The DTM weekend in Nuremberg wasn’t the only reason to celebrate for Ralf Schumacher
In the DTM season highlight at the Norisring the German finished sixth and on Tuesday, the Mercedes-Benz driver celebrates his 34th birthday.
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Monthly Archive: June 2009
Jun 30
Happy Birthday, Ralf!
Red Bull crushed the championship leaders at Silverstone, but a double-dose of car improvements has Brawn GP hopeful of fighting for the German grand prix crown next weekend.Jun 30
Ferrari to confirm Alonso at Monza – report
Alonso could be the “surprise guest” at an event
September 11 2009 could be the date on which Fernando Alonso is revealed as a Ferrari driver for the next five formula one seasons. The Spanish newspaper Diario AS claims that the sport’s best-known secret may already be scheduled for official confirmation on the Friday of the Italian grand prix at Monza.
Jun 30
Sauber tried to sign Button in 2002
Jenson Button could so easily have now been at the wheel of a BMW-Sauber
The Swiss team’s founder, Peter Sauber, revealed in his latest column for the newspaper Blick that he tried to employ the Briton at the end of 2002. “Button entered formula one in 2000 as a super-talent,” Sauber, who sold the Hinwil outfit to BMW at the end of 2005, told the Swiss publication.
Carlos Gracia, the highest ranking Spanish motor racing official and an FIA World Council member, doubts the federation’s president Max Mosley is grooming Jean Todt to succeed him. Jun 30
Webber, Newey, enjoy sporting break from F1
Britcar Spa Euro Race, Formula 2, superbikes and Australian cricket
Mark Webber is filling F1′s three-week calendar break by taking a first-hand look at a range of other sports. First, the Australian lover of outdoor activities took in a weekend of speedway and superbikes, before joining a training session of the Australian cricket team led by his friend Ricky Ponting.
Motorsports fans around the world can now drive the spectacular new Yas Marina Circuit, months before Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, and the rest of the professional drivers arrive for the first Formula 1™ Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Jun 30
Subaru’s Richard wins Rallye Baie des Chaleurs
Subaru teams claim all three podium positions
Subaru Rally Team Canada driver Pat Richard and co-driver Alan Ockwell, have won the 2009 Baie des Chaleurs rally. It was a record third win for Richard at Baie des Chaleurs – widely considered to be one of the most challenging events of the Canadian Rally Championship season – and puts the team alone at the top of the 2009 standings.
Click on the picture for our exclusive album from this event
Jun 30
Haga’s surgery a success
He will return to Italy today
At 5pm yesterday afternoon Ducati Xerox rider Noriyuki Haga underwent successful surgery at the Derby City Hospital. Having fractured the ulna in his right arm in yesterday’s crash at Donington Park, Noriyuki today had a plate and screws inserted to set the bone. The surgical team deemed the surgery a success and there were no unforeseen complications.
Jun 30
A promising first run
The new GP3 car had a successful first test today at Paul Ricard
The first official shakedown of the new GP3 car took place today at Le Castellet in the South of France. After months of careful development, this session marked the first performance and the reliability test of the Dallara chassis, combined with a Renault 4 cylinder, 2 litres turbo charged engine and Pirelli slick tyres.
Jun 30
Raikkonen to contest Rally Finland
It’s one of the world’s fastest rallies and double the length
Kimi Raikkonen will shortly step up his foray into the world of professional rallying. After recently contesting three minor events in Finland and Italy, the 2007 world champion and Ferrari driver has now signed up for Finland’s round of the World Rally Championship at the end of July.
Red Bull Racing’s Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey has hailed the FIA Formula Two Championship after taking a tour of the series’ operation at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend (27/28 June). Jun 29
Campos on track despite no budget cap
Our car will be 2WD without the possibility to refuel and without KERS
The 2010 debut of the new Spanish formula one entrant Campos is still on track despite the scrapping of budget cap rules. The Spanish outfit signed up for next year’s championship on the basis of the FIA’s published regulations to limit technical spending to 45m euros per team per season.
David Coulthard believes he might have quit formula one at least a season too soon. The Scot, 38, contested nearly 250 races over 17 seasons, before retiring at the end of 2008. Jun 29
2009 Brawn is ‘most expensive car’ – Wurz
With the lowest operating budget ever
After the car won three-quarters of every race so far under the 2009 regulations, Alex Wurz has revealed the secret of the Brawn BGP001. At times last year, the team’s predecessor Honda had five wind tunnels at its disposal, according to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, as well as a half-billion euro budget.
Jun 29
Mosley claims ‘pressure’ to stay FIA president
Mosley wants Todt as FIA chief – FOTA source
Max Mosley insists he is not only personally aggrieved, but that he is also “under pressure” to retain his role at the top of F1′s governing body the FIA. After committing only last Wednesday to stepping down, however, it is an unhappy prospect for the rebel FOTA teams, but the 69-year-old Briton has no sympathy following their reaction to the Paris peace deal.
Jun 29
Ferrari-Le Mans foray now ‘impossible’
Ferrari to focus on 2010 car ‘soon’
Luca di Montezemolo has now stepped away from hinting that Ferrari could field a works prototype in next year’s famous 24 hours Le Mans race. At the height of the FOTA teams’ power struggle with the FIA, the Ferrari president officially started June’s fabled Le Mans event and hinted that sports car racing is a real alternative to formula one for the Italian marque.
Jun 29
Refuelling still to be banned in 2010
2010 technical regulations are still yet to be finalised
Although this year’s rules are to now remain essentially in place in 2010, the proposed ban on in-race refuelling will still be introduced. As peace between FOTA and the FIA was declared last Wednesday, the World Motor Sport Council agreed that “the rules for 2010 onwards will be the 2009 regulations”.
Jun 29
Cosworth engine no advantage in 2010 – Head
Cosworth last raced in F1 with Williams in 2006
It is not true that small teams equipped with Cosworth engines next year will enjoy an unfair technical advantage. That is the insistence of Williams’ Patrick Head, amid a recent controversy between FOTA teams and the FIA about formula one’s mandatory 18,000rpm rev limit.