Renault Happy with Piquet in Bahrain
28 Apr 2009, 07:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nelson Piquet's drive during the Bahrain Grand Prix has convinced Renault boss Flavio Briatore that he's worth the 2009 F1 seat. The Italian manager had insisted that Piquet's pace co...
Bahrain GP - Thursday Press Conference
24 Apr 2009, 05:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Timo Glock (Toyota), Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber), Nelson Piquet (Renault) and Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) were present at the Thursday press conference at Sakhir. Here's what they had to say about ...
Briatore Hails Renault's Comeback
21 Apr 2009, 09:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault could have scored some important points in China, hadn't it been for the rain. Team boss Flavio Briatore is quite sure on that, as he made it very clear that the revised Renault R29 dri...
Alonso: We'll Show Our True Pace Tomorrow
17 Apr 2009, 12:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the Renault R29 behaved poorly during the Friday practice sessions at Shanghai, two-time world champion Fernando Alonso said he still feels strong heading towards the Saturday qualifying. T...
Briatore Accepts Pay Cut from Renault
14 Apr 2009, 10:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Flavio Briatore has also committed to a pay cut in the wake of the financial difficulties endured by Renault for their F1 operations. The Italian team boss has therefore taken the example of 2-time ...
Alonso Agrees to 5M Euro Pay Cut
25 Mar 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It is believed that the double world champion will have to submit to a pay cut of approximately 1/3 of his former salary ahead of the 2009 season. As announced by Renault's boss Flavio Briatore...
Renault Reduces Paycheck to F1 Drivers
24 Mar 2009, 16:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Cutting costs in Formula One doesn't refer only to the teams' spending in terms of technical operations or development work but also to the drivers' paycheck. It was only natural the ...
Renault Give Alonso More Testing Days to Develop 2009 Car
11 Mar 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso has taken over from Nelsinho Piquet during the second day of testing at Barcelona this week. Although the Brazilian was scheduled to complete 2 days of testing at the Circuit de Cata...
Briatore: Name Will Not Help Piquet
3 Mar 2009, 10:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Flavio Briatore warned his race driver Nelsinho Piquet that his name will not keep him in Formula 1 any longer. If he doesn't put some points on the scoreboard soon enough, the Brazilian driver...
Ferrari Cancel Monday Test at Jerez Due to Rain
3 Mar 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The curse of the bad weather seems to follow all F1 teams throughout the off-season testing. Like the fewer testing days this winter haven't been enough already, the ones that are actually on s...
Piquet: Renault Will Be Stronger in Melbourne
2 Mar 2009, 14:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the Renault R29 didn't show many signs of improvement during the first day of testing at Jerez, Brazilian race driver Nelsinho Piquet believes his team will be a front-runner through t...
McLaren Tops 2009 Pack at Jerez
12 Feb 2009, 09:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi again clocked the best time of the second testing session at Jerez, while being the only driver to test a 2008-spec car at the Spanish track. The most notable chang...
Piquet Frustrated with Losing Weight
3 Feb 2009, 15:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault's Nelsinho Piquet admitted he has tried to lose some weight ahead of the 2009 F1 campaign in order to improve his on-track performances next season. However, as compared to teammate Fer...
Buemi Tops Second Portimao Test
21 Jan 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Buemi topped another testing session at Portimao, taking his 2008-spec car more than three seconds clear ahead of the competition. The Swiss driver used Toro Rosso's 2008 machinery on...