Mercedes GP Petronas has confirmed that it will be giving GP2 driver Sam Bird a run during the upcoming F1 Young Driver test days at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 16 and 17. The 23-year-old has raced this year for the ART team and is currently fifth in the standings, with [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Bird watching at Mercedes GP Petronas
Posted in F1 Drivers on October 29, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Heikki aims to be champion again
Posted in F1 Drivers on October 29, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Heikki Kovalainen first shot to international prominence in motor racing when he defeated Michael Schumacher and Sébastien Loeb on his way to becoming the Champion of Champions in the Race of Champions event in Paris, back in 2004. It has now been announced that Kovalainen will be back in action in the 2010 Race of [...]
Some birthday present for Mr E
Posted in F1 politics, FIA and F1 politics on October 29, 2010 | 34 Comments »
Bernie Ecclestone turned 80 yesterday. It will have been a point of little relevance to the man himself, who is not one to look back, but is always looking ahead at new opportunities. The birthday has predictably resulted in all manner of stories about the succession question for Formula One, which is not what Mr [...]
Winter testing dates becoming clearer
Posted in Circuits, F1 Teams on October 29, 2010 | 12 Comments »
The Formula 1 teams have agreed to restrict their testing this winter to just four tests. These will start at the beginning of February in Valencia (February 1-3), will continue at Jerez (February 10-13) and Barcelona (February 18-21) and will conclude in Bahrain between March 3-6, with the equipment then being left at the Bahrain [...]
Ferrari World coming on song
Posted in F1 Drivers on October 29, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Ferrari World, the vast 40-acre theme park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, was due to open on Thursday, but the death of Sheikh Saqr Al Qasimi, the ruler of the Ras al Khaimah, one of the smaller states in the UAE, has caused this to be delayed because of a period of official mourning. [...]
Jarno in America…
Posted in F1 Drivers on October 29, 2010 | 16 Comments »
After the Korean Grand Prix Jarno Trulli flew off to the United States of America, meeting up with his old pal Juan Pablo Montoya In Miami. The future of the Italian driver in F1 remains unclear with rumours increasing that Lotus Racing could go for a younger driver in 2011. In December last year Trulli [...]
Formula One and Bulgaria
Posted in Circuits on October 28, 2010 | 18 Comments »
There have been stories for some time of plans for F1 races in former Eastern Bloc countries, such as Romania, Bulgaria and Poland. None of these plans have ever sounded very serious, mainly because of the costs involved. However, the promoters of these projects continue to try to land government support to make the races [...]
The value of talk…
Posted in FIA and F1 politics on October 28, 2010 | 27 Comments »
Human beings are living longer these days. Once upon a time life expectancy was “threescore years and 10″ – which for the non-mathematical works out at 70 – but these days better healthcare and housing – and cleaner living – means that the averages have been creeping upwards. Live in Japan, Iceland, Switzerland or Australia [...]
Permutations for the World Championship
Posted in Action at Grands Prix, F1 Drivers, F1 Teams on October 28, 2010 | 55 Comments »
The Formula 1 points scoring system was designed to make sure that the World Championship comes down to a suitable climax at the end of the season – and to reward those who win the races. Thus far Fernando Alonso has won five Grands Prix, although the purist would argue that the Spanish driver did [...]
What next for HRT?
Posted in F1 Teams on October 27, 2010 | 30 Comments »
The Hispania Racing Team needs one thing more than anything else: money. Thus the suggestion that it is going to buy the Toyota F1 facility in Cologne, plus an upgraded Toyota chassis to race in 2011, for a sum of around $50 million seems to be one of those F1 stories dreamed up by folk [...]
