Team Lotus F1 has named single race winners Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen as its 2010 drivers. Malaysia’s Fairuz Fauzy will be the team’s third driver. The announcement was made today by Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek on behalf of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Kuala Lumpur.
2009
2009 Japanese GP – Friday practice
The Japanese GP weekend kicked off with wet free practice this morning. Heikki Kovalainen snatched the top spot in the last moment from the second fastest Kazuki Nakajima. Adrian Sutil finished the session 3rd, Giancarlo Fisichella 4th. There was a driver change in Toyota – Kamui Kobayashi replaced ill Timo Glock. Glock is however expected [...]
2010
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
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.
2008
Heikki Kovalainen explains 2008, but what’s in the bag for him and McLaren for 2009 and beyond ?
The news yesterday were full of Heikki Kovalainen’s remarks in the interview to Motorsport Aktuell. I wonder how many people actually have read the interview. Even the Motorpsort Aktuell website only talks about that interview, that probably is for its printed version. But let’s assume that excerpts from the interview were accurate.
Here is what [...]
2008
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 [...]
2008
2008 Hungarian F1 GP – Wolf’s Race Review
2008 Hungarian GP was not as dull as it often is. Unfortunately most of the excitement came in form of refueling fire and technical problems of the front runners. The only real racing for positions I could see (except the race start) was between Barrichello and Button in the very early stages of the race. [...]
2008
2008 Hungarian F1 GP – Race Result – Heikki’s maiden win
It all went Massa’s way until 3 laps to go. After overtaking both McLarens at the start of the race Massa controlled the Hungarian GP. Hamilton’s tyre failure seemed to have sealed Massa’s win. The unusual Ferrari engine failure with 3 laps to however handed the race win to Heikki Kovalainen. Same as Fernando Alonso [...]
2008
2008 Hungarian F1 GP – Qualifying – Front row for McLaren
McLarens confirmed their strong form from free practice sessions and booked the front row all for themselves. Lewis Hamilton will start the Hungarian GP from pole position for the second time in a row, Heikki Kovalainen will line up next to him.
Felipe Massa blamed traffic on his outlap for the slower pace. But after rather [...]
2007
Alonso gives a hint on drivers equality at McLaren
It had to be expected that there willl be lots of talk about the 2007 Hungaroring events ahead of this weekend race. So it is no surprise that this topic has been touched also during the press conference yesterday. And this is what Alonso had to say when asking about his feelings one year on:
Much [...]
2009
Heikki Kovalainen confirmed by McLaren for 2009
My 2009 driver line up prediction is doing well. I expect not much to change and McLaren are the first to agree with me . Martin Whitmarsh to Autosport:
“We welcomed Heikki on board at the start of the year. He is under contract to Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, and will continue to race for [...]
2008
Poll – Kovalainen vs Hamilton in Germany – Team orders or not ?
It looked way too easy when Hamilton passed his team mate after his second pit stop. The presenters at the Star TV studio were rather ironic after the race saying that there are “no team orders in F1″ , the whole bar where I was watching the race was full of boos. So [...]
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