McLaren request FIA to swap car numbers
Dec.4 (YallaF1.com) McLaren Mercedes requested that the FIA allocate car number three to Lewis Hamilton and car number four to Jenson Button. After the governing body released the teams list on 30 November which had Button as number three and Hamilton as number four. The new list posted on 2 December on the FIA website [...]
Glock stays with Virgin Racing for 2011
Dec.3 (GMM) Timo Glock insists he is “100 per cent” likely to be staying with the MaRussia Virgin Racing team in 2011. A few days ago, reports linked the 28-year-old German with Vitaly Petrov’s Renault seat and quoted him as saying it is only “99.9 per cent certain” he will be staying with Virgin even [...]
Frank Williams: I’m not a big fan of Alonso
Dec.3 (YallaF1.com) In a candid interview veteran team boss Frank Williams has said that he is not a big fan of Fernando Alonso, but does acknowledge that the Spaniard is a brilliant race driver. Speaking to ESPN, Williams said, “I’m not really a big fan of Fernando Alonso. He often looks a bit sullen, rarely [...]
Sauber first to announce 2011 team launch
Dec.3 (YallaF1.com) Sauber F1 Team is the first to announce the launch date for their 2011 team and the Sauber C30-Ferrari. The team will be reveal all on 31 January 2011 at the Circuit Riccardo Tormo in Valencia, the day before the official F1 testing begins at the circuit. It is known that Kamui Kobayashi [...]
Toro Rosso reconfirm 2011 driver line-up
Dec.3 (YallaF1.com) The release of the FIA teams list earlier this week caused some consternation among drivers, particularly the Toro Rosso pair Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari whose names were not on the list yet both were adamant they have contracts with the Faenza team.. Furthermore the Toro Rosso website clearly states: “As already confirmed [...]
Valsecchi to have talks with HRT bosses
Dec.3 (GMM) Davide Valsecchi is visiting HRT’s German headquarters this week. Last month, it was reported that the 23-year-old is a candidate to make his formula one debut with the Spanish team in 2011 if he can find enough funding. Valsecchi, a race winner in GP2 this year, was the quickest of any of the [...]
Lotus to start 2011 season without KERS
Dec.3 (GMM) Lotus has not changed its mind about running a KERS system in 2011. In May this year, team boss Tony Fernandes said the Norfolk-based team had “good reasons” to build the 2010 car’s successor without the energy recovery technology. Another new feature of the technical rules for 2011 is an adjustable rear wing [...]
Proton and Renault close to F1 deal
Dec.3 (GMM) Proton intends to push ahead with a partial takeover of the Enstone based formula one team Renault. Previously, it was believed the Malaysian carmaker was only in talks over a potential title sponsorship, with Renault F1 to be renamed after the Proton-owned British sports car maker Group Lotus. But Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin [...]
Badoer’s long stint as Ferrari tester ends
Dec.3 (GMM) Luca Badoer is leaving Ferrari after a long tenure as test driver. The almost 40-year-old Italian has been in the role since the late 90s, and according to Autosprint magazine he accumulated more than 130,000 kilometres at Fiorano in Ferrari’s F1 cars during that period. But Badoer was heavily criticised for his lack [...]