F1: Rosberg Confirms Williams Exit

F1: Rosberg  Confirms Williams Exit

WILLIAMS F1′S NICO Rosberg has confirmed the upcoming Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be his last race for the Grove-based outfit after spending four seasons with the team.

Rosberg is expected to move to the championship winning Brawn GP next season as a replacement for Rubens Barrichello, who is expected to move in the opposite [...]

F1: Raikkonen Says It’s McLaren Or Nothing

F1: Raikkonen Says It’s McLaren Or Nothing

OUTGOING FERRARI STAR Kimi Raikkonen has ruled out a move to Toyota next season, revealing McLaren remains his sole preference to remain in Formula 1.

While Toyota handed the Finn a contract, Raikkonen said he gave no consideration to the offer by the Japanese outfit, stating he would only consider a move to his former team.

Raikkonen [...]

F1: Button Hopes To End Campaign In Style

F1: Button Hopes To End Campaign In Style

2009 F1 championship winner, Jenson Button.

NEWLY CROWNED WORLD Champion Jenson Button is keen to round off a stellar campaign on a high note at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend.

Button secured the driver’s title with a stunning drive to fifth place at Interlagos, overcoming the challenge of Sebastian Vettel and Rubens Barrichello to become [...]

F1: Webber Confident Ahead Of Abu Dhabi Finale

F1: Webber Confident Ahead Of Abu Dhabi Finale

AUSTRALIAN STAR Mark Webber has declared he is expecting to again challenge for race victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit this weekend.

Webber claimed the second victory of his career in a dominating display at the previous race in Sao Paolo, and is confident the new track will suit the characteristics [...]

F1: Silverstone Offered Chance To Host British GP

F1: Silverstone Offered Chance To Host British GP

SILVERSTONE HAS BEEN offered a chance to regain the rights to host the British Grand Prix for 2010 and beyond after Donington Park’s bid to stage the event fell apart over financial problems. Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has approached event manager Silverstone Holdings with a proposal for the circuit to [...]

F1: Ecclestone Slams Brawn GP Over Button Negotiations

F1: Ecclestone Slams Brawn GP Over Button Negotiations

FORMULA 1 COMMERCIAL rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has slammed Brawn GP for refusing to meet newly-crowned World Champion Jenson Button’s contract demands for next year.

Button is seeking a return to his wage levels before Honda withdrew from F1 - reported to be in the vicinity of £13 million per season - after accepting a massive [...]

F1: Webber Hopeful Of 2010 Title Challenge

F1: Webber Hopeful Of 2010 Title Challenge

RED BULL STAR MARK WEBBER says he is capable of fighting for the World Championship again next season following a breakthrough year which saw the Australian claim his first Grand Prix win.

Webber emerged as the most likely rival of eventual champion Jenson Button midway through the season, assuming second place in the standings as he [...]

F1: Red Bull Confirms Webber For 2010

F1: Red Bull Confirms Webber For 2010

RED BULL RACING has confirmed it will retain Mark Webber for next season after rumours emerged linking Kimi Raikkonen with the Australian’s seat at the team.

With Raikkonen suitors McLaren and Toyota reportedly baulking at the Finn’s astronomical pay demands, Red Bull emerged as potential contender to snare the former World Champion.

Red Bull was believed to [...]

F1: Briatore Launches Legal Action To Overturn Ban

F1: Briatore Launches Legal Action To Overturn Ban

Renault's Flavio Briatore has been handed a lifetime motorsport ban. Photo: Bert van Dijk

DISGRACED FORMER Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore has launched legal action in a French court to overturn his lifetime ban from motorsport.

Briatore was handed the sanction by the FIA for his role in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix race fixing saga (with [...]

F1: Button Ready To Open Brawn GP Contract Talks

F1: Button Ready To Open Brawn GP Contract Talks

2009 F1 championship winner, Jenson Button.

BRITAIN’S JENSON BUTTON says he is ready to commence contract talks with Brawn GP after clinching the World Championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Button is uncontracted for the 2010 season after accepting a cut-price one year deal to remain with the squad following the withdrawal of Honda from Formula 1 [...]

