This weekend Giancarlo Fisichella is appearing for the first time in Ferrari colours, Vitantonio Liuzzi is back racing. Here are the pictures of the helmets these two Italian drivers are sporting this weekend at the Italian GP at Monza (click on the thumbnails to enlarge the images).
Both drivers chose the colours of the Italian flag. [...]
2009 Italian GP – Fisichella’s and Liuzzi’s helmets
Photos – Force India pole position celebrations
Fisichella’s pole position in Begium is the maiden pole for the Force India team. They still have a race to do but that does not mean they can’t celebrate on Saturday. Here are few photos of Force India pole position celebrations (courtesy of Force India F1 team).
Teams, drivers and GP rumours
With F1 back from the summer hiatus we also have some fresh news, rumours and speculations coming out of the paddock. Here is a summary of today’s F1 news, tweets and speculations.
Sebastian Vettel extended his contract with Red Bull until the end of 2011 season. Red Bull Racing also has an option for Vettel’s services [...]
2009 F1 Drivers Helmets
With the teams revealing their 2009 Formula One cars we also have chance to see some of the 2009 F1 drivers helmets. Here they come, including the new yellow helmet of Jenson Button . I will be adding more (or better) pictures as they become available.
Force India F1 confirms 2009 drivers, yet again
Only few days after Vijay Mallya casted doubts on job security of his current drivers the Force India F1 team confirmed (yet again) that Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil will keep their race driver seats for next season. Vitantonio Liuzzi will continue as a test driver.
Force India to consult McLaren about 2009 drivers, Sutil and Fisichella not yet safe for 2009
Things can change very quickly in Formula One …
October 17, 2008, Shanghai, Vijay Mallya
“I’ve made it pretty clear that I am happy with both our drivers Adrian (Sutil) and Giancarlo (Fisichella) and they will continue with us in 2009.”
December 11, 2008, Vijay Mallya to BBC:
2008 Formula 1 – Wolf’s Driver rankings – Part 1 – 22nd to 16th
It has been a week since the grand 2008 F1 season finale, it is about the time to begin the evaluations here. Not everything went according to pre-season predictions, some teams did better some much worse than expected (or hoped). But let’s forget about the cars and focus on the drivers here. This is the [...]
The 2009 F1 seats are going fast, Fisichella and Sutil confirmed by Force India
Force India announced their drivers line up will remain unchanged for 2009 season. That means both Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil will keep their jobs for one more year. None of the drivers scored single point this year, Sutil however came very close to finishing 4th in Monaco (before getting hit by the Raikkonen missile). [...]
Drivers in danger – Who will not be back in 2009 ?
Back in July I posted my prediction for the 2009 drivers line up. At that time I did not predict too many changes. Since then there was no announcement that would contradict my prediction. There were few that confirmed it – McLaren will keep both their drivers, Ferrari semiofficially stated that both Massa and Raikkonen [...]
Will some zeros disapear after this weekend ?
Thanks to some interesting races and rather even midfield most of the drivers and most of the teams have some points to their names already. Only few zeros still remain (not including Super Aguri):
Drivers: Nelson Piquet, Adrian Sutil, Giancarlo Fisichella
Teams: Force India
Sutil came close, very close in Monaco. Fisichella’s best is 10th place in Spain. [...]
2008 Monaco F1 GP – Helmet Specials
Monaco GP has some history of special helmets and liveries. Here is recap of four special helmets I noticed this year – the diamond helmets of McLaren drivers, Monaco flag and track map helmet of Nelson Piquet and 200 race anniversary helmet of Giancarlo Fisichella.
2008 Monaco F1 GP – Race number 200 for Giancarlo Fisichella
Rubens Barrichello celebrated his 257th F1 race in Turkey. Giancarlo Fisichella will celebrate his 200th Grand Prix start in Monaco. He is only the ninth driver in history to reach that milestone. His total does not include the 2005 US GP, when along with the other Michelin runners he withdrew on the formation lap. [...]









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