• Di Resta has previously tested twice for McLaren • Hildebrand is Indy Lights series champion Scottish driver Paul di Resta, the cousin of IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti, will test for Force India in Spain next week along with young American JR Hildebrand. The Formula One team's owner Vijay Mallya said both were being considered for a permanent role as test and reserve driver next season....
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,...
• Nico Rosberg confirmed as first nominated Mercedes driver • Fellow German driver Nick Heidfeld likely to join Rosberg Michael Schumacher's return to Formula One was effectively ruled out today when Nico Rosberg was confirmed as Mercedes-Benz's first nominated driver for next season's world championship. From the moment Jenson Button, having won the title for the team as Brawn, signed for...
It took the well-reasoned tones of Ross Brawn this week to tell is what we all really knew all along. Michael Schumacher is not going to make a full-time F1 comeback to drive for the Mercedes F1 team. It may be tantalising indeed to become the first German ‘Silver Arrows’ driver in F1 since Hans Herrmann in 1955, but Michael is bright enough to know that, coming up 41, the only prospect...
• Button needs speed to oust Hamilton in battle of the Britons • Ecclestone cools speculation over Schumacher return Jenson Button will have his work cut out next season to beat Lewis Hamilton in equal cars driving for the McLaren team, according to Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One commercial rights holder, who also admitted that he was slightly surprised that the 29-year old had made...
• 'At the moment there is no British grand prix' • Ecclestone 'a little surprised' by Button's move Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed the deadline to salvage the British grand prix is 9 December, and claims that if talks with Silverstone fail by that date, the fixture will be removed from the Formula One calendar. Plans to switch the race from Silverstone to Donington have fallen through,...
• Mercedes link may tempt seven-time champion to return • Former team owner's hunch cuts no ice with spokesperson The former Formula One team owner Eddie Jordan believes Michael Schumacher will replace Jenson Button at the newly named Mercedes team for next season. The world champion Button joined Lewis Hamilton at McLaren earlier this week after the Brawn team with which he won the drivers'...
Daimler bought the Brawn GP Formula 1 team on Monday and renamed it Mercedes GP. On Wednesday, Jensen Button said he was leaving to drive for McLaren. And today, a BBC Sport columnist is speculating that Michael Schumacher will drive...
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...
Michael Schumacher has been sounded out about a sensational return to Formula One next season, the Daily Telegraph reports. The 40 year-old seven-time world champion was due to make a comeback for Ferrari as a substitute for the injured Felipe Massa last season before a neck injury forced him to stand down. But following last week’s Mercedes takeover of Brawn GP and world champion Jenson Button’s...
• 'It feels unbelievable to finally be a part of it,' says Button • World champion praises 'wonderfully gifted' Hamilton There is no mystery as to why Jenson Button decided to sign for McLaren to drive alongside Lewis Hamilton. A quick stroll down the central gallery at the team's headquarters near Woking, between ranks of classic racing cars that helped build a reputation second only to...
LONDON (AP) -- Formula One champion Jenson Button has signed for McLaren to partner Lewis Hamilton, giving the English team a potent lineup for next season featuring the two most recent title holders.
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...
After the controversial occurrence at the Australian Grand Prix last week, Lewis Hamilton is contemplating to quit McLaren and even Formula One altogether.