F1: Webber Wins At Brazil As Button Clinches 2009 Championship

F1: Webber Wins At Brazil As Button Clinches 2009 Championship

AUSTRALIA’S MARK WEBBER has claimed the second win of his career as Jenson Button wrapped up the World Championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Button finished fifth to clinch the title, but his final standing belied a stunning drive which saw the Briton scythe his way through the field during the opening stint.

While the Brawn driver [...]

F1: Massa Re-ignites ‘Crashgate’ Drama With Alonso Comments

F1: Massa Re-ignites ‘Crashgate’ Drama With Alonso Comments

FERRARI’S FELIPE MASSA has set the stage for a stormy relationship with future team-mate Fernando Alonso after suggesting the Spaniard would have been privy to the ‘crashgate’ plot at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

Although Alonso has been cleared by FIA investigators of having any involvement in the scandal, Massa has re-ignited the controversy by telling [...]

Schumacher Backs Todt In FIA Election

Schumacher Backs Todt In FIA Election

Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt.

THE CAMPAIGN OF FIA Presidential Candidate Jean Todt has received a boost after seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher issued a letter confirming his support for the Frenchman.

With the vote fast approaching, Schumacher has launched a staunch defence of the former Ferrari F1 boss, rubbishing suggestions Todt would simply maintain the status [...]

F1: Vettel Refuses To Give Up On Title Hopes

F1: Vettel Refuses To Give Up On Title Hopes

RED BULL STAR Sebastian Vettel has declared he is refusing to give up on his dream of claiming the Formula 1 Driver’s Championship this season.

Vettel sits 16 points behind championship leader Jenson Button as the season approaches its penultimate round in Brazil, and needs to win the final two races to have any hope of [...]

F1: Todt Launches Attack On Rival As FIA Presidential Stoush Nears Crescendo

F1: Todt Launches Attack On Rival As FIA Presidential Stoush Nears Crescendo

FIA PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL Jean Todt has launched a last ditch attack on fellow candidate Ari Vatanen in a bid to win over voters as the election to select a replacement for Max Mosley nears.

Todt has accused Vatanen of neglecting core policy issues and instead engaging in an unsubstantiated mud-slinging campaign, undermining the leadership of current [...]

F1: Massa Completes Successful Test At Fiorano

F1: Massa Completes Successful Test At Fiorano

FERRARI’S FELIPE MASSA has cleared an important hurdle in his road to recovery after completing his first F1 test since recovering from an accident which nearly claimed his life at Hungary this year. The Brazilian completed 100km at the team’s private test track at Fiorano, alongside Ferrari’s Maranello factory, where he [...]

F1: Barrichello To Sign With Williams: Report

F1: Barrichello To Sign With Williams: Report

FORMULA 1 CHAMPIONSHIP contender Rubens Barrichello is on the verge of signing a potential two-year deal with Williams F1 next season, according to reports in his native Brazil.

Newspaper Folha de Sao Paolo said the former Ferrari driver will leave Brawn GP at the end of the current campaign and “has already signed a contract with [...]

F1: Massa To Test, But Ferrari Rules Out Comeback At Abu Dhabi

F1: Massa To Test, But Ferrari Rules Out Comeback At Abu Dhabi

FERRARI’S INJURED STAR, Felipe Massa, is to conduct a test in an F2007 at Fiorano overnight with many speculating a successful outcome could accelerate the Brazilian’s return to Formula 1.

Ferrari however has ruled out the possibility of Massa making a comeback at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November.

The team said Massa [...]

F1: Massa Admits Abu Dhabi Race Dream Unlikely

F1: Massa Admits Abu Dhabi Race Dream Unlikely

FERRARI’S FELIPE MASSA believes his dream of making a return from injury at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November is unlikely to come to fruition.

Massa is on the comeback trail after incurring life-threatening injuries during the Hungarian Grand Prix and has already completed a brief go-karting session in his native Brazil.

However, the 2008 [...]

F1: USF1 May Be Forced To Reconsider All-American Line Up

F1: USF1 May Be Forced To Reconsider All-American Line Up

FORMULA 1 NEWCOMER USF1 has been forced to reconsider consider its stated aim of fielding an All-American driver line-up next season.Co-founder Peter Windsor said the team has struggled to identify American-born talents capable of making the leap to the pinnacle of motorsport, suggesting it may even be forced to hire two foreign drivers.lamictal erectile dysfunction, [...]

