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On 01/12, 16:00
After the remarks from the F1 boss about him, Giancarlo Fisichella hit back hard by stating that it’s probably time for Bernie Ecclestone to hang up his boots and retire. In an interview on the official F1 website earlier this week, Ecclestone said that Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher have accomplished some great things in recent […]
On 30/11, 18:04
Mikko Hirvonen is currently leading the final rally of the season in Great Britain. The Finn is ahead by about 40 seconds over his compatriot and teammate Marcus Gronholm, while Sébastien Loeb, third after this first stage of the Wales GB, is on track to succeed in his challenge. The weather conditions were difficult today, […]
On 30/11, 17:21
Bahrain will host its own Motor Sport Business Forum next April as part of a new five-year contract. The event will take place at the Sakhir circuit on April 1st and 2nd and hopes to follow in the footsteps of Monaco, which has hosted it until now and where the event proved to be a […]
On 30/11, 17:08
Audi announced this morning in a statement that it has renewed the contracts of the 4 main drivers of its official team in DTM. Mattias Ekstrom, Martin Tomczyk, Tom Kristensen, and Timo Scheider are indeed all certain to remain in the team in 2008. Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller, who are racing with the older […]
On 30/11, 17:01
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone denies rumors suggesting that McLaren could start the 2008 season with a points penalty following this year’s espionage case. « I did not say the team was going to lose its points, » the Briton said Thursday to Reuters. These remarks come the day after an Ecclestone interview was published in […]
On 30/11, 16:48
Sébastien Loeb admitted yesterday that he had to find a pace that was neither too fast nor too slow to secure a 4th consecutive title. Currently, before the end of the first stage, the Frenchman is succeeding in his gamble by negotiating his rally in third place. « The beginning of the race was very […]
On 30/11, 16:35
Honda Racing denies the current rumors about the imminent arrival of former world champion Fernando Alonso to the team. These rumors emerged yesterday after a supposed visit by the Spaniard to a Japanese team’s factory. Speculations about Alonso’s future with Honda intensified earlier in the day as the Japanese team became a likely destination for […]
On 29/11, 19:06
For several years, the FIA has aimed to limit costs in F1. This approach has resulted, among other measures, in the requirement to use the same V8 engine for two Grand Prix and in the freezing of engine technical specifications. Looking ahead to the next season, the regulator has gone even further, as it now […]
On 29/11, 18:52
Sébastien Loeb will be the most watched man this weekend in motorsport, which puts a certain pressure on him. However, the Frenchman only needs a 5th place to win a fourth world crown, which, according to him, is not very reassuring either. Indeed, the Citroën C4 driver will prioritize caution this weekend in Great Britain […]
On 29/11, 18:34
Mikko Hirvonen has been crowned with Ford since the Rally of Ireland, but the Finn isn’t really sure what he can do this weekend to help his compatriot and teammate Marcus Gronholm win the title. Indeed, Ford is counting on its crew in the official team or at Stobart to help Gronholm win a title […]
On 29/11, 18:21
Forsythe/Pettit Racing, which will officially merge tomorrow, announced today that they will give a test to a French driver, Franck Perera. The team, Forsythe and RuSport, which will soon merge into one, offered this test to the Frenchman today [Thursday] and tomorrow in the absence of Paul Tracy, who has already reached his permitted quota […]
On 29/11, 17:19
Malcolm Wilson, the head of the Ford teams in WRC, stated that winning the driver’s title with Grönholm was almost unrealistic, but the Briton does not want to leave anything to chance and promises that Ford will do everything to grant his Finnish driver a third driver’s title before his retirement. Since the Rally Ireland, […]
On 29/11, 16:24
It was undoubtedly one of the key mental meetings not to be missed for the two championship protagonists during the Shakedown. And even though Gronholm is not far behind, it was Loeb and Citroën who proved to be the fastest. The duel is now underway. This new 3.90-kilometer test session highlights the Citroën C4 WRCs […]
On 29/11, 16:13
Valentino Rossi can’t resist taking the wheel of a WRC car every season. The Italian, who missed out on the Moto GP title this year, has just won the Monza national rally for the second consecutive time. Rossi was driving a Ford Focus RS WRC of the previous generation equipped with the new Pirelli 2008 […]
On 29/11, 15:46
Former world champions Alan Jones and Mika Hakkinen believe that Michael Schumacher made a remarkable comeback at a F1 car cockpit during the Barcelona tests. According to them, this might tempt him to return to competition. Michael Schumacher will participate a second time in tests for Ferrari. It will be in Jerez, Spain, next week […]
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