his second successive MotoGP world championship on Sunday. The championship was Rossi's fourth for Yamaha and his seventh premier class world title overall.
Ducati rider Casey Stoner snatched ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-24T11:53:46+05:30
Ex-Ferrari boss Jean Todt was elected as Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) president on Friday. The 63-year-old Frenchman won the most powerful post in motorsport at FIA general assembly vote against former world rally champion Ari Vatanen of Finland.
Todt will take over ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-22T14:23:33+05:30
World rally champion Sebastien Loeb will not compete in the Formula One Grand Prix finale. He will not be able to enter the season’s final as he has not been granted super licence by International Automobile Federation required for participation.
The Frenchman, who had planned to ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-19T12:38:51+05:30
Jenson Button was crowned drivers world champion on Sunday. He finished fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix won by Australian Mark Webber.
Button, who won the opening Australian Grand Prix in March, had started 14th on the grid, but drove with courage and determination to achieve his ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-15T15:56:27+05:30
The Force India Formula One team has appointed Otmar Szafnauer as its Chief Operating Officer. He will replace Simon Roberts who was on deputation from McLaren-Mercedes.
The announcement was made by team's chairman and principal Vijay Mallya on Wednesday night in the presence of all staff ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-14T17:09:13+05:30
Sebastian Vettel prepares for world title at Formula One to take place in Brazil on Sunday. He will make his best efforts to take the title from Jenson Button.
The Red Bull driver Vettel said,"I have nothing to lose and will attack. Jenson is getting a bit weaker, maybe that is our ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-08T18:02:25+05:30
Felipe Massa may possibly undergo Ferrari test on Monday. A clearance from motorsport's ruling body, the FIA, could mark his return to Ferrari Formula One car racing.
Massa has been out of action since sustaining head injuries during qualifying for July's Hungarian GP. He spent two days ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-05T08:48:42+05:30
FIA, the governing body of motorsports have waved the green flag for Ferrari's Felipe Massa to test drive.
Ferrari had made talks FIA earlier regarding the granting of permission for Massa to test drive so that The Brazilian does not hamper any rules once he is back.
Stefano ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-01T15:46:22+05:30
According to Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone, Felipe Massa should be more confident in performing for the upcoming races of the year.
Earlier, the Brazilian racer lost the title to McLaren's Lewis Hamilton by a single point.
Massa had suffered a serious head injury in the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-28T10:26:13+05:30
Lewis Hamilton, showcasing a masterful drive over Timo Glock and Fernando Alonso, grabbed the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday. Jenson Button grabbed more points to maintain the lead.
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Last Updated: 2009-09-25T13:53:02+05:30
Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who is recuperating from the critical head injury, mentioned that he will be making his comeback in racing with the Brazil kart racing event slated to take place in November.
Massa had sustained a fracture on his skull in July after fellow Brazilian Rubens ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-22T09:17:16+05:30
Renault has been handed over a suspended ban for two years from the Formula One racing. The ban was handed over by motorsport ruling body FIA after Renault ordered its driver Nelson Piquet Jr to crash during Singapore Grand Prix in 2008.
Renault team had confessed in front of World Motor ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-17T18:21:04+05:30
Flavio Briatore revealed here in a press conference that there was no alternative than to sacrifice to save the Renault Formula One team.
After Renault announced Briatore’s departure from the team,he said, "I was just trying to save the team.”
Briatore ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-17T09:38:25+05:30
Team chief Flavio Briatore and the director of engineering, Pat Symonds had quit the Renault Formula One team amid serious allegations of cheating at last year’s Grand Prix in Singapore, the team spokesman confirmed.
According to the allegation, Renault have been summoned to appear ... |