F1: Renault Confirms Kubica Signing

F1: Renault Confirms Kubica Signing

RENAULT F1 HAS announced it has signed Polish star Robert Kubica to replace the outgoing Fernando Alonso from next season.

A one-time Grand Prix winner, Kubica agreed to an undisclosed deal for next year and beyond, ensuring a key piece in the 2010 driver puzzle is now firmly in place after he was courted by Williams [...]

F1: Williams Engine Decision Imminent; McLaren Concerned Over Sauber Owners

F1: Williams Engine Decision Imminent; McLaren Concerned Over Sauber Owners

WILLIAMS F1 BOSS Frank Williams has revealed his team will be forced to make a decision regarding its 2010 engine partner in the near future amid rumours that the outfit may link with Cosworth.

The British-based team has requested an early termination of its agreement with Toyota. Williams has become increasingly frustrated with [...]

F1: Webber Says Vettel Battle His Greatest Triumph

F1: Webber Says Vettel Battle His Greatest Triumph

AUSTRALIAN STAR MARK WEBBER rates his battle with team-mate Sebastian Vettel as the highlight of a spectacular season which netted the Red Bull driver his first ever Grand Prix win.

The 33-year-old entered the current campaign under pressure to produce despite sustaining a severe broken leg late last year during his own charity event in Taasmania.

Paired [...]

F1: McLaren Boss Rejects BMW Talk

F1: McLaren Boss Rejects BMW Talk

MCLAREN F1 BOSS Martin Whitmarsh has moved to dismiss rumours his team are interested in purchasing BMW F1’s Munich manufacturing plant.

With Mercedes-Benz believed to have purchased a stake in Brawn GP in preparation for launching a factory team from 2012, the Suzuka paddock was alight with talk that McLaren is keen to build its own [...]

F1: Vettel Still Hopeful Of Championship Glory

F1: Vettel Still Hopeful Of Championship Glory

REB BULL STAR Sebastian Vettel remains hopeful of replicating the feats of Kimi Raikkonen in 2007 and clawing back a massive deficit in the final two rounds of the season to win the World Championship.

Raikkonen trailed rookie Lewis Hamilton by 17 points leading into the last two events of the 2007, and was seemingly out [...]

LIVE UPDATES: Japanese F1 Grand Prix

LIVE UPDATES: Japanese F1 Grand Prix

VETTEL WINS, Trulli second, Hamilton third. The live updates, posted during the race, of the closing two laps follows:

5.29pm -  Two laps to go. Vettel still ahead. Trulli second, Hamilton third. Webber looking quick; best time through first sector.

5.31pm - Webber! The Australian sets the fastest lap 1:32.569, the second of his career. [...]

F1: Raikkonen Considering F1 Exit

F1: Raikkonen Considering F1 Exit

FORMER WORLD CHAMPION Kimi Raikkonen has revealed he is considering the possibility of quitting Formula 1 after his contract was terminated by Ferrari.

Raikkonen will be replaced by Fernando Alonso next season after Ferrari negotiated a buy-out of the final year of his mammoth $US50 million per annum contract.

While Raikkonen has been linked with a switch [...]

F1: Toyota Future In Doubt

F1: Toyota Future In Doubt

TOYOTA’S FUTURE IN Formula 1 appears in doubt despite claiming a landmark second place finish at the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend.

While  mid-season negotiating between the Formula 1 Teams’ Association and FIA resulted in a range of cost-cutting measures for 2010 and beyond, Toyota team boss Tadashi Yamashima has intimated that the reduction in expenses [...]

F1: Ferrari Confirms Alonso Deal

F1: Ferrari Confirms Alonso Deal

FERRARI HAS FINALLY confirmed the long awaited arrival of two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso to replace Kimi Raikkonen from 2010.

While Alonso initially signed an agreement to move to the Scuderia in 2011, Raikkonen’s rapidly falling level of favour within Ferrari, allied to the deteriorating situation at Renault, prompted the Maranello-based outfit to accelerate the Spaniard’s [...]

F1: Alonso Poised To Move To Ferrari

F1: Alonso Poised To Move To Ferrari

FERRARI IS REPORTEDLY on the verge of announcing the signing of two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso, with Kimi Raikkonen set to move to McLaren next season.

Alonso has long been linked to a move to Ferrari with early reports in the Italian press suggesting a deal with the Spaniard could have been inked as early as [...]

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