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Tag Archive | "F1"
WEBBER: Welcome back to the nanny state Mark
In the wake of Lewis Hamilton's public flogging from the Melbourne media after last year's "Burnout" scandal, local hero Mark Webber described Victoria as "A nanny state". These comments provoked mock outrage from the talkback radio demi-gods of Melbourne and their loyal army of lonely housewives, bored loners and senile geriatrics. Now Webber is caught up in another controversy that again proves his original statement 100% correct. The Melbourne Grand Prix, and Red Bull want Mark to drive an F1 car across Melbourne's less than iconic Bolte Bridge.
Continue reading...REDBULL F1 GO TO INFINITI AND… OK so everybody’s using that one but what the hell.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Despite the rumours, the new Infiniti sponsorship of Red Bull Racing will not see the team’s engines branded as Infiniti. The announcement was made at this weeks Geneva Auto Show but had been widely circulated by International media despite an embargo for midnight February 28th. Infiniti is the premium, luxury brand of Renault partner Nissan and is [...]
Continue reading...FORD SUES FERRARI OVER NEW F1 CAR
Friday, February 11, 2011
In one of the silliest lawsuits of its kind, Ford is suing Ferrari over the name of its new F1 racer the F150. The Formula One car was named to commemorate this year's celebration of the unification of Italy 150 years ago. The US car maker is claiming that the F150 moniker is too close to its F-150 pick-up truck. According to the law suit Ford claims that Ferrari is using the F150 name “in order to capitalise on and profit from the substantial goodwill that Ford has developed in the F-150 trademark, and in order to trade off of Ford's famous and winning trademark,” While Ford are not willing to comment publicly Ferrari are stunned. We are simply speechless," a Ferrari spokesman told Automotive News Europe in response to the lawsuit. He noted that the F150 is a racing-only Ferrari model, which is not for sale, either for private customers, or for racing teams.
Continue reading...GRAND PRIX OFFERS 2 SEATER F1 RIDE FOR QUEENSLAND FLOODS
Monday, January 17, 2011
The 2011 Formula 1™ Qantas Australian Grand Prix is auctioning off the once-in-a-lifetime experience to ride in a two-seater F1 race car to raise funds to support Queensland flood victims. The ebay based auction begins on Monday 17 January and ends on Friday 28 January 2011. Visit www.grandprix.com.au to find out how to win this adrenalin-charged [...]
Continue reading...F1 SALE UNDER INVESTIGATION
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The financial dealings of Formula One and it's "colourful" head man Bernie Ecclestone are again coming into question after the arrest of a former executive at Bavaria’s state-backed bank BayernLB. Former BayernLB manager Gerhard Gribkowsky was arrested on Wednesday under suspicion of fraud, tax evasion and taking bribes. The investigation will look at whether Gribkowsky sold the bank’s Formula 1 holdings under questionable circumstances after BayernLB took control of bankrupt media mogul Leo Kirch’s stake in the sport. This was later sold to CVC Capital Partners who became the majority owner of Formula One. Prosecutors claim that the sale was made without "it's true value being being properly evaluated,” They claim that Gribkowsky in turn received $50 million in payments disguised via two consultancy agreements. They have not at this stage made any direct allegations of who may have paid those payments.
Continue reading...THE MOTORSPORT WORLD DESCENDS ON FLORIDA FOR PRI SHOW
Saturday, December 11, 2010
It's the World's biggest dedicated motorsport trade show, and every year tens of thousands of people from all over the World descend on it's Florida base to see an Aladdin's cave of racing and performance related product. It's the PRI Show. Held every December by the trade magazine "Performance Racing Industry" (PRI) the show attracts the biggest players in US and International motorsport for three days of networking, seminars and other events showcasing the diverse range of products and services for the industry. One regular visitor to the show is Australian Motorsport Legend Murray Carter. A little over one month short of his 80th birthday Carter has just debuted a brand new Corvette at Phillip Island and this years PRI show will be a chance to check out new products, and ideas to assist in the car's further development. "I go every year if I can." Murray told me at Phillip Island. "It's marvellous" he said.
Continue reading...LOTUS vs LOTUS FOR 2011
Thursday, December 9, 2010
The long rumoured takeover of the Renault F1 team by Lotus cars is now official with the announcement that the team will race in 2011 under the banner of Lotus Renault F1. Genii Capital and Group Lotus plc made the announcement which includes a strategic alliance between the two companies that will provide Group Lotus with significant [...]
Continue reading...ANOTHER AUSSIE ON THE WAY TO F1 ?
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Australian race fans might soon have two locals to cheer on in Formula One after the stunning performance this week of Daniel Ricciardo. The Western Australian dominated both days of the 2010 young driver test at the Yas Marina circuit taking his Red Bull RB6 to a quickest time of 1:38.102, .700 faster than Renault driver Jerome D'Ambosio and over a second faster than Sam Bird in the McLaren. Ricciardo's time would have been fast enough to have put the Australian on pole for the series final race. The time was set however on light tanks, soft tyres and after four days of F1 rubber on the track. Red Bull head of race engineering Ian Morgan said that the team was delighted with Ricciardo's performance.
Continue reading...LOTUS JOIN INDYCAR AS F1 ROW CONTINUES
Thursday, November 18, 2010
With the controversy continuing over the fight for the Lotus name in F1, now comes the news that Lotus will join the 2012 Indycar series as an engine supplier. Australian businessman and former Champ Car series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven along with Gerry Forsythe are the men behind the move, with Cosworth to build the new engine. KV Racing, which Kalkhoven co-owns with former driver Jimmy Vasser is set to run the engine which will be announced at this year's LA Auto Show this Thursday at 5.00 PM local time. The announcment comes one week after General Motors annoced that Chevrolet would also be joining the series when the new regulations come into effect in 2012. Meanwhile the fight over the use of the Lotus name in Formula One next year has heightened with the news that Proton Holdings Bhd will buy a 25% stake in the Renault F1 team and changes the name of the team to Lotus Renault. Lotus Racing, which is led by Air Asia boss Tony Fernandes, intends to change the name of his team to Team Lotus next season after buying the rights from David Hunt a few months ago. The fight is almost certain to end up in London courts later this year.
Continue reading...WEBBER FACES HIS TOUGHEST OPPONENT: HIS OWN TEAM
Saturday, November 6, 2010
As Mark Webber goes into this weekend's penultimate round of the World Championship his chances of taking his first ever title are looking increasingly slim. After a mistake in the wet at Korea Webber now sits behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and just in front of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel is in fourth but Red Bull team bosses are still hopeful the young German can leapfrog his team mate and challenge Alonso at the final round at Abu Dhabi. Should Webber get up to win the championship it will be one of the gutsiest titles ever. Not only does the Australian face the usual challenges of F1, but also the added burden of a team that would rather lose the championship than see Webber on top. From the time of their coming together earlier this year to his comments this week, it is clear that forces at the top at Red Bull have little time for the straight shooting Aussie, and would rather see Alonso take the title than their man Webber. One Red Bull insider has said that the feeling inside the team is not good. "Our side of the garage are 100% behind Mark" he said. "But the guys at the top, they want Vettel to win more than anything. If he can't win I think they would rather see Alonso win"
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