As expected, Scott Speed’s career in Toro Rosso is over. Sebastian Vettel will take over from Hungarian GP for the rest of the season, after BMW released him. Timo Glock will take over Vettel’s duties at BMW. What other rumours will prove to be true?
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Tomas Enge Crashed Again
It is going from bad to worse this year for the former Prost F1 driver and F3000 Champion (well he was stripped off the title after his cannabis incident). Only a week after crashing with Mika Salo in the ALMS race at Mid-Ohio (videos inside the article) and following sacking from the Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning [...]
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Le Mans – The Movie
Last week I made a post on Jacques Villeneuve. The mention of him and Le Mans reminded me of the 1971 movie with Steeve McQueen. It has been quite a few years since I watched that. So with no F1 or MotoGP race on calendar this weekend I’d picked up the DVD and did the [...]
2007
Formula 1 – Todt Speaks Up
Jean Todt is very obviously very upset man. Two days after the FIA decided not to punish the guilty party, Todt went public with his view of the events on the Ferrari website. Thing are going to get dirty…
Here is the full text:
“I am bitter about it: what happened yesterday is serious. On the one [...]
Renault
Formula 1 – Singing Renault Engines
I had quite a lot of visitors landing on these pages searching for the Renault singing engines. So, just in case somebody is looking for the high revs concerts, here are 3 of them – La Marseillaise, God Save The Queen and We Are The Champions.
2008
Formula 1 – Provisional 2008 Calendar
The FIA published the provisional race calendar for 2008. It looks like business as usual at the beginning of the season. Opening race in Australia followed by Malaysia, Bahrain and Spain. Then there is new slot for Turkey in May, instead of their usual August date. France still remains on the calendar with Magny Cours [...]
2007
Formula 1 – Sakon Yamamoto Helmet
Here is the color scheme of Sakon Yamamoto’s helmet. The front will also feature the ETIHAD logo that is not visible on the side shot. The color scheme is quite similar the one of his team mate Adrian Sutil.
Yamamoto Sutil
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Albers – All The Time In The World
So, now when Sakon Yamamoto was confirmed for Spyker for remaining races of the season, Christijan Albers has all the time in the world to develop his CA Skincare …
2007
Formula 1 – McLaren Escapes Without Punishment
The FIA World Motor Sports Council decided not to penalize McLaren.
The full FIA statement read: “An extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council was held in Paris on 26 July, 2007. The following decision was taken:“The WMSC is satisfied that Vodafone McLaren Mercedes was in possession of confidential Ferrari information and is therefore [...]
2006
Formula 1 – Jacques Villeneuve 1 Year On (with photos and video)
This weekend a year ago we saw the last of Jacques Villeneuve in Formula 1. The German Grand Prix in Hockenheim on July 30, 2006 was his last race. He crashed out and it did not take long for BMW Sauber to sack him. It did not as much of a surprise as BMW seemed [...]
F1 Drivers
Formula 1 – Driver Rumours Gather Speed
The potential replacement for Christijan Albers was probably the most discussed race seat in past 2 weeks. Spyker took their time and then named Marcus Winkelhock as the replacement, but very likely for European GP only. There were several other names discussed, the top favourites being van der Garde (Dutch with money), Klien (available and [...]
History
Formula 1 – Pironi And Villeneuve
F1 Fanatic has interesting new insight into the infamous 1982 San Marino Grand Prix. To sum up – Gilles Villeneuve was leading the race ahead of Didier Pironi. Pironi ignored the team orders and stole the win from unsuspecting Villeneuve. Well, there are many of us who are too young to remember that race, so [...]
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