• Briatore says he was denied a free and fair defence • French court expected to reach verdict on 5 January The former Renault team principal Flavio Briatore has asked a French court to overturn his life ban from Formula One, saying he was denied his right to a free and fair defence. The court said it expected to reach a verdict on 5 January. Briatore, who had been a flamboyant figure in...
Just found this game on my archive and thought I could publish it today. I know this is old school and I should have published this first before the F1 2009 but I wont do that just for this games sake. This is also known as Formula 1 2005 I think but this is the Platinum version of it. Set up a random race with random settings from the Quick Race Mode. Choose among different modes such as Time Attack,...
OnPole.com Great pictures, different Le Mans and F1 scenes featuring some great names including Kimi Raikonnen, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button & David Coulthard. Assorted selection from some of those illustrated. click here to learn more
Filed under: Motorsports , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Rumormill Say it ain't so, Schu! The Daily Telegraph is reporting that seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher is close to signing on with the newly formed Mercedes Formula 1 team. Mercedes is the new name of the former Brawn GP team, the current Constructors Champion. After a stellar rookie season that saw this former Honda team clinch not...
The British drivers' forthcoming tussle promises the fireworks and recriminations of their McLaren heroes before them For anyone who doubted Jenson Button's willingness to take a risk, now is the time to keep silent. The decision of the new world champion to join a team dominated for the past three years by Lewis Hamilton represents a terrific gamble for Button, and the prospect of the two Englishmen...
Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Lewis Hamilton. Just remember those names, particularly when somebody mentions that Jenson Button has made the wrong decision in signing to drive for McLaren. All these motor racing legends won world championship crowns at the wheel of a succession of highly competitive McLaren creations over the past three decades. And yet,...
Kimi Raikkonen the 2007 F1 World Champion has confirmed he will be taking a sabbatical from Formula One for the 2010 season. Raikkonen, nicknamed Iceman, was ousted from his Ferrari seat by mutual termination so the team could allow Fernando Alonso in one season early. Raikkonen will be paid some £10million for not racing next season. He [...]
• World champion given a guided tour round McLaren HQ • Button would share equal billing with Lewis Hamilton McLaren have teed up Jenson Button to partner Lewis Hamilton in their 2010 Formula One line-up and the world champion could be close to turning his back on the Brawn team for whom he won this year's title. Button and his manager, Richard Goddard, today visited the McLaren headquarters...
Fernando Alonso will be able to attend the Ferrari World Finals in Valencia this weekend, after the Renault team allowed the Spaniard to be at the event with his new team.
With the arrival of the Spaniard Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa will have his third teammate that is a World Championship, after Michael Schumacher and the departing Kimi Raikkonen. Although Massa claims to not be intimidated by that, as he recognizes that at Ferrari there will always be strong drivers.
• Governing body believes decision was properly considered • 'Overwhelming majority' voted for Briatore ban says FIA Motor racing's international governing body has robustly defended its handling of the World Motor Sport Council meeting which led to Flavio Briatore, the former Renault Formula One team principal, being handed a lifetime ban from involvement in any FIA-sanctioned competition....
• World Council 'blinded by desire for revenge' alleges Briatore • Pat Symonds to join Italian's appeal to overturn lifetime ban Flavio Briatore, the former Renault principal banished from Formula One for his part in the Crashgate scandal, will allege that the World Motor Sport Council of the FIA, chaired by Max Mosley, was "clearly blinded by an excessive desire for personal revenge"...