Rumours emerged on the internet before Christmas that suggested Jarno Trulli’s 2009 seat at Toyota was under threat. The Grand Prix veteran was supposedly to be dismissed in favour of the team’s test driver, Kamui Kobayashi. It has since turned out those rumours were false. It seems highly unlikely that...
The Formula One World Championship is currently expanding into new markets and the Grand Prix season is changing dramatically. The number of races outside Europe has almost doubled in the last ten years and there are more events on the way in India, South Korea, Russia, and the Middle East....
Formula One is a sport that is constantly evolving and reinventing itself, and every Grand Prix season is markedly different from the last. The result is a World Championship with an incredible depth of history, and a sport that will be noticeably more developed today than it was this time...
The widely revered boss of Prodrive, David Richards, told reporters this weekend that he is seriously considering a bid to take control of Honda’s now defunct Formula One team. Richards has flown to Kuwait to discuss a potential deal with his business partners in the region, saying “there are a...
This week the FIA and FOTA announced a range of cost cutting measures they hope will secure the future of Formula One. The new framework for the sport includes restrictions on testing, cheaper longer lasting engines, and a limit on the facilities that teams are allowed to use. Also tucked...
Honda’s withdrawal from the Formula One World Championship with almost immediate affect has come as a massive shock to the Grand Prix circus. The company’s decision to leave the sport was made swiftly having only been seriously considered for the first time at the end of November. The global financial...
One of the biggest mysteries in Formula One at the moment is who will drive for Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2009. The Red Bull junior outfit is the only team that still has two seats available next year and there is no clear indication yet who will be filling either...
Lewis Hamilton’s short career in Formula One has been simply astonishing. In the space of just two years he has amassed an impressive collection of victories and has become the youngest ever F1 World Champion. His rapid ascendancy to the top of Grand Prix racing is incomparable. Well, almost. Lewis...
David Coulthard leaves Formula One as the sport’s ultimate journeyman, and his story is one that can be told by the statistics he leaves behind. DC is currently the third most successful driver of all time in terms of points scoring finishes, but is only the 19th most successful in...
You could reasonably suggest that Lewis Hamilton is the fastest driver in Formula One right now. The speed and aggression that he takes into a Grand Prix car is nothing short of remarkable, and it is a testament to Hamilton’s skill that he has been able to achieve so much...
