Frank Williams to Push for Rosberg Extension
24 Mar 2009, 14:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Linked with a move to McLaren a little over a year ago, Nico Rosberg now seems more determined than ever to take the future into his own hands and not let that chance slip away another time. The Ger...
McLaren Confirm KERS-Powered Car in Australia
24 Mar 2009, 13:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes is the 3rd team to announce the debut of their Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) from as early as the Aussie GP. The Woking-based team was one of the first teams to start their ...
Domenicali Backs Jean Todt for FIA Presidency
24 Mar 2009, 10:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali revealed that he would back former boss Jean Todt for a potential candidature for the presidency of the International Automobile Federation (FIA). The Itali...
Renault and McLaren Threaten to Boycott Aussie GP
24 Mar 2009, 10:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault and McLaren Mercedes have threatened F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone with the boycott of the Australian Grand Prix. The reason? Unpaid debts to the teams coming from the 78-year old Englishman....
McLaren: Australia Win Is Out of Our League
20 Mar 2009, 14:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren's new boss Martin Whitmarsh and reigning champion Lewis Hamilton expressed their concerns regarding the season opener in Australia, admitting that they don't expect the MP4-24 to b...
Hamilton's Wax Statue Arrives at Madame Tussauds
20 Mar 2009, 08:41 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Just as we reported about two months ago, Lewis Hamilton, the Formula 1 World Champion, was celebrated by the famous British museum Madame Tussauds London with a lifelike wax statue. After six mo...
Jerez Test Concludes with Nakajima on Top - Overall Results
20 Mar 2009, 07:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes had another disappointing day at Jerez on Thursday, as the Woking-based team again bottomed the timing charts on their last day of testing before the Australian Grand Prix. One week...
Ron Dennis Urges De la Rosa to Stay as McLaren Test Driver
19 Mar 2009, 11:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Former McLaren team boss Ron Dennis insisted that Mercedes' works team is still very much dependent on at least one test driver to develop their car through 2009. Although the International Aut...
Renault to Debut KERS in Australia
18 Mar 2009, 10:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Media reports in Great Britain have unveiled that Renault F1 will begin the 2009 season with a functional R29-incorporated Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS). The piece of news came from British ...
Ferrari Admit Reliability Issues with F60
14 Mar 2009, 21:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After McLaren Mercedes, another F1 front-runner admitted the development of their 2009 challenger is not going as planned. Ferrari’s managing director Stefano Domenicali revealed that, while c...
FOTA to Push for Restoration of US Grand Prix
12 Mar 2009, 13:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes are really pushing for the return of the United States Grand Prix in Formula 1 in the near future. Team's new Chief Executive Martin Whitmarsh insisted it now rests in the hand...
Lewis Hamilton Crashes McLaren MP4-24 Again, in Barcelona
12 Mar 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes' awful pace continued on Wednesday, despite the return of reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton into the MP4-24 cockpit. The Englishman did not have any more success than team...
Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Stirling Moss Pictures Galore
11 Mar 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After more than two months since the company unveiled the SLR Stirling Moss, Mercedes finally decided to provide more pictures showing this exclusive models. To refresh your memory, the SRL Stirling...
Lewis Hamilton Uses Blackberry Storm to Guide F1 Car
11 Mar 2009, 08:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While preparing for the upcoming 2009 season – and struggling to get their new MP4-24 on top of the time charts – McLaren Mercedes have taken the leading role in a Vodafone advertisement...
McLaren Admit Problems with the MP4-24
11 Mar 2009, 08:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The fact that McLaren's MP4-24 is far from delivering the performances everyone had been looking for in the offseason is no news. In recent tests, both Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen have...
McLaren and Red Bull Revise Cars at Barcelona
10 Mar 2009, 09:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / For the first time this off-season, all 10 teams have tested their 2009 challengers in the same day and on the same circuit, at Barcelona, this week. Apart from seeing Ross Brawn's new car at w...
Kovalainen Expects Title Bid in 2009
9 Mar 2009, 14:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the McLaren MP4-24 is far from boosting the Woking-based team with a great deal of confidence following its latest shunts during the latest testing sessions, Heikki Kovalainen believes this...
Hamilton Orders 5.6M Euro Sunseeker 90 Luxury Yacht
6 Mar 2009, 09:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton might have to work a little bit more on his relationship with the McLaren MP4-24 ahead of the season opener in Australia – having crashed into a tire barrier on Thursday, during...
McLaren MP4-24 Reliability Problems Again, at Jerez
5 Mar 2009, 11:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bad weather at Jerez earlier today forced two of the teams present at the Spanish track to officially end their group test this week. Rain started to downpour from the very first laps of Thursday�...
McLaren to Debut KERS in Australia
4 Mar 2009, 13:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While most teams are keeping quiet on their plans to use the Kinetic Energy Recovery System next year – most of whom have already announced the delay in implementing the new system until after...