Archive for the ‘Formula 1’ Category

How about the top thirty fastest drivers around the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit (also know as Albert Park)? Expect a lot more from this site in the future when it comes to laptimes and comparisons between different cars and categories.

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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 at 14:58 | 0 comments
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Christian Klien will replace Sakon Yamamoto for the Singapore Grand Prix, according to a Hispania Racing F1 Team press release. The reason, according to Colin Kolles, is that Yamamoto doesn’t feel well because of food poisoning. It will be good to see Christian Klien back in Formula 1 which he joined in 2004 for Jaguar [...]

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Friday, September 24th, 2010 at 10:36 | 0 comments
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It’s about damn time! Yes, it is. Paul Di Resta should have been in Formula 1 about the same time that Lewis Hamilton entered, but things took a slightly different route for Di Resta. Instead of keep doing the expensive single seater career move of going to GP2 after taking the F3 Euro Series championship [...]

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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 at 22:06 | 0 comments
Categories: DTM, Formula 1

The GP2 Series works in three-year cycles and next year marks the beginning of a new one. That means the team situation has been reassessed by the GP2 Series organisors. The lineup consist of thirteen teams and they will have to run both in the main series and in GP2 Asia this time around. Here [...]

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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 at 22:12 | 0 comments
Categories: Formula 1, GP2, GP2 Asia

As Nick Heidfeld recently signed on for Sauber he has left his duties as test driver for the 2011 Pirelli Formula 1 tyres. His replacement, at least for next week’s test at Monza will be former Renault F1 driver Romain Grosjean from Switzerland/France (it’s a dual citizenship thing). Grosjean replaced Nelson Piquet Jr last year [...]

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Friday, September 17th, 2010 at 14:53 | 0 comments

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso, had one of the most bizarre accidents I’ve seen this morning during the first free practice for the Chinese Grand Prix. Under braking both his front wheels just snaps off and leaves the car! And since the FIA are very good at removing Youtube videos, here’s a still frame of [...]

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Friday, April 16th, 2010 at 09:39 | 0 comments
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Autosport are reporting that Team US F1 has shut down operation today and that production manager Dave Skog informed the staff at lunchtime that they were put on unpaid leave. The rumours have been many about the tough times for US F1 and the saga now sadly seems to be over. What happens to US [...]

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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 22:42 | 0 comments
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2010 Formula 1 rule changes As the avid Formula 1 fans are aware there are some rule changes for this season. The changes are not so drastic as they were for 2009, but they will still have an affect on things. The biggest change is the ban of refuelilng during the race. Refuelling during races [...]

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Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 10:44 | 0 comments
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The question is why. Why, oh why?! Why not give Milka Duno a call? Ferrari admit Badoer likely to stay for Spa.

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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 09:56 | 0 comments
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British Formula 3 team Litespeed has confirmed that it will lodge its entry for the 2010 Formula 1 season with FIA today. The team will work with the company MGI which is run by F1 designer Mike Gascoyne. Engines for the team will be supplied by Cosworth. Team principal Nino Judge: “I can confirm that [...]

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Friday, May 29th, 2009 at 12:25 | 0 comments
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