Archive for December, 2009

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Red Bull‘s Sebastian Vettel has revealed the team will be powered by Renault next year. The team had named the French engine supplier on their FIA entry, but team principal Christian Horner had said the decision was not official. When questioned on the topic during a TV interview, he said: “We’re staying with Renault.”

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Despite being the bookies’ favourite going into it, Jenson Button has finished runner up at the BBC‘s Sports Personality Of The Year award, being beaten by Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs. The Sports Personality Of The Year award is awarded to the sportsperson “whose actions have most captured the public’s imagination.” Should Button have won [...]

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According to an ‘internal source’ at the Renault F1 Team, Heikki Kovalainen was spotted at the team’s base at Enstone on Friday, provoking rumours of the Finn’s return to the french team he raced for in 2007. Kovalainen’s father has said that the announcement as to where his son will be next season will be [...]

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Three-time world champion Ayrton Senna has been voted the greatest F1 driver of all time. In the survey – conducted by Autosport - the Brazilian came out on top, with seven-time champion Michael Schumacher in second and five-time champion Juan Manuel Fangio in third. Autosport canvassed the views of 217 world championship drivers for their F1 [...]

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We reported earlier that Lotus team boss Tony Fernandes had announced by his Twitter account that he was to announce the drivers he had signed for the team’s debut season on Monday. However, it seems he may as well call off the announcement as according to an AP source Jarno Trulli has been signed for [...]

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Formula One team Lotus are set to announce their drivers for the 2010 season on Monday. On Twitter, Lotus boss Tony Fernandes wrote: “Bringing home 2 drivers for the Lotus F1 team. Announcement Monday.” Jarno Trulli is the runaway favourite for one of the seats, in a move which would see him reunited with Mike [...]

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Various news sources are reporting that the deal to bring Michael Schumacher back to Formula 1 with the Mercedes team is ‘as good as perfect’. It is believed that the seven time world champion has agreed a deal with the Stuttgart team, who have bought out Brawn GP for 2010. Schumacher reportedly will start for [...]

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Jenson Button and his team Brawn GP collected their Drivers and Constructors trophies and were officially crowned World Champions at the FIA Gala in Monaco last night. Jenson Button took the award for F1 World Champ, team boss Ross Brawn collected Brawn GP’s championship trophy and Sebastian Vettel and Rubens Barrichello took their second and [...]

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Some would say it was about time, but today Lucas di Grassi has confirmed that he will be driving in F1 next year with one of the four new teams, be it; Virgin, USF1, Lotus or Campos. di Grassi said; “It will be in one of the four new teams entering the sport. It’s a [...]

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The Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix have switched places in the 2010 calendar, meaning the finale will be held in the United Arab Emirates again. The race at the Yas Marina circuit had been planned as the penultimate race of the season, but the sport’s governing body decided to switch the fixtures. The returning [...]

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