The introduction of KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems) into Formula 1 has turned into rather controversial issue. One hand this brainchild of Max Mosley is here to show to the outside world how green and road relevant F1 can be. On the other hand this for F1 new technology has been a massive drain on [...]
2009
Pitpass made my day today – The calendar and two Honda buyers
It has been quite slow F1 day today or was it yesterday ? I am not sure exactly what day is it right now thanks to 15 hours time difference between home and my current location. But anyway, Pitpass had some funny news to tell us:
Force India issued Formula One calendar. Their article is called [...]
2009
Nick Fry interested in Honda F1 team takeover ???
Yesterday Nick Fry revealed that there are about dozen seriously interested parties in taking over the Honda F1 Racing team to choose from. Many names have been mentioned before. The “most likely” candidates however ruled themselves out. Carlos Slim was apparently never even considering getting involved, David Richards may have been but is not any [...]
2009
Cost cuts in F1 – Strange letter from Max Mosley and David Richards’ no to Honda
Looks like Max Mosley decided to ignore Sir Jackie Stewart and to continue pushing for more cost cuts instead. The FIA president sent letter to FOTA, addressed to Dear Luca (di Montezemolo, FOTA chairman). I do not really know what to make out of it. The letter is generally written in very cooperative manner and [...]
2009
The 2009 F1 car launches – preview
The 2009 launch season is around the corner. After having chance to sample what 2009 Formula 1 may look like during earlier winter tests we will soon have the chance to see the real things. Most of the teams will introduce their radically redesigned 2009 cars during next 2 weeks. The launch season will [...]
2009
Carlos Slim saving Honda F1 ? – Rumours denied
The very quiet Christmas season was disturbed by the story in Italian papers La Stampa. The story has since been denied by both camps – Carlos Slim and Honda (see bottom of this article). The article posted on December 27 suggests that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has put his cash into the Honda F1 team:
“The [...]
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Honda F1 – The interested parties – Richards, Slim, Mallya and others
Many different parties have already been connected with the purchase of Honda F1 Racing. Some names were making some sense, some were just rubbish stories. But Nick Fry seems to be confident the buyer will be found:
2008
What Formula 1 lost in 2008
The 2008 Formula One season was one the most exciting in recent memory. We have had new races, new faces, new race winners and a new champion. But 2008 was also year of losses for Formula One. Here is brief overview of what (who) we will not see next year:
2008
2008 Flashbacks – Button buys HondaJet
I was browsing through the photos on my hard driver and stumbled upon images of this nice little aircraft. Back in May Honda announced it began taking orders for its small executive jets – the HondaJet. They also revealed name of their first European customer – Honda Formula One driver Jenson Button. Button placed orders [...]
2009
PSA Peugeot-Citroen F1 – The rumour and the denial
The Global Rumour Manufacturing agency quoted yesterday anonymous source telling one Belgian publication that PSA Peugeot Citroen is a thinking about buying the F1 team from Honda.
The speculations connecting Sebastien Bourdais and even Citroen WRC driver Sebastien Loeb with the drive in the new British based French F1 team running Italian (Ferrari) or English [...]
2008
The Formula 1 Off Season News Round Up – Part 6
The entire last week was about cost saving and testing. Fortunately Sunday night also provided some great fun.
Early last week rumours started to circulate that all four independent team plus Renault are to sign up for the budget Cosworth engine from 2010. There was a Thursday deadline for the teams to make up their minds. [...]
2009
F1, FIA, FOTA and the sponsors
FIA and FOTA came to some sort of agreement on cost cutting at their meeting yesterday. We are to see tomorrow what are they so happy about. But besides cutting the expenses the teams also need some sort of income from sponsors or drivers. Here is quick overview of the latest developments on F1 sponsorship [...]
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