Archive for January, 2009
The 2008 Spanish Formula 3 champion Germán Sánchez has signed up for the FIA Formula Two championship. The 19-year-old driver becomes the second Spaniard in the series after Andy Soucek was confirmed a week or so ago. Sánchez made his single seater debut in 2006 and won the National class (Copa de Espãna) in his [...]
2008 GP2 driver Carlos Iaconelli is the latest signing for the FIA Formula Two championship. He becomes the first South American driver in the F2 series. “I am really delighted to be racing in F2 in 2009; it will be a fantastic challenge. The championship will visit beautiful circuits, with competitive drivers and a powerful [...]
Renault launched their new Formula 1 car the Renault R29 today at Portimao in Portugal. The new car brings back the original yellow of Renault and also brings a very blocky nose! “We began our preparations for the R29 project early and I am proud of what the team has achieved,” explained Briatore. “There are [...]
The second team to launch their new Formula 1 car was Panasonic Toyota Racing. They launched their new car in Cologne at January 15. “Our target this year is to fight to win the first race for Toyota in Formula One.”, team principal Tadashi Yamashina said. Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock will continue from last [...]
The A1GP event at Mexico City scheduled for the 15th of March has been moved back a week to March 20-22. The reason? Radiohead were playing on the circuit! Well, not really on the actual circuit itself, but in a baseball stadium located at the track. Pete da Silva, CEO for A1GP, commented, “It is [...]
Round Five of the 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Nations championship was supposed to take place at a new street circuit in Lippo Village in Indonesia. Ths event will now be dropped from the calendar as the street circuit has failed to meet the requisite completion deadlines in some aspects and as a result the [...]
Jolyon Palmer, son of the 1983 Formula 2 champion and Formula 1 racer Jonathan Palmer, has joined the Formula Two championship. Jolyon has been racing in the Formula Palmer Audi series, a series organised by his father and Motorsport Vision – which also organises the FIA Formula Two Championship. Last season he finished third in [...]
Russian driver Mikhail Aleshin becomes the second Red Bull Junior to be signed up for the Formula Two championship. Robert Wickens was one of the first signings for the series and now Aleshin joins him. Aleshin was team mate to Wickens in the 2008 World Series by Renault where both drove for Carlin Motorsport. Aleshin [...]
Scuderia Ferrari launched its new Formula 1 challenger the Ferrari F60 today at Mugello. The car, built for the new 2009 specifications which really tries its best to Formula 1 cars ugly, was the first car launched for the coming 2009 season. This will be the new office for Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa. (I [...]
Force India team co-owner Vijay Mallya has told Indian media (and relayed by Reuters) a bit about the new Force India VJM02 and he seems to have big hopes for it. In last November Force India signed a five-year deal with McLaren Mercedes and this will benefit the Indian team in the coming season. “The [...]
