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(GMM) With Minardi certain to name a Dutch rookie as one 2005 driver on Thursday, attention will turn to who will be Christijan Albers' new teammate. Team founder Gian Carlo … Read More
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(GMM) With Minardi certain to name a Dutch rookie as one 2005 driver on Thursday, attention will turn to who will be Christijan Albers' new teammate. Team founder Gian Carlo … Read More
(GMM) Red Bull is in 'no hurry' to name a 2005 F1 teammate for David Coulthard. That's the insistence of Helmut Marko, advisor to energy drink mogul Dietrich Mateschitz and … Read More
(GMM) 'Red Bull Racing' is hoping to retain the backing of some 'existing' F1 team sponsors in 2005. Based at Milton-Keynes, the team, formerly Jaguar Racing, was recently sold by … Read More
The Williams-BMW team has scheduled a major press announcement for the first week of January, twenty-four hours before it is due to take the wraps off its new car at … Read More
UPDATE According to tabloid Die Bild, the German driver will get the nod ahead of on-off Williams tester Antonio Pizzonia, having impressed in a couple of recent test sessions in … Read More
With the addition of Turkey in 2005 the F1 schedule has reached 19 races per year and it appears there will be more. Gerhard Gribkowsky, Chairman of the Board of … Read More
UPDATE There is talk of a street race in Hyderabad in India but the project depends on the local government deciding to fund the program. The government of the state … Read More
UPDATE #6 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. See Hot News item. 12/16/04 Red Bull Racing are expected to announce David Coulthard as their lead driver Friday. A report … Read More
(GMM) Nicolas Kiesa is unlikely to return to Formula One next year with Minardi. The Dane, who had a fleeting grand prix flirt in 2003 following Justin Wilson's move from … Read More
UPDATE #2 (GMM) Mercedes-Benz has added its own denial to speculation that former double world champion Mika Hakkinen could return to F1 next year as McLaren 'third' driver. Some media … Read More
(GMM) Peter Sauber has told customer engine supplier Ferrari that he's thinking about an alternate arrangement for 2006 and beyond, we can reveal. The current two-year contract, although the arrangement … Read More
Spanish oil giant Repsol is close to agreeing a deal with Red Bull Racing to be its 2005 fuel and oil supplier. The company is increasing its motorsport involvement and … Read More
McLaren looks almost certain to capitalize on its disappointing fifth-placed finish in this year's constructors' world championship by taking up the option it has to run a third car during … Read More
Look for a big push in early 2005 by the GPWC to begin in earnest the creation of their new F1 series. A source close to GPWC told The Independent … Read More
Autosport.com reports that they hear that with teams favoring keeping each test at a length of three days, especially considering the amount of long-distance running needed at tests to evaluate … Read More
Toyota is considering moving its Formula One base from Germany to Britain on the strength of the decision to keep a grand prix at Silverstone for the next five years. … Read More
UPDATE The final F1 calendar can be found on our Hot News page. It is expected that the Formula GP2 calendar previously announced will be changed to reflect the changes … Read More
Hopes that a move by nine of the Formula 1 teams to limit testing to just 24 days during the season will be rubber-stamped early next year appear to have … Read More
Formula 1's controversial new qualifying system planned to be introduced from the start of next season now looks almost certain to be ditched, high level sources have told autosport.com. The … Read More
(GMM) Danish driver Nicolas Kiesa could make a return to the Formula One grid next year. It's reported that the 25-year-old has found enough sponsorship to draw a positive initial … Read More
The latest version of the Formula 1 calendar is expected to be different from the one published by the FIA back in October. The teams discussed the calendar during yesterday's … Read More
This Grandprix.com article says, The Formula 1 banks are planning at least three more claims against Bernie Ecclestone, according to sources in Germany. These include two which will win them … Read More
UPDATE #4 See Hot News item on Bernie's loss in court today. What's Bernie's next move? 12/05/04 This Times of London article says, Bernie Ecclestone will learn today if he … Read More
UPDATE This NY Times article talks a bit more about this topic. 12/02/04 (GMM) F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone would like an even tighter grip on Formula One and 'Grand Prix' … Read More
Back in April of 2003 our Mark Cipolloni penned one of his many forward looking articles and wrote "War of the Worlds." While everyone was focused on NASCAR as a … Read More