Only two weeks after the end of 2008 Formula One season all the F1 teams except Toyota returned to the track to begin preparations for 2009 season. Thanks to major rules and regulation changes this winter season promises to be exciting one. It will take a while before teams roll out anything that is close [...]
2008
Photos – Valentino Rossi tests Ferrari F2008 Formula 1 car at Mugello
Moto GP Champion Valentino Rossi started his Formula 1 Ferrari test at Mugello track. Rossi drove the Ferrari F2008 F1 car for 20 laps on his first day of testing. Same as the recent Sebastien Loeb’s Red Bull F1 test this Rossi’s test is a gift for the World Championship title, Rossi’s 6th in [...]
2008
Video – Sebastien Loeb testing Red Bull Racing F1 car
Sebastien Loeb received a gift for his fifth World Rally Championship title from Red Bull – F1 test in Barcelona this week. As we could see from the Barcelona times Loeb handled the switch from his Citroen C4 WRC to a Red Bull Racing F1 car very well, finishing the day safely in the middle [...]
2009
Toro Rosso looking for well funded drivers – says Bourdais
End of 2007 season meant also the end of pay drivers in Formula 1. The last of them disappeared with Spyker team and so we haven’t seen any of them on the 2008 Formula 1 grid. This might also be one of the reasons why no driver lost his seat this year (except of course [...]
2008
The Formula 1 Off Season News Round Up – Part 2
The winter testing has started and after months of speculations we finally got some live presenation of what the 2009 Formula 1 cars may look like. It does not look that good , and according to Christian Klien these are the worst looking F1 cars, ever …
2009
F1 to go ahead with Bernie’s medals instead of points ?
It looks like we may be in for more than just different cars next season. Few weeks ago Bernie Ecclestone floated an idea to scrap the championship points and give the top 3 drivers medals instead. The one with most golds would take the title. This would be rather radical change. Perhaps because of the [...]
McLaren
Video – Lewis Hamilton snubbed by media (commercial)
Vodafone goes viral with this FindLiveGuy advertsing campaign.
2008
2008 Macau GP – Raw video footage – Sounds and sights
Hopefuly I will have time to prepare some proper video edit of my 2008 Macau GP experience. But before that happens, here are approximately 4 minutes of sounds and sights from garages and Lisboa corner.
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2008
2008 Macau GP – Action photos
It will take me a while before I manage to go through all my Macau GP photos. But as Macau Grand Prix is all about action I made some quick selection of some action photos from 2008 racing weekend in Macau.
2008
2009 Formula 1 – First look at BMW Sauber 2009 F1 car concept
(Updated, more pictures added including Honda 2009 wing)
The winter testing for 2009 Formula One season begins in Barcelona today. The are is some added excitement about the testing this winter as all the teams will have to come up with brand new cars for next season, very different from the 2008 Formula 1 machinery. So [...]
2008
Montreal gives up but can China be the light at end of the tunnel ?
As it is often case in Formula 1 the money and greed prevailed, the sport and fans are the loosers. Following the news coming out of Montreal on Sunday the chances that the Canadian GP may reappear on 2009 F1 calendar when its final version is released in December are now close to zero. Finding [...]
2008
2008 Macau GP – WTTC, Motorcycle and GT Cup race results
Here are the race results of the WTTC, Motorcycle Grand Prix and GT Cup races from Macau:
Windsor Arch Macau GT Cup race result:
1. Darryl O’YOUNG – HKG – Porsche 997 GT3 Cup – 31:01.710
2. Danny WATTS – GBR – Porsche 997 GT3 Cup – 31:03.830
3. Keita SAWA – JPN – Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 – 31:10.891
4. [...]
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