Super Aguri Withdraw From F1

The grid in Istanbul, and for the rest of season, will consist of twenty drivers, as Super Aguri announced their immediate withdrawal from the sport.
Super Aguri have been struggling for funds all season and it’s looked bleak since the proposed takeover by the Magma group broke down last month.
Team founder Aguri Suzuki said: “The loss [...]

Kimi And Felipe Score Ferrari 1-2

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Ferrari scored their second 1-2 finish in a row, as Kimi Raikkonen secured victory in Spain to increase his lead at the top of the Championship to nine points. Not only that, the result promoted Ferrari above BMW in the Constructors Championship
The race started off with yet another first-lap incident [...]

Renault Find Form In Friday Practice

Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time in the second Friday Practice session. The Renault pair of Nelson Piquet and Fernando Alonso provided the big performance with the second and third fastest times. The big surprise was Williams’ driver Kazuki Nakajima who managed to secure fourth fastest. McLaren were disappointing, and both cars were outpaced by [...]

Webber: Mosley Is A Disgrace

Red Bull driver Mark Webber has said Max Mosley has dragged the sport into disrepute following the nazi sex scandal on Toro Bloggo, reported at the end of March.
Webber has slammed the FIA President, saying: “Whether we like it or not, all of us in F1 are role models, and F1 simply cannot have scandals [...]

Bourdais Destroys New Toro Rosso

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Sebastien Bourdais must have been told to test his top speed during testing in Spain – as the Frenchman threw his brand new Toro Rosso into the wall.
Toro Rosso were expected to launch STR3 at the Turkish Grand Prix, but in his first outing, Bourdais went “too fast”, according to [...]

Super Aguri Takeover Abandoned

Back on March 10th, Toro Bloggo announced that Super Aguri were being taken over by the Magma Group.
However, the financial backers behind Magma – Dubai International Capital – are having second thoughts, and have pulled out of the proposed take over. A statement by the team said: “It is with deep regret that Aguri Suzuki [...]

Massa Takes Win In Bahrain GP

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Massa couldn’t quite do it in qualifying, but his pace was just too much on raceday, as he comfortably led almost from the very off to collect his first win, and first points of the season (pic, bottom left). He was past Kubica after a couple of corners, and Robert [...]

Lewis Loses It As Ferrari Fly

Friday Practice 2 delivered the same as what the earlier session had promised – Ferrari dominance. Massa and Raikkonen once again topped the times table, finishing first and second respectively.
But, while pushing to dislodge Ferrari’s stranglehold at the top of the timing sheet, Lewis Hamilton lost control and slid at speed into the barrier. [...]

Qatar Wants F1

Well, they say the money’s in the Middle East, and that certainly seems to be ringing very harmonic bells in the minds of F1 bosses. With a race in Bahrain in two weeks time, a race in United Arab Emirates beginning next year, and F1 theme parks set up in Dubai, Qatar wants to cash [...]

Hamilton Wins Action-Packed Season Opener

Only 7 cars saw the chequered flag in the sweltering heat of Melbourne. Nick Heidfeld collected second place and Williams’ Nico Rosberg got an impressive third place. The race was action packed right from the start, as Ferrari’s Felipe Massa lost control at the first corner and gently nudged the barrier.
Something that was of concern [...]