Raikkonen and Button on 2006
Formula 1 - 40 minutes ago... meanwhile, will remember 2006 as the year he won his first Grand Prix and, while ... year for the team, but you know you have seasons like that in motor racing. ...
The Minardi team is almost certain to enter Champ Cars next year with Paul Stoddart planning to make an announcement within the next 10 days. We understand that there are still three options available to the team, all of which will involve acquiring current teams.
Nigel Mansell's plans to upgrade the Dunkeswell karting circuit in Devonshire have been turned down by the East Devon Council after nine months of negotiation.
Justin Wilson will be heading for Mexico for the Champ Car finale on November 12 hoping to be able to race decide a broken scaphoid bone in his right wrist after a crash in Australia a fortnight ago.
Bodine closes in on Truck Series championship
Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - 2 hours ago... straight world title two weeks ago at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. ... to the Frontier," will speak at the International Motor Racing Research Library ...
The Australian Grand Prix is looking hard at ways to sell more tickets as the ldevel of interest in F1 has flagged in recent seasons - although it may be due to the date-switching and clashing events.
There have been rumours in recent days suggesting that Nissan may want to invest in Formula 1 in the near future. There is some logic in the idea if Nissan could acquire an F1 franchise - although these are few and far between.
Gascoyne relishes a challenge
Supersport, South Africa - 5 hours agoYou can get Grand Prix results by sending an SMS with the message F1 to 34911. ... And they certainly do. It's also a chance to enjoy your motor racing again. ...
ING has signed a three-year deal to be the title sponsor of the Australian GP. ING has recently entered into a three-year deal with the Formula One world champion Renault team. ING replaces Foster's which decided not to renew its deal this year.
Tickets For Next Year's US
Grand Prix to go on Sale
Inside INdiana Business (press release), IN - 17 hours agoINDIANAPOLIS ? Race Day reserved tickets for the 2007 United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will go on sale Wednesday, Nov. ... A1 looks to China as fast ...
EurosportF1: Zanardi to test a BMW Sauber
ANSA, Italy - 20 hours ago... Therefore I'm excited to see what has changed since my last Grand Prix in 1999. Formula One is - and will always be - the pinnacle of motor racing. ... Former Champ Car Champion and F1 racer Alex Zanardi to return ...
A heated debate on climate change
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 21 hours ago... How will they judge the carbon footprints of staging Olympics in Beijing and London, or Grand Prix motor racing, for example? Will ...
Ryan Urban storms past stars
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Oct 31, 2006... which run on motor-racing circuits. The Superstars of Superkarts meeting is held at Laguna Seca each year. Former World 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle champions ...
Red Bull has announced that Red Bull Racing will switch from Ferrari engines to Renault starting in 2007, while the Toro Rosso team will now use the supply of Ferrari engines.
Car Collector MagazineThe Mercedes 300 SLR The Greatest Sports Car
Car Collector Magazine, FL - Oct 31, 2006... Benz was a dominant force in international motor-sports and ... received German government subsidies for its racing team. ... and the German and Swiss Grand Prix races ...
The World Rally Championship was settled in Australia with Sebastien Loeb winning his third title, despite being on the sidelines because of a broken arm. His title rival Marcus Gronholm needed to finish in the top three to keep his hopes alive but rolled early in the event and struggled through the...
Grand Prix bid to up female ratio
The Age, Australia - Oct 29, 2006The traditional male motor racing fan will see more women trackside at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne next year, if a plan by event ...
Motor Racing-Brawn to review possible Ferrari future
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 29, 2006... mark the end of an era for the team after seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher retired from the sport following last Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. ...
Juan Pablo Montoya finished 11th in his first NASCAR Busch Series race in Memphis, after qualifying ninth. He spent the first part of the race running in the top 10 but eventually got into a wobble and was bumped into a spin by Jason Keller.
Red Bull has denied stories circulating in F1 circles that there may be a change at Scuderia Toro Rosso next year with Scott Speed being replaced by Robert Doornbos - but that does not mean that it is not going to happen.
At the start of the year Spyker Cars was trading on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange at a price of $12 a share. Today the shares are valued at $25 and the trend has been an upward drift since the announcement that the company had acquired the Midland F1 team in September.
The San Marino Grand Prix has been dropped from the Formula 1 calendar for 2007 - and there is now no hope of a reprieve. But that does not mean that the circuit could not make a new bid for a race in 2008, once work on the circuit has been completed.
High oil prices have caused spectacular results for the major oil companies in the last quarter with ExxonMobil reporting an astonishing profit of $10.48bn in the last three months, a figure which equates to $114m a day.
London's controversial mayor Ken Livingstone has given a clear signal about the city's discussions regarding the hosting of a Formula 1 race. In July 2004 there was a successful F1 demonstration on the streets of the West End with around 200,000 people watching the cars in action - at very reduced s...
The DaimlerChrysler Group will this weekend open a new "brand experience centre" at Brooklands, in Weybridge, Surrey. The 155-acre Mercedes-Benz World will offer customers the chance to drive on a 1.5-mile road course and on a 10-acre off-road area.
Buddy Rice is to replace AJ Allmendinger in the Forsythe Racing Champ Car team, with immediate effect.
The new head of the engine department at Ferrari is a Frenchman, 48-year-old Gilles Simon, who studied at the Ecole des Mines, one of France's top engineering schools.
The new technical dirfector of Ferrari is 42-year-old Italian engineer Mario Almondo, who has been with Ferrari since he joined the team in 1991. Prior to that he had studied engineering and industrial management at the celebrated Politecnico di Milano.
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has announced some major changes in the line-up of personnel, following the news yesterday that Jean Todt is becoming Ferrari SpA's chief executive officer.
The Penske IRL team will continue to be sponsored by Philip Morris USA but the tobacco company says it will remove the Marlboro name from the cars, uniforms, support equipment and promotional materials visible to the public.
McLaren Mercedes has done a deal with Spanish insurance group Mutua Madrilena, a sponsor of Fernando Alonso at Renault in recent seasons. The insurer clearly wishes to continue its connection with the double World Champion.
Five years after he lost both legs in an accident in Champ Car racing, Alex Zanardi is to get back behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car with a test of a BMW Sauber being planned at the forthcoming BMW World Finals in Valencia on November 26.
Sebastien Bourdais, who last weekend wrapped up his third consecutive Champ Car title, admits that he is frustrated that none of the F1 teams will offer him more than a testing role with no guarantees beyond that.
Up until yesterday, Luca di Montezemolo was chairman and chief executive officer of Ferrari SpA. It was obviously not a hugely taxing role as he also found time to run the FIAT empire. He left the running of the business to his General Manager Jean Todt, who has also been running the sporting depart...
It is reported in Britain that Renault boss Carlos Ghosn is to be appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire although, as a foreigner, he will not be able to use the title "Sir Carlos".
