Citroën pairing Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio have shown great personal character to claim their maiden WRC victory. The Spanish duo have been dropped for next month’s Rally Australia, but fought out a gripping battle with Ford’s Thierry Neuville to win Rally Germany. In truth the win came about because both Volkswagen’s crashed out […]
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Sebastien Ogier wins 2013 Rally Finland
Sebastien Ogier won the 2013 Rally Finland last weekend and is now starting to talk about the world championship. And why wouldn’t he, it was his fifth win for the year and he enjoys a 90 point lead over his nearest rivals and seems unstoppable. “It is impossible to describe how I feel! This win […]
Volkswagen’s extraordinary debut season in the WRC continued to gather momentum after Sebastien Ogier claimed victory in the Rally d’Italia Sardegna. That makes it five wins from seven rallies for Volkswagen, with nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb the only person able to beat VW so far this year. Ogier’s fourth win of the year came […]
Back in May we saw the awesome video from the Sauber F1 Team showing their F1.08 cut in half. Chief designer, Matt Morris, was on hand to guide us through the maze and at the time we declared it the “coolest behind the scenes F1 video you will see all year.” Nothing we’ve seen since […]
There are 24 driving spots up for grabs every year in Formula One and so far we have 15 of them safely locked in. Overnight the FIA released a provisional entry list for the 2012 season which shows nine are seats officially vacant. Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes are settled. No surprises there. Marussia […]
Lotus Renault GP will replace F1 veteran Nick Heidfeld with reserve driver Bruno Senna for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, according to BBC commentator Eddie Jordan. Although nothing has been confirmed by the team as yet. Senna made an unspectacular debut in 2010 with the struggling Hispania Racing Team and crossed to LRGP in the […]
Following the latest round of testing at Jerez Nick Heidfeld has been confirmed by Lotus Renault GP as the driver to take the seat of the recovering Robert Kubica. Heidfeld, 33 years of age, has the experience of 172 Grand Prix starts behind him and welcomes the chance to renew his racing career, “I would […]
Following Robert Kubica’s recent accident, which may cost the Pole his F1 career and will almost certainly see him out of F1 for 2011, Lotus Renault GP is in need of a replacement driver. And quite soon with the next test window opening in Jerez tonight (Australian time). With five reserve drivers on their roster—yes, […]
Now that all Formula One teams have unveiled their cars for the 2011 season we have compiled a list of all the teams and their drivers. Take the jump to see the full list, in numerical order, and follow links to our posts on the launches of all 11 teams.
The newly branded Lotus Renault GP team was the third outfit to show off its 2011 car at Valencia on the eve of official testing. The R31 was presented to the media throng by drivers Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov. Full quotes and press texts are available after the break. However, with the new adjustable […]
A quick reminder for the dates of this year’s Formula One winter test schedule. First up is Valencia this Tuesday: Valencia, 1–3 February Jerez, 10–13 February Barcelona, 18–21 February Bahrain, 3–6 March In addition most teams will be revealing their cars in the next couple of days as well. The team we know from last […]
Formula One sometimes gains as much publicity for its off-track dramas as it does for its racing action. And here is a perfect example of that. The team formerly known as Renault F1, which was mostly owned by Luxembourg-based company Genii Capital, will now be known as Lotus Renault GP. Oh, so Lotus Racing and […]