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Formula One racing could return to Montreal as early as next year
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News from Munich, Germany today. The BMW have stated they will not continue its Formula One campaign after the end of the 2009 season. Resources freed up as a result are to be dedicated to the development of new drive technologies and projects in the field of sustainability. BMW will continue to be actively involved in other motor sports series. The landmark decision to restructure BMW Motorsport’s activities was made at the Board of Management’s meeting yesterday.
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The major drivers, brands, and sponsors historically associated with F1 are all expected to feature in the new series
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Ferrari have threatened to quit Formula 1 at the end of the season if the sport continues with plans to introduce an optional £40m budget cap from 2010.
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Ferrari will decide after next month's Spanish grand prix whether to abandon development of the current F60 F1 Racer.
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A new F1 team, Lola, is considering entering their own F1 design into future 2010 races.
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McLaren has been very infamous recently, from the Ferrari copyright scandal to this recent one. However, McLaren's luck might be about to change.
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Lewis Hamilton's new ride has just been launched, and it's not too...especially with the number 1 on the nose
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The Super Aguri team have withdrawn from the Formula One World Championship because of a lack of funding.
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FIA president Max Mosley intends to step down in 2009 even if given a vote of confidence by a special general assembly following his alleged involvement with prostitutes.
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Imagine getting a contract with a major F1 team before you're even out of high school. That's what Lewis Hamilton got with McLaren when he was young(er), and what karting protégé Will Stevens has achieved with the Honda Racing F1 Team, reflecting a growing trend in motorsport recruitment.
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Formula One has so many legend yet Autocar UK have managed to compile their own list of the top 100 F1 Drivers.
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Michael Arndt is a man of matchsticks. Over the course of six years, using 956,000 matchsticks, 1686 tubes of glue, and at least three different varieties of mustache, he built a full-scale replica of a McLaren 4/14 F1 car, at a cost of around 6000 Euros. The giant model takes up Arndt's entire kitchen and probably his social life. It can be broken down into 45 parts for easy transport to various matchstick-builders conventions.
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Honda has promised its hundreds of formula one staff a $2000 bonus should Jenson Button or Rubens Barrichello win a race in 2008. The move, which would cost the Brackley based team in excess of $1.5m per victory, would apply not only to mechanics and engineers but also to the cleaners of the Brackley factory, according to the team’s HR director John Marsden.
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The formula one racism scandal involving Lewis Hamilton has turned into a media slanging match between Britain and Spain, as both accuse the other side of wielding the more serious prejudices. English tabloid The Sun published photos of spectators at the Circuit de Catalunya wearing black makeup and wigs, while the Times accused the Spanish media of “overlooking” the vile incident.
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Two days ago we saw Ferrari launch its F2008, and yesterday McLaren Mercedes unveiled its MP4-23 at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart. Lewis Hamilton was on hand for the launch, and it being his birthday, called the MP4-23 the “coolest birthday present you can get.” The car certainly looks delicious, no doubt a reflection of the 14,000 man-hours spent engineering the vehicle and the additional 14,000 man-hours in manufacturing. Hamilton’s first test of the new car is set for Thursday, January 9th.
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Continuing Ferrari’s Formula 1 tradition, the Prancing Horse today launched its F2008 car for the upcoming season. The first of the new generation of cars to incorporate the mandatory Standard Electronic Control Unit (SECU) produced by Mclaren Electronic Systems, the F2008 comes a day ahead of the expected launch of rival McLaren’s 2008 car. The many other changes in the 2008 rulebook mean that this Ferrari is quite different from its predecessor. Click through for high-res shots of the F2008 fresh from Maranello.
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McLaren has moved to bind Lewis Hamilton to the team until at least 2012 by inking a (US) $138 million deal with the British youngster, according to reports. The British tabloid News of the World claims that Hamilton, who turns 23 on Monday, will make an average of more than $27 million per season for the next five years, despite making just $700,000 plus points bonuses while he raced to second place in the drivers’ championship in 2007.
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It’s all very simple. The FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) sets the rules for many international automotive racing events, including Formula 1.
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The car that’s taking the world by storm – the Fiat 500 - is to be driven in the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
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