Webber hopes for breakthrough wins in 2009
“I will win this year.” 32-year-old Australian Red Bull racing driver Mark Webber is only 3.5 points behind his highly rated young teammate Sebastian Vettel, who after winning the Chinese grand prix last month was named as perhaps Jenson Button’s most serious threat for the 2009 title. “I really do think I’ll win a grand [...]
FIA vs FOTA: Peace or an uneasy truce?
Mosley’s budget capping fuels feud The crux of the fight between FIA and FOTA was always Max Mosley’s budget cap, and though FOTA did meet the championship entry deadline, its statement made no mention of the controversial cost-limiting mechanism. Later in a press interview, Toyota team president and FOTA vice-chairman John Howett confirmed that a [...]
Is India the Formula 1 force of the future?
Chandhok and Mallya India has its very own F1 team, the first among Asian countries apart from Japan and also had Narain Karthikeyan as its first and only driver in F1 so far and with the Indian GP expected to join the FIA world championship calendar by 2011 things are looking good for the country. [...]
FOTA teams and newcomers lodge 2010 entries
The nine FOTA teams on Friday said their entries to contest the 2010 world championship are “conditional”. Five new teams, and suspended FOTA team Williams, have already met the FIA’s midnight deadline. Attached to the block entries by Ferrari, Toyota, McLaren, BMW, Renault, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Brawn and Force India, however, is the stipulation [...]
Friday Talking Points
French PM vows to revive grand prix French prime minister Francois Fillon has vowed the government’s support in reinstating the country’s formula one race. After the demise of the Magny Cours event, and also the alternative Disneyland Paris project, Alain Prost said last week that the latest Flins-Les-Mureaux foray had also hit “political problems”. “I [...]
Interview with ING Renault test driver Adam Khan
We caught up with Adam after the test to find out how things went? Khan suited and booted Adam, you?ve spent a couple of days in the R29? How did it go? Both the aero tests have been a great experience for me and I?ve enjoyed the opportunity to drive the R29 and help with [...]
Thursday Talking Points
Locals complain after Renault testing Local residents have complained about the loud noise of Renault’s recent straight-line testing near the Cambridgeshire village of Duxford (UK). Recently, the French team conducted two days of running, including on Wednesday this week, at the site of the Imperial War Museum. The Cambridge News said a local councillor has [...]
Jenson Button: Let’s give credit where credit is due
? All about Jenson Button So far 2009 has been one of Formula 1?s biggest ever fairytale stories for Jenson Button. In 2007 and 2008 he had terrible cars, which gave him absolutely no hope of battling at the front. Even the best drivers, including the likes of Fernando Alonso, wouldn?t have been able to [...]
Wednesday Talking Points
Vettel to drive old Toro Rosso on Sunday Monza 2008 winner Vettel Sebastian Vettel will on Sunday return to the cockpit of a Toro Rosso. The 21-year-old German moved up from the Faenza based team to its parent outfit Red Bull Racing at the end of last year. But it is for his achievements at [...]
