Glock: Our team survived a tough test in 2010
Dec.4 (Virgin Racing) At the end of a challenging debut season for Virgin Racing, race driver Timo Glock talked about why it was “A tough test for us all … but ultimately very rewarding” and why he’s 100% up for 2011! How would you sum up your experience of Virgin Racing’s debut season? Timo: Extremely [...]
Lotus boss voted Businessman of the Year
Dec.4 (YallaF1.com) The December issue of Forbes Asia is out with a cover story declaring Tony Fernandes of Malaysia, who has pioneered low-cost travel through his Air Asia, as their choice of Businessman of the Year: Several able contenders staked a claim for the honor, but the Lotus Formula 1 team owner scooped the prestigious [...]
Red Bull terminate deal with Scott Speed
Dec.4 (YallaF1.com) Red Bull Racing announced it has released Scott Speed driver of the team’s No. 82 Sprint Cup Toyota. The team released the following statement: “We have exercised our rights to end the relationship at the end of 2010. We wish Scott the best of luck in his career.” Speed wrote on his Twitter [...]
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 [...]