GPDA to meet
(GMM) The Grand Prix Drivers' Association will stage a meeting in Melbourne next month, we can reveal. Australia's Mark Webber is a director of the group. Last year at the … Read More
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(GMM) The Grand Prix Drivers' Association will stage a meeting in Melbourne next month, we can reveal. Australia's Mark Webber is a director of the group. Last year at the … Read More
(GMM) A Chinese consortium may have switched its interest from Jordan to Red Bull, we can reveal. With the former team sold to naturalized Canadian Alex Shnaider, Mr. Jak Guo … Read More
UPDATE The new Midland-Jordan Formula 1 will announce this afternoon that it has signed contracts with India's Narain Karthikeyan and Portugal's Tiago Monteiro. We are upgrading this rumor to 'fact' … Read More
UPDATE #3 The new Midland-Jordan Formula 1 will announce this afternoon that it has signed contracts with India's Narain Karthikeyan and Portugal's Tiago Monteiro. 02/01/05 This rumor is upgraded to … Read More
Formula One could revert to a single tire manufacturer as early as next year, BBC Sport has learned. Motorsport boss Max Mosley said he was "strongly in favor" of the … Read More
(GMM) In a Minardi, Denmark's Nicolas Kiesa will almost certainly return to the F1 grid in 2005. Team owner Paul Stoddart said he's settled on a teammate for Dutch youngster … Read More
(GMM) In mid-2005, Renault managing director Flavio Briatore may walk away from the team and Formula One. The charismatic Italian admitted at the launch of a new car in Monaco … Read More
There are a whole host of wanna-bee F1 drivers scrambling to fill the few remaining open seats in F1 for 2005. Once they are all filled we expect to see … Read More
Toyota are investigating using their innovative fuel-electric 'hybrid' engine technology in Formula One. Fitted to the road-going 'Prius' model, the car – using far less fuel than a normal passenger … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is now upgraded to 'fact' today. Williams has named Nick Heidfeld as its second driver alongside Mark Webber in 2005. The news was announced this morning in … Read More
European touring car champion Andy Priaulx could get more track time in Williams' F1 machine. The Briton, who last week tried a grand prix car for size at Valencia, impressed … Read More
Despite new ownership, Jordan might race into the 2005 season with its customary bright-yellow paint job. EJ's squad landed the B&H tobacco deal, through parent company Gallaher International, in 1996. … Read More
Did Midland buy the Jordan team to avoid the steep F1 initiation fee? Numerous British sources report that some of Jordan's personnel have left the team: mechanics, engineers and even … Read More
A reader asks, It seems as though Marco Andretti to this point is the real deal. With Mario's ties to Ferrari and Frank Williams along with Michael's ties to Honda, … Read More
UPDATE At the same time there are stories suggesting that the ART team, which consists of Frederic Vasseur of ASM and Nicolas Todt (son of Jean Todt and manager of … Read More
Toyota test driver Ryan Briscoe has signed to drive in the IRL for at least two years with Ganassi Racing, and despite what he claims he was told by Ganassi … Read More
This Grandprix.com article says, NASCAR's Evernham Group is to establish an Evernham Advanced Engine Technology company in Northampton, England. It will be headed by American Mark McArdle, a man with … Read More
Jordan, who have been taken over by Canadian billionaire Alex Shnaider's Midland group, have no drivers for the new season that starts on 6 March. "Davidson is one of my … Read More
Vladimir Putin may attend the launch of the Midland F1 team in Moscow next month. Alex Shnaider’s company finally bought out Jordan on Monday – and the Russian-born entrepreneur seems … Read More
The consortium that is behind the plan to tear down half of Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarepaguá circuit has confirmed it will build a new, three-mile track designed by Hermann Tilke’s … Read More
Toyota may have been spied on during a factory 'open day' at the weekend. That's the claim of German-born F1 team driver Ralf Schumacher. To raise money for the German … Read More
The mayor of Vienna would love to welcome Bernie Ecclestone's grand prix circus to the Austrian city. Mayor Michael Haeupl said the event would bring a giant 'economic and image-promoting' … Read More
UPDATE If you ask (CEO) Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder when Volkswagen will join the F1 grid, you'll hear a variation of the word 'never.' But, at the Kitzbuehel charity ski event … Read More
UPDATE Last year Raikkonen was also dogged by reports of drunken behavior at a nightclub in the Canary Islands and he could now be disciplined by the team. "I'm aware … Read More
UPDATE Bernie's new scheme will provide 40M a year to each team from 2008 thru 2012….. 5 years…. (40 x 5 = $200M). $200M plus a signing bonus of 35M … Read More