WILLIAMS, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso have blocked Ferrari’s attempts to secure Michael Schumacher a testing exemption ahead of his much anticipated Formula 1 return at Valencia.

The Scuderia were keen to get the German up to speed behind the wheel of F60, and adapt to the changes to the 2009 machines, including the [...]

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SPANISH DEBUTANT Jaime Alguersuari has come under fire from members of the Formula One paddock for being too inexperienced to compete at the elite level.

Doubts have been raised over Alguersuari’s preparedness to step into motor racing’s top category having never completing a lap in the Toro Rosso.

The 19-year-old has only managed to complete a series [...]

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SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO has confirmed the worst kept secret in Formula One by announcing teenager Jamie Alguersuari will replace Sebastien Bourdais at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Alguersuari was long touted as the next driver to receive Toro Rosso’s poisoned chalice, with the team having turned over no fewer than four drivers in three seasons, and is [...]

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AXED SCUDERIA TORO Rosso driver Sebastien Bourdais says he will consider taking legal action after he was dumped by his team following the German Grand Prix.
The four-time CART World Series champion has struggled since entering Formula One last year, finding himself regularly outpaced by teammates Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Buemi.
Although his struggles against Vettel were [...]

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FERRARI IS SET to abandon development of its 2009 challenger, to instead focus on producing a race winning machine for next season, according to team principal Stefano Domenicali.

The Maranello-based team has endured one of the most unsuccessful years in its history, failing to record a single point until round four in Bahrain before making its [...]

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