Pedrosa to Undergo Wrist Surgery after Qatar Crash
4 Mar 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Dani Pedrosa is surely one of the most unlucky MotoGP riders this winter. The Spaniard only got to test his new Honda for two and a half days in the off-season, due to injury-related reasons. His la...
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...
De la Rosa Raises Safety Concerns Due to Testing Ban
2 Mar 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / According to Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA) president Pedro de la Rosa, the testing ban imposed by the FIA for the upcoming 2009 season will not have the expected effect. Introduced to furthe...
USF1 Car to Be Finalized in September 2009
25 Feb 2009, 15:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ken Anderson, part-owner of the newly-established USF1 team, expects his team to have a car up and running by mid-autumn this year. Although the new FIA rule book prevents team from testing their 20...
Sandstorm Ruins 2nd Day of Testing in Bahrain
11 Feb 2009, 15:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If it's not a fog interrupting the testing action at Bahrain, it's a sandstorm. After yesterday''s session on the Sakhir circuit was cut due to intense fog, this morning's m...
Bahrain Testing Affected by Fog
10 Feb 2009, 13:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Ferrari was hoping to finally conduct some proper testing of their Ferrari F60 this year – following the rainy testing session at Mugello in January – fog prevented the Scuderia...
Pedrosa Pulls Out of Sepang Test Due to Knee Pain
6 Feb 2009, 14:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Dani Pedrosa won't be testing for Honda in the third day of the Sepang meeting due to knee pain. Although he improved his performances in Malaysia this morning – as compared to the first ...
Valentino Rossi Injures Himself at Home
3 Feb 2009, 16:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Valentino Rossi's participation at this week's testing session in Sepang is in doubt after the Italian suffered a hand & leg injury at his house in Italy. According to the Italian m...
Webber to Run Jerez Test Next Week
3 Feb 2009, 14:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mark Webber is confident that he will make it to this month's testing with Red Bull Racing, scheduled next week at Jerez. The Australian has been recuperation from a leg injury – picked u...
Hamilton Fears Testing Limitations Will Affect Performances
27 Jan 2009, 15:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Taking over an idea expressed earlier by two-time F1 champion and former teammate Fernando Alonso, reigning champ Lewis Hamilton also agreed that the lack of testing in the off-season, combined with...
Alonso Worried About Friday Mileage
27 Jan 2009, 10:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso believes the new rules imposed by the FIA in terms of Friday mileage will not allow teams to try out new things throughout the upcoming season. Having banned in-season testing in 20...
Buemi Tops Rainy Testing Session at Portimao
20 Jan 2009, 13:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastien Buemi topped the first testing session at Portimao yesterday, finishing the day more than 5 minutes ahead of the other 4 drivers present at the Portuguese track. He also proved that, for t...
Earnhardt Hails Testing Ban
13 Jan 2009, 09:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The testing ban will reduce some of the costs inside NASCAR racing, but it will also increase further more the gap between teams inside the sport. Dale Earnhardt Jr. spoke out about the new changes ...