Auto Motorsport
Ferrari to Push for Testing Ban Exemption for Massa
10 Sep 2009, 10:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari yesterday unveiled that they will ask the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the members of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) for an exemption from the current in-season te...
Ferrari to Push for Schumacher Deal Extension
10 Sep 2009, 09:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although they failed in getting Michael Schumacher back into the Ferrari cockpit this year – it's not like either of the two parties had any saying in that decision, as the failure was ca...
Ferrari Will Allow Fisichella to Race for Another Team in 2010
10 Sep 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari would have nothing against letting Giancarlo Fisichella race for another team in 2010. Although the Italian driver signed a test/reserve deal with the Maranello based team for the upcoming F...
Ecclestone Received Pay-Raise in 2008, Despite Economic Crisis
10 Sep 2009, 08:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Guiding the steps of Formula One often comes with financial benefits, as 78-year old Bernie Ecclestone is a living proof of that statement. Although his personal life was far from successful in rece...
Kovalainen Blames Testing Ban for F1 Chaos
10 Sep 2009, 08:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / On the verge of losing his racing seat at McLaren to Nico Rosberg – although the latest reports show the German driver is to compete on a silver-painted Brawn GP car next season – Finlan...
Raikkonen Chases Podium Finish at Monza
10 Sep 2009, 07:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although he finally squeezed an entry to the winners' list in 2009 – as hard as it might have seemed at the beginning of the year – Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen preferred to keep h...
Briatore's and Symonds' Stories Don't Match Up in Crash-Gate
10 Sep 2009, 07:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Renault have constantly denied all fixing allegations regarding last year's Singapore Grand Prix, the French manufacturer has every right to feel worried about their appearance before ...
FOTA Welcomes Back Williams, Force India
10 Sep 2009, 06:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following a meeting of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) Executive Committee yesterday, the members of the teams' alliance decided to allow Williams F1 and Force India to re-join the ass...
Brawn to Become Mercedes' Works Team in 2012?
9 Sep 2009, 14:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mercedes will presumably buy into the Brawn GP team next year and, by 2011, the German manufacturer is to own no less than 75 percent out of the current Brackley based outfit. This is the latest rep...
Stirling Moss: "Rossi Would Not Enjoy F1!"
9 Sep 2009, 10:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sir Stirling Moss would want nothing more than to see showman Valentino Rossi in the Formula One paddock in the future, but admitted the Great Circle is no place for the Italian champion to spend th...
Schumacher Still Racing Superbikes in France
9 Sep 2009, 10:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although he renounced to make his Formula One comeback last month due to his precarious physical condition, Michael Schumacher was spotted testing a two-wheeler with the German Superbike team Holzha...
Loeb Needs Sordo in Quest for the WRC Title
9 Sep 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With only 2 rounds to go in the World Rally Championship and 5 points to recuperate to Mikko Hirvonen in the overall classification, Sebastien Loeb can only pray his teammate Dani Sordo will be up t...
Mercedes Deny Having Superior F1 Engines
9 Sep 2009, 09:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Amid reports that the majority of the current Formula One teams – customer ones, of course – are looking to secure an engine deal with German car maker Mercedes-Benz, the German marque&#...
Fisichella Targets Race Seat in 2010
9 Sep 2009, 08:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the deal signed by Giancarlo Fisichella with Ferrari included a one-year testing role with the team for 2010, the Roman driver insisted that he is not completely off the market next year. J...
Ecclestone Wanted Chandhok to Replace Fisichella, Not Liuzzi
9 Sep 2009, 08:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If one would look at Formula One from the outside, they would probably say Bernie Ecclestone was born in India. Or at least that the Formula One boss is strongly and emotionally bound to the Asian c...
Berger Has No Regrets Over Toro Rosso Sellout
9 Sep 2009, 08:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Gerhard Berger did not leave Formula One because he was sick and tired with racing, but because his equity in the Scuderia Toro Rosso would not fulfill his dream of stepping on the F1 podiums as a w...
FIA to Allow Testing for New Drivers in 2010
9 Sep 2009, 07:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Formula One seems to have learnt from its mistakes this season, as the technical rule book for the upcoming season has suffered some slight modifications based on some controversial situations this ...
Ferrari and Santander to Confirm Deal on Thursday
9 Sep 2009, 07:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After taking their first win of the season two weekends ago, Ferrari are set to pull another rabbit out of their hat ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. Apparently, the Maranello based team are to anno...
Briatore's Elisabetta Gregoraci Pregnant
9 Sep 2009, 06:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While in the middle of what could became the greatest fixing scandal in the history of Formula One, Flavio Briatore received a great news on a personal level. According to Italian weekly gossip maga...
Massa to Push for Safety Improvements When He Returns
8 Sep 2009, 10:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Felipe Massa's accident during the Hungarian Grand Prix did not leave only visible marks on his face, but also affected the way he looks at today's safety measure inside the sport. Around ...