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F1: Toyota Says No To Selling Team

SPEED (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

Toyota has rejected the idea of following the example of fellow car makers Honda and BMW...

F1 2009 for Wii and PSP

Too Much Racing (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

I'm getting excited about the new F1 2009 game coming out for the Wii. I know, I know, it isn't a 'proper' gaming system and F1 2010 for the PS3 / X-Box will be far better - but I don't own either of those things and that game isn't out in two weeks' time. This is the first officially-licensed F1 game to launch on a non-Playstation system for years (damn that Sony and their exclusivity deal) and even...

Formula One goes to hell in a handbasket made of solid gold

The Many Musings of Dave! (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

F1 this week has found itself falling in to crisis yet again this year as the Toyota Motor Corporation finally pulled the plug on its money sapping F1 programme. This is the third major car manufacturer in 11 months to do so along with Honda and BMW, and Renault too is considering leaving. Now I could write reams about my thoughts on the Toyota, and how I couldn’t care less that a dull team with...

Nov. 6: On Senna and Izod

Ask the Expert: IRL (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Question: Regarding a question on the Trackside show last night, Ayrton Senna tested in Phoenix, I believe, in February 1993 as a serious test for Penske. His team, McLaren, had just lost its Honda engines and were looking at a season in the mid-field and his proposed move to the Williams F1 team was blocked by long-time rival Alain Prost. (Senna eventually moved a year later, where he lost his life...

SEMA 2009: The geekiest thing we've found so far

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Filed under: Aftermarket , Motorsports Tire pressure monitoring systems. Not the sexiest thing here at SEMA, but bear with us for a few minutes to geek out on one of the coolest things we've seen at the show that doesn't involve a whole vehicle. Autometer - which recently bought Stack and its line of competition gauges - has developed a new tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) that ditches the batteries...

Bruno Senna to race in F1 next season with Campos Meta 1

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Filed under: Motorsports , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , South America The past few years in Formula One have seen an unprecedented return of legendary family names to the sport: names like Villeneuve, Piquet and Rosberg. But the most hyped scion of racing fame has been Bruno Senna . The nephew of the late, great Ayrton Senna was rated highly by his world-champion uncle and has been on everyone's watch...

Renault postpone decision on F1 future

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

• Renault consider options for continued participation • French car-maker will announce verdict before end of year Renault have postponed making an official decision on whether or not to follow Honda, BMW and Toyota out of formula one until the end of the year. The matter was discussed at a major board meeting in Paris on Wednesday. "You will have to be patient," Renault's chief...

• Renault set timetable for F1 future - The Independent
• Renault to decide on F1 future before year's end - CBS SportsLine.com
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Vatanen: 'Disillusioned' Renault would be 'right' to quit F1

Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Defeated FIA Presidential candidate Ari Vatanen has said that Renault would be 'right' to follow Honda, BMW and Toyota out of F1 - and that if they do so, it will represent for the FIA 'the final alarm call that we cannot continue with business as usual'.

F1’s winds of change

Sporting reflections (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Reflecting back on the last 12 months in the world of Formula 1 , two apparently contradictory aphorisms spring to mind. Firstly, that change is usually for the better, and secondly, that you can have too much of a good thing. Change has certainly been the prevalent theme in F1 over the past year. On the plus side, we have had the Brawn team’s fairy-tale march to the constructors’ title...

Williams F1 signs Barrichello and Hulkenberg for 2010

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Filed under: Motorsports , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs Nico Hulkenberg tests the Williams-Toyota FW31 - Click above for high-res image gallery The latest piece of the intricate puzzle that is the shake-up in drivers for the 2010 Formula One World Championship has come into play as Williams has confirmed its line-up for next season: Replacing Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima will be Rubens Barrichello...

Ferrari: FIA waging war on manufacturers

The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Ferrari said yesterday that Formula One’s rulers were waging war on the manufacturers as Renault prepared to join Toyota in quitting the sport, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Ferrari outburst came on a day in which the FIA, world motor sport’s governing body, said they were “concerned” by the sudden manner in which Toyota quit F1 yesterday and came amid increasing speculation...

Op-Ed: Was Max Right? Todt thinks so

Formula 1 Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Ultimately that’s the question. Was former FIA president Max Mosley right? Were his warnings of an untenable F1 due to outrageous costs the downfall of Honda, BMW, Toyota and Bridgestone? Could he have been sending the right message to the wrong crowd? Ferrari’s response to the Toyota decision has left me somewhat gape-mouthed [...]

Retreat of Toyota and Co will let small teams return to fore in F1

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

The departure of Honda, BMW and now Toyota from F1 should allow traditional teams to thrive Toyota's decision to quit Formula One, following on the heels of Honda and BMW, leaves just three manufacturers in a sport undergoing a change that may not be as devastating as it seems. Renault is the next most likely candidate to depart – the company held a board meeting in Paris tonight to discuss...

F1 reality is serious says Ferrari

F1Technical.net (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

It seems like a parody of Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians", published in England for the first time in the year 1939, but reality is much more serious. Formula 1 continues loosing important parts: over the last 12 months Honda, BMW, Bridgestone and this morning Toyota announced their retirements.

Formula [und]One...

The complete works of TGR Worzel (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

I read that Toyota have announced that they are pulling out of Formula 1 and Renault are to hold an emergency board meeting to consider their future participation in the sport. BMW announced their withdrawal earlier in the year, but completed the 2009 season. Honda of course pulled out last year. So it looks like all of the manufacturer teams, with the notable exception of Ferrari, may well have left...