Piquet desperate to race new Renault chassis
Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport magazine? reports that Nelson Piquet is desperate to race a new Renault chassis at next weekend’s German grand prix. Since the January tests the Brazilian has sat at the wheel of chassis number 1, and after Silverstone he suspected that his car was inherently slower than his teammate Fernando Alonso’s. [...]
Kubica eating through engine allocation
The 2009 season is not quite at its mid point, but BMW’s Robert Kubica is already more than half-way through his allocation of eight engines. The Pole had an engine failure during Friday practice at Silverstone recently, but what was less well known is that the V8 unit’s fresh replacement also had to be changed [...]
Cosworth engine no advantage in 2010 says Head
It is not true that small teams equipped with Cosworth engines next year will enjoy an unfair technical advantage. That is the insistence of Williams’ Patrick Head, amid a recent controversy between FOTA teams and the FIA about formula one’s mandatory 18,000rpm rev limit. The FIA is proposing that, with Cosworth returning to F1 in [...]
Refuelling still to be banned in 2010
Although this year’s rules are to now remain essentially in place in 2010, the proposed ban on in-race refuelling will still be introduced. As peace between FOTA and the FIA was declared last Wednesday, the World Motor Sport Council agreed that “the rules for 2010 onwards will be the 2009 regulations”. But as teams had [...]
Ferrari to focus on 2010 car ‘soon’
Ferrari will “soon” forgo developing its current formula one car in favour of preparing for next year’s world championship tilt. The defending 2008 constructors’ champions are now nearly 80 points behind in this season’s teams’ battle, while the highest placed Ferrari driver is Felipe Massa, who has 16 points compared with Jenson Button’s 64. “I [...]
Ferrari’s Le Mans foray now ‘impossible’
Luca di Montezemolo has now stepped away from hinting that Ferrari could field a works prototype in next year’s famous 24 hours Le Mans race. At the height of the FOTA teams’ power struggle with the FIA, the Ferrari president officially started June’s fabled Le Mans event and hinted that sports car racing is a [...]
Mosley wants Todt as FIA chief according to FOTA source
Max Mosley may not be clinging to the FIA presidency but simply preparing the ground for the entrance of his preferred successor. That is the claim of the British newspaper Sunday Times, which quoted an unnamed FOTA insider as hinting that former Ferrari boss Jean Todt is indeed the leading candidate. “Mosley wants someone to [...]
Mosley claims ‘pressure’ to stay FIA president
Max Mosley insists he is not only personally aggrieved, but that he is also “under pressure” to retain his role at the top of F1′s governing body the FIA. After committing only last Wednesday to stepping down, however, it is an unhappy prospect for the rebel FOTA teams, but the 69-year-old Briton has no sympathy [...]
Brawn BGP001 "most expensive car" says Wurz
After the car won three-quarters of every race so far under the 2009 regulations, Alex Wurz has revealed the secret of the Brawn BGP001. At times last year, the team’s predecessor Honda had five wind tunnels at its disposal, according to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, as well as a half-billion euro budget. “The car [...]