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 [...]
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 [...]
Rubens Barrichello has said that he is fulfilling a lifelong dream by driving a Williams with his countryman the late Ayrton Senna‘s name under the nose of the car. Barrichello has signed for Williams for the 2010 season, making the jump from the Brawn GP team. The Brazilian Senna won 3 world championships and scored [...]
Well, they say great minds think alike, and I was only just thinking about writing a piece on Red Bull driver Mark Webber … and then he goes and bags an awards double. The Australian has been given the Innes Ireland award for the driver best displaying the qualities of courage and sportsmanship epitomised by the [...]
Gary Paffett of McLaren topped the timesheets in today’s second young drivers test at Jerez, with the 2005 DTM champion and long-time McLaren test driver setting a fastest time of 01:18.718 in a day dogged by rain. The Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg with a 2010 race seat for the team set a time of a 1:19.184 in his [...]
The 2009 Formula 1 cars were back on track today as 12 of the hottest young chargers tried to top the timesheets. And it was Spanish driver Andy Soucek who took the spoils in the Williams-Toyota, with the fastest time of 1m19.158 from 87 laps of Jerez. It wasn’t all plain sailing for the current [...]
The FIA have today published the 2010 F1 entry list on their official website. A few interesting points of note from this entry list are as follows: Although Brawn GP are listed , it also says; This team has indicated its intention to change its team name to Mercedes Grand Prix prior to the start [...]
It’s a debate which has been bubbling under the F1 surface for years. Every now and again it crops up again, usually to be shot down in flames. And it’s a subject I’ve no doubt everyone has an opinion on… Should teams be allowed to run three cars on a Formula One weekend? Ferrari president Luca di [...]
Brawn GP chief executive officer Nick Fry has blasted Jenson Button on his move away from the Brackley based team to McLaren for the 2010 season. Button has signed a £6mill deal to join the team next year. According to the Daily Express, the relationship between Button and Brawn ‘broke down so badly that they [...]
Earlier on today McLaren confirmed they had signed Jenson Button to drive alongside Lewis Hamilton in 2010 and lets be honest, it was news we were all expecting. However there has just been a shocking news story by Brazilian journalist Lito Cavalcanti, saying that Kimi Raikkonen has signed for Brawn GP who will run under [...]








