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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Filed under: Motorsports , Toyota Toyota TF109 - Click above for high-res image gallery For many Formula One teams, work on next year's car starts halfway through a running season. So by the time Toyota announced it would not be back for next season , it had already completed its design for 2010. Now that it won't be needing the car, however, the Japanese automaker's scuttled racing team is reportedly...
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Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Former Red Bull Racing test driver Brendon Hartley will have another bite at the F1 cherry when he tries out for Scuderia Toro Rosso during the young driver training at Jerez next month - and he is determined to grab the opportunity with both hands.
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Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
N.Technology's case against the FIA regarding team selection for the 2010 season has been rejected by a French court. N.Technology was one of the teams passed over for one of the three new slots on the grid, and argued there were irregularities in the process. Often noted -- all the new entries chose to use Cosworth power. Campos Meta, US F1 and Manor Grand Prix were selected, with Lotus also gaining...
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F1 Minute (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Familiar Ground Alex Wurz drives the Williams F1 round Jerez during a test back in January 2007. The Spanish circuit will see action again at the beginning of December when teams turn up with young drivers hoping for a chance behind the wheel. Renault, Toro Rosso and Red Bull have all picked their drivers for the test already. Familiar Ground
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Formula 1 Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Autosport has a couple stories regarding some new faces in the F1 testing scene. Renault will test Belgian Bertrand Baguette while Toro Rosso will be testing Italian Mirko Bortolotti. Both teams will test the young drivers at the Jerez circuit next month. The conventional rumor had been that Timo... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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SPEED (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Another driver has entered the frame at Toro Rosso...
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Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Sebastien Buemi admits he was surprised by how his impression of F1 changed during his debut season with Toro Rosso
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F1 Fanatic (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Michael Schumacher may not have made an F1 comeback but he will return to racing this year at the wheel of a kart. The seven-times world champion will join Toro Rosso duo Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari SKUSA SuperNationals XIII kart race in Las Vegas next week. Schumacher confirmed last month he was ready to return [...]
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F1 Fanatic (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Drivers’ championship Driver Points 1 Jenson Button 95 2 Sebastian Vettel 84 3 Rubens Barrichello 77 4 Mark Webber 69.5 5 Lewis Hamilton 49 6 Kimi Raikkonen 48 7 Nico Rosberg 34.5 8 Jarno Trulli 32.5 9 Fernando Alonso 26 10 Timo Glock 24 11 Heikki Kovalainen 22 12 Felipe Massa 22 13 Nick Heidfeld 19 14 Robert Kubica 17 15 Giancarlo Fisichella 8 16 Sebastien Buemi 6 17 Adrian Sutil 5 18 Kamui...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Newly-acclaimed drivers world champion Briton Jenson Button clocked the quickest time in Saturday's final free practice session ahead of qualifying for this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 29-year-old Englishman, in his Brawn GP car, outpaced compatriot and 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren Mercedes by just 0.002 seconds to set the pace. Button's Brawn team-mate veteran Brazilian Rubens...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
• Kovalainen overhauls Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button • Drivers acclimatise to new track in scorching temperatures Heikki Kovalainen prevented practice for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from being completely dominated by British drivers. With three minutes of the second session remaining, and with Lewis Hamilton poised to edge out Jenson Button again at the top of the standings, Kovalainen...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
• Lewis Hamilton leads from Jenson Button by only 0.096sec • Sebastian Vettel third fastest on new grand prix circuit Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button formed a British one-two in first practice for the inaugural Abu Dhabi grand prix today. Last year's world champion and the driver who deposed him 12 days ago in Brazil were separated by only 0.096 seconds after the opening 90 minutes of track...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Filed under: Motorsports , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs What do you do after making it to the pinnacle of rallying and winning a record-shattering six consecutive world championships ? Anything you want - or so you'd think - but Sebastien Loeb is running into some roadblocks that appear to have derailed his plans to try his hand at Formula One. The French rally ace who recently secured his sixth WRC title...
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Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Scuderia Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has expressed his relief that new six-time World Rally Champion Sbastien Loeb is not making his F1 debut in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.