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Red Bull RB5 unveiled

Monday, February 9th, 2009 765 Views

The Red Bull team has unveiled its RB5 today on the first day of Jerez Testing. Sebastian Vettel will be the first driver to test the car.

Chevrolet Camaro returns as official pace car for 51st Daytona 500

Monday, February 9th, 2009 1,093 Views

Daytona International Speedway officials announced the return of the Chevy Camaro as the Official Pace Car of the 51st running of the Daytona 500—the first Camaro to pace the field since 1969.

A1 GP Update

Thursday, February 5th, 2009 433 Views

On Monday following the Taupo event, and at the request of Ferrari, A1 Teams Ireland and New Zealand completed some additional running to try out a version of the pressurised fuel collector at high ambient temperatures. The data collected will be validated by A1GP Technology in further factory tests to ...

SEAT continues with same line-up

Thursday, January 29th, 2009 5,064 Views

SEAT will continue with last year’s World Touring Car Championship line-up for 2009, with the 2008 title winner Yvan Muller alongwith Gabriele Tarquini, Rickard Rydell, Jordi Gene and the former Portugal Formula 1 driver Tiago Monteiro who partnered Narain Karthikeyan in Jordan Toyota F1 in 2005.

ING to cut back sponsorship

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 456 Views

Renault F1’s title sponsor ING has decided to cut back its sponsorship from Formula 1 very soon. The Dutch-based company has predicted to make a loss of around 1 billion Euros for the 2008 financial year.

A1 GP, Taupeo , New Zealand

Sunday, January 25th, 2009 443 Views

Feature Race A1 Team Switzerland claimed its second win of the season in this afternoon’s Feature race in A1GP Taupo, New Zealand.

VW wins the Dakar Rally

Friday, January 23rd, 2009 640 Views

Volkswagen won the 2009 Dakar Rally with its Race Touareg TDIs. This year's Dakar Rally made its debut in South America. Volkswagen factory driver and off-road motorsport veteran, Mark Miller, also made history as the highest-finishing American that has ever raced in the Dakar Rally.

BMW F1-09 revealed

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 1,431 Views

The BMW Sauber F1 Team raised the curtain on its 2009 season in Formula One in Valencia this morning. Robert Kubica (24) and Nick Heidfeld (31) unveiled the BMW Sauber F1.09 shortly. Kubica then took the car for its first lap of the southern Spanish circuit.

Williams FW31 debuts on track

Monday, January 19th, 2009 725 Views

The Williams-Toyota FW31 was revealed at the Algarve Motor Park. It wasn’t an official car launch, but the car was displayed to media and to commence testing.

Mclaren MP4-24 Launched

Monday, January 19th, 2009 465 Views

With a lot of rule changes introduced ahead of the 2009 season, the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 represents a departure from its 2008 predecessor. Incorporating new bodywork regulations and with the return of slick tyres, the MP4-24 incorporates a host of features under the skin, such as a kinetic energy ...

Toyota TF109 launched

Thursday, January 15th, 2009 1,137 Views

Panasonic Toyota conducted an online launch of its F1 car, the TF109, today. The car design has been changed as per the change in regulations.

Ranstad extends its contract with Williams F1

Thursday, January 15th, 2009 579 Views

The AT&T Williams team today confirmed that it had entered into an extended and increased sponsorship agreement with Randstad Holding nv. Randstad has been a team sponsor since 2006. Following agreement to enter into a three year partnership with Williams F1 in January 2007.

A1 GP News Round Up

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 454 Views

The first New Year action for A1GP World Cup of Motorsport was at the Portimao Circuit in the Algarve last weekend. The series’ test team was in action with Italian F3 Champion, Mirko Bortolotti, at the wheel of the powered-by-Ferrari car.

Ferrari F60 launched

Monday, January 12th, 2009 1,230 Views

Ferrari unveiled its 2009 Formula 1 car at Mugello today. The F60 uses the Kinetic Energy Recovery system in co-operation with Magneti Marelli.

Fernando Alonso escapes unhurt from plane incident

Monday, January 5th, 2009 669 Views

Fernando Alonso, the two-time world champion was forced to postpone his flight as his plane got damaged before it took off from Kenya. Fernando was here in Kenya to bring in the new year at Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore’s resort.