Sevilla’s Sebastien Bourdais took his first Superleague Formula by Sonangol pole position in qualifying at Jarama, but the title race was blown wide open as both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur failed to make it out of the group stages.
I'm getting excited about the new F1 2009 game coming out for the Wii. I know, I know, it isn't a 'proper' gaming system and F1 2010 for the PS3 / X-Box will be far better - but I don't own either of those things and that game isn't out in two weeks' time. This is the first officially-licensed F1 game to launch on a non-Playstation system for years (damn that Sony and their exclusivity deal) and even...
Kimi Raikkonen is being touted as spending 2010 on the sidelines after contract talks with McLaren hit the rocks. The Finn has been ousted from his seat with Ferrari a season early after the Italian car manufacturer opted to bring former two time world champion Fernando Alonso to the team. If Raikkonen spends 2010 without a race [...]
So says China Daily A Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition was sold on Wednesday night for nearly $2 million to an anonymous bidder from Shanghai at an auction in Beijing. The auction took place at a gala dinner held to celebrate Ferrari’s fifth anniversary in China and proceeds from the sale will fund engineering students and teachers from Tsinghua University to study in Milan and at...
• Renault consider options for continued participation • French car-maker will announce verdict before end of year Renault have postponed making an official decision on whether or not to follow Honda, BMW and Toyota out of formula one until the end of the year. The matter was discussed at a major board meeting in Paris on Wednesday. "You will have to be patient," Renault's chief...
Audi's two-time DTM Champion Mattias Ekstrm has become a three-time Race of Champions winner, in defeating new F1 king Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher in Beijing.
Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn has said the company could close its F1 team at the end of the year. He told reporters today a decision will be taken before the end of 2009. The team already has Robert Kubica contracted for the 2010 F1 season. Toyota and BMW have previously confirmed they will not be racing [...]
Double DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom has taken his third Race of Champions title - by winning every single race he competed in then beating Michael Schumacher in the event's final.
Golf on the moon, when Halloween bats attack in the NBA (and summary justice is meted out) and streaking also star this week 1) Nascar driver Ryan Newman gets incredibly lucky in escaping this horror crash relatively unharmed last weekend. 2) Karaoke duet shame of the week: Kano and ... Rio Ferdinand? 3) Golf on the moon : Alan Shepard shanks his opening effort and then - Tiger eat your heart out...
World champion Jenson Button says it is sad to see Toyota leaving Formula 1, after the Japanese company announced it was pulling out following the 2009 season.
Filed under: Motorsports , Renault Things have never been this bad for the Renault F1 team. Their performance is light-years behind where it used to be, their star driver is bolting once again, their top management has been thrown out of the sport in disgrace, and its biggest sponsors are leaving en masse. And now, following months if not years of speculation, the French automaker could be preparing...
Formula 1 Grande Premio Petrobras do Brasil 2009 Date: 18 October 2009 Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace Location: Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil ( PitlaneFanatic ) ( AerialF1 ) Distance: 71 laps Tyre choices ( red ): SS / S / M / H Coverage: BBC One with BBC Radio 5 Live audio Anchor: Jake Humphrey Analysts: David Coulthard (DC) and Eddie Jordan (EJ) Interviewers: Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie...
British sports car company Ultima claims to have a Top Gear lap record of 1 min 9.9sec., which beats Michael Schumacher’s 1 min. 10.7sec. lap in a Ferrari FXX. However, Ultima’s attempt was unofficial. Reportedly, Ultima had booked out the test track and completed a circuit in a GTR720 road car with that speed.
While Felipe Massa has basically recovered from his crash several months ago, he is still unable to return to avoid the risk of a secondary head trauma. Massa reveals however that the reason Michael Schumacher, his supposed replacement, called off his comeback was because of a vision problem.
Ferrari is increasing its efforts for teams to be permitted to run three cars in Formula One next year. Although Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo was “very disappointed” that Michael Schumacher won’t be able to race this year, he said that he’s anticipating that Schumacher will be able to do so next year. Di Montezemolo said in La Stampa,