Nick Heidfeld has been finally confirmed by Mercedes GP as their Reserve Race Driver and Test Driver for the 2010 Formula One season.
“I am very pleased to be joining the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team. It’s the team which has attracted the most interest in the close season, not only because of the [...]
2010
2010 F1 Drivers – Nick Heidfeld joins Rosberg and Schumacher
2010
2010 F1 Drivers – Pedro de la Rosa confirmed by BMW Sauber
Contrary to reports that Giancarlo Fisichella is closing on the race seat with Sauber the Hinwill team has picked Pedro de la Rosa to partner the rookie driver Kamui Kobayashi for the 2010 season.
“Pedro has spent many years working for a top team at the highest technical level. We as a team stand to gain [...]
2010
2010 F1 Drivers – Jenson Button moves to McLaren
The speculations about Jenson Button’s move from Brawn GP to McLaren were confirmed today. The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 team announced earlier today on Twitter their multiyear deal with 2009 F1 champion. This will be the first time in F1 history that a team has started the new season with a line-up featuring the most [...]
2009
Hot F1 topics of the week – BMW out, Schumacher in and then Renault
We all probably expected this to be a quiet week. It all turned out a bit differently.
BMW decided to pull the plug on F1. They surprised not only the public but also their drivers who had no idea such an option was even on cards (at least that is what Heidefeld, Kubica and Klien said). [...]
F1 Drivers
Changes to history books following Mark Webber’s German GP win
Mark Webber finally has an F1 race win under his belt, let’s have a look how his German GP win changed the F1 statistics:
Mark Webber has officially become the driver with most F1 races before first win. Here is how the table looks now:
1. Mark Webber – 130th race
2. Rubens Barrichello – 123rd race
3. Jarno [...]
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
2008 Formula 1 – Wolf’s Driver rankings – Part 3 – 10th to 6th
The 2008 Formula 1 driver rankings continue with part 3 – ranks 10 to 6. I did not have too difficult time to select the five drivers for this post but giving them their ranks was a bit different story. Here is how I settled it:
10th Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari had bad start to the season in [...]
2009
Kubica and Heidfeld confirmed for 2009 season by BMW Sauber
The speculations about the future of Nick Heidfeld are over. BMW Sauber has confirmed their 2009 drivers line up. The announced today they will retain both Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld in the 2009 season. Christian Klien will also stay on as a test driver.
“We see Nick and Robert as a strong driver pairing and [...]
2009
2009 Formula 1 Drivers Line Up – End September Developments
We entered the last month of 2008 Formula 1 season and after a short period of silence the drivers market there seems to be a lot happening on drivers market.
Williams team confirmed yesterday their 2009 drivers line up will remain the same as this year – Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima. Rosberg’s drive has been [...]
2008
2008 Belgian F1 GP – Wolf’s Race Review
So, we finally had a race that went to the wire. It actually went even further and the final result was amended about 2 hours after the race with 25 second penalties to Timo Glock (overtaking Webber under yellow flags) and the controversial one to Lewis Hamilton for cutting the chicane. The debate on that [...]
2008
2008 Belgian F1 GP – Hamilton penalised, Massa wins
Lewis Hamilton was handed 25 secs penalty for cutting the chicane in the wheel to wheel fight with Kimi Raikkonen in dying stages of Belgian GP. This move, following Massa’s no penalty in Valencia, will no doubt spark new hot debates about the stewards’ decision making.
The penalty means Felipe Massa was handed the race win, [...]
2008
2008 Belgian F1 GP – Race Result
Kimi Raikkonen lead most of the race but the rain in the closing stages changed the fortunes for several drivers. After some wheel to wheel racing Lewis Hamilton took the win, Raikkonen crashed out and Felipe Massa collected 8 points for 2nd place. The incident between Raikkonen and Hamilton is however still under investigation… The [...]
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