Kart Challenge: Massa wins race 2, Schumie champ
Felipe Massa wins second race, but Michael Schumacher takes the title in International Challenge of Stars Florianopolis: Action packed, fast and furious you name the cliche and it would have been apt to describe the second race of International Challenge of Stars on Sunday morning at Arena Sapiens Park, in Florianópolis, Brazil. After an exciting [...]
Sauber upbeat as they eye Petrov for 2010
Sauber expects FIA green-light on Monday Nov.29 (GMM) With the Qadbak uncertainty now past and Peter Sauber back in charge, the Hinwil based team’s Swiss founder says he is expecting to see the green light from the FIA on Monday. The 66-year-old’s newly announced re-purchase of the team he sold to BMW in 2005 will [...]
Challenge of Stars: Schumie wins first round
Michael Schumacher won the first race of the karting International Challenge of Stars at the kartdrome in Florianapolis in Brazil. Thousands of fans in attendance, at the circuit which is constructed in a bullfighting enclosure, witnessed close racing. Behind the seven times former Formula 1 world champion was Vitantonio Liuzzi in second and Felipe Massa [...]
Schumie tops in star studded kart challenge
Florianópolis (Brazil) – German Michael Schumacher was the fastest driver on third free practice session of Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of Stars) run under heavy rain on Saturday morning. The seven-time F1 world champion set his best lap in 1:00:685, followed by Brazilians Max Wilson (1:00.692), Rubens Barrichello (1:00.967), Felipe Massa (1:01.124) and [...]
Formula 1 returns to North America
Montréal, November 27, 2009-The governments of Canada and Québec, Montréal and Tourisme Montréal are proud to announce that the Grand Prix du Canada will return to Montréal on June 13 through a $15 million annual investment over the next five years. The Government of Canada and Tourisme Montréal will each contribute $5 million of this [...]
Renault ready for Jerez young driver test
The Renault F1 Team is gearing up for the young driver test which will take place from the 1st to the 3rd of December in Jerez, Spain. Bertrand Baguette, Ho-Pin Tung and Lucas Di Grassi will share driving duties across the three days. The provisional schedule will see 23-year-old Belgian driver, Bertrand Baguette, get behind [...]
Now Mercedes eyes Renault’s Kubica
Nov.27 (GMM) Robert Kubica will be free to sign with another formula one team unless Renault guarantees his seat in the coming weeks, according to a report on Friday in Spain’s Diario AS. The 24-year-old Pole has signed a contract to race with the French squad in 2010, but Renault is contemplating its commitment to [...]
Raikkonen close to rally deal with Citroen
World Raclly Championship official site reports that Formula 1 exile (self imposed) Kimi Raikkonen is understood to be ready to sign a deal with Citroen to drive a C4 World Rally Car on all 13 rounds of the 2010 World Rally Championship. Nothing is signed yet, but a source close to the 2007 F1 World [...]
Villeneuve visits Lotus
Nov.27 (GMM) Jacques Villeneuve on Thursday had lunch at a pub near the Norfolk (UK) headquarters of the new formula one team Lotus. The 1997 world champion, who is openly hoping to re-enter the sport in 2010 after a three-year absence and has been training intensively in Austria, said earlier this month that he was [...]