John Booth – founder of Manor has taken over the role as team principal at the new Virgin Racing team from the departing Alex Tai, who is leaving the team citing  wanting ‘to accept new challenges in new ventures’.  However, Tai who has been a key right-hand-man to the Virgin founder Richard Branson, working on [...]

It has been a busy day in regards to car launch announcements – here are the dates you need to add to your diary: McLaren will launch it’s 2010 MP4-25 on January 29th. Toro Rosso will not have a car launch. Renault will launch their car on the 31st of January – the same day [...]

F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone has come up with an ingenious solution to the overtaking problem in F1 – by, erm, building shortcuts on the track. Ecclestone, speaking at the annual Ferrari pre-season jamboree in the Italian Dolomites, said the shortcut could be used by drivers five times during the race. “It would be very easy for [...]

A video of Schumi driving the GP2 car around Jerez yesterday. More info here.

Former F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr is moving to NASCAR for 2010. Piquet Jr. said yesterday on his website that his… “first 18 months in F-1 did not go as planned. I have decided to focus on something different and have chosen to take a route in America. “I have spent the last few months [...]

Below are images of Michael Schumacher who has today tested a GP2 car at the Jerez circuit in Spain. Schumacher completed 52 laps as wind and rain battered the circuit. Schumacher said: “All my senses were on full alert – this alone was worth it. “I felt comfortable out on track from the very beginning. [...]

A diagram of the supposed 2010 Ferrari F1 car, drawn by the F1’s technical journalist, Giorgio Piola has been published in the Italian sport newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The diagram suggests that the car is heavily based around the aerodynamically successful 2009 Red Bull car the RB5, taking ideas like the V shaped nose from [...]

Fernando Alonso has today made his first appearance in Ferrari colours at the team’s annual ski camp at Madonna di Campiglio, for the traditional Wrooom event. The event features both the Ferrari F1 team and the Ducati Moto GP team, so Alonso appeared alongside F1 drivers Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella, and MotoGP drivers Nicky Hayden and [...]

As Formula 1 gets closer and closer to Bahrain, most teams are finished in terms of their driver line-up, although Campos, Renault and Toro Rosso still have to confirm their second driver. However, it seems that USF1 is in more difficulty, as it to date has not confirmed either of its drivers. Many of the [...]

The BMW Sauber F1 team has announced the restructuring of its management, following the purchase of the team by Peter Sauber near the end of last year. Peter Sauber is now the President of the board of directors, but will not have any operational duties at the team’s Hinwil base. This will be left with [...]