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Spanish billionaire Jose Ramon Carabante may have purchased the majority stake in the Campos Meta racing team last week, but things seem to have complicated over the weekend. According to a report coming from Brazilian publication Globo, it seems someone by the name of ...
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Flavio Briatore keeps making the headlines for the wrong reasons lately, as it has emerged that the former Formula One manager has stepped down as chairman of London football club Queens Park Rangers.
Although initial reports following the crash-gate have suggested ...
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Fernando Alonso did not top the timing reports of the Jerez testing this week, but the Spaniard is the last driver in the 2010 Formula One roster to worry about lap times at the moment. And that’s because he believes the Ferrari car he’s driving now is ...
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After the first 3 tests of the off-season – the last of which will conclude today, at Jerez – reigning Formula One champion Jenson Button has no doubt in his mind about the team to beat in 2010. As far as the 30-year old driver is concerned, Ferrari ...
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US F1 Asks the FIA to Miss First 4 RacesF1While the news coming from Spain regarding the difficult situation of Campos Grand Prix seems to get better by the day, the reports emerging from the US are just the opposite. Only this time, it’s the very co-owner of US Grand Prix Engineering Ken Anderson who admitted the hole his team is into at the moment, revealing that they are seeking permission from the FIA to miss the first 4 races of the season. “Financial trouble” is how Anderson explained his team’s current situation, while admitting he is constantly talking to the FIA about the prospect of showing up on the F1 grid at Barcelona, some 4 races later than scheduled. “We're working with the FIA to clarify how many races we can miss. In an ideal world, we can miss the first four races and show up ... >> Read more |
What has been rumored for quite some time now was finally confirmed on Friday afternoon, when former shareholder of Campos Grand Prix, Spanish businessman Jose Ramon Carabante, purchased the majority stake in the team and became the new owner of Campos.
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A few months ago we have reported to you that Virgin Group's Sir Richard Branson and Lotus F1's CEO Tony Fernandes – both owning some private airline companies of their own – made an interesting bet on who will rank the highest in the 2010 Formula One ...
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Peter Sauber's aim for these next few weeks is not only to make sure he has a decent Formula One car for the upcoming season – while it's obvious the car is not bad at all – but also to secure a major sponsorship deal prior to the season opening Bahrain ...
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Paul di Resta already impressed the guys at Force India with his great pace during the Jerez testing this week, as the Scottish driver was handed an extra half a day of action on the Spanish track on Thursday. While initially scheduled to do only the morning session of ...
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Jacques Villeneuve admitted that returning to Formula One with Stefan Grand Prix in 2010 would be a great opportunity for his racing career. Several lately reports have suggested that the 1997 Formula One champion has already agreed terms with the Serbian team, and ...
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After several reports in the US suggested that the Charlotte-based US Grand Prix Engineering is on its way to shutting down their Formula One operations in the next few days, the team issued a quick statement on Thursday in which it clearly states the latest rumors ...
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With refueling being banned for the 2010 season of Formula One, most teams have already started the race for quicker pit stops during the races. With the actual stop including only tire changes (and some minor adjustments to the car or driver, if that will be the ...
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Ferrari had a special guest during the second day of testing on the Jerez circuit in Spain, in the person of Emilio Botin. For those of you who aren't that familiar with him, know that he is the President of Banco Santander, Ferrari's new sponsor in Formula ...
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After a first successful test at Jerez on Wednesday, during which reserve driver Fairuz Fauzy completed more than 300 kilometers at the wheel of the T127, Lotus' enthusiastic mood took a negative turn today, when their race driver Heikki Kovalainen lost control of ...
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France's chances of returning on the Formula One map via a circuit of their own have received another boost in recent days, as it was confirmed that former Peugeot sportscar team manager Serge Saulnier will take over as new chief executive officer of the ...
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Although Campos Grand Prix seemed to hold the smallest chances of surviving as a Formula One team prior to the start of the 2010 season, it now seems the Spanish organization is on the verge of actually making the grid at the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix, in ...
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Portuguese driver Alvaro Parente will not make his debut in Formula One as a test driver – at least not in 2010 – as the sponsor that has initially committed to back him in the series quit the deal at the last minute.
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We know this is almost impossible to envision, but former 3-time Formula One champion Sir Jackie Stewart and former FIA president Max Mosley have actually agreed on something. Unfortunately, the think that they've agreed upon is related to the death of young ...
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Christian Klien might not leave the world of Formula One just yet, even though his chances of securing an F1 driver for the upcoming campaign are close to zero. The test/reserve driver market out there is still very open though, and it seems the Austrian driver is ...
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German manufacturer Daimler AG might have chosen to form their own team in Formula One this season – after purchasing more than 75 percent of the title-winning Brawn GP last November – but their F1 operations might come to an end sooner rather than later if ...
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