Blogs Posts in Formula One Gossips category; 506 blog posts

More frequent trains on F1 race day

The KLIA Transit trains will be plying the route more frequently on March 23 to curb traffic congestion during the F1 Grand Prix here. The trains will run every 15 minutes between 7am and 1pm and every 12 minutes between 5pm and 8pm on th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Mark Webber quickest in Formula One testing in Spain

MARK Webber has done it again. For the second time in as many weeks the Australian topped Formula One testing in Spain. Gusty winds at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain made testing difficult, but Webber was able to set a best lap of 1mi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Formula One driver Webber fastest on second day of Jerez tes...

Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber set the fastest time for Red Bull ahead of Williams' drivers Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima on the second of the three-day testing session here on Wednesday. Webber took nearly one and a ha [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Hamilton tops Formula One testing in Spain

Britain's Lewis Hamilton, the victim of racial abuse from Spanish fans earlier this month, took top honours Tuesday in Formula One pre-season testing in southern Spain. The McLaren driver was fastest among the 16 drivers on the Jerez de la [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Taunted Hamilton returns to Spain

Lewis Hamilton will resume testing his McLaren in Spain on Tuesday for the first time since suffering racist abuse at the hands of a Spanish crowd. The Briton, 23, will be in action at the Jerez track in southern Spain, nine days after bei [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Mosley fears for F1 teams

FIA president Max Mosley fears Formula One will lose another team before the end of the season. Super Aguri are the marque under threat, with rumours rife they may even struggle to make the curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix in seven we [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

MOSLEY FEARS FOR F1 TEAMS

Posted On : Jan, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

F1 number plate sold for $850K

Essex County Council east of London said the registration number - which has been on sale for three years - was sold privately to automotive designer and businessman Afzal Kahn. The previous record of $745,000 was held by the "M1'' pl [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Spying will result in F1 ban, says Mosley

Any Formula One team found guilty of spying in 2008 and beyond can expect to be disqualified from the world championship, Max Mosley, the president of the sport's ruling body, the FIA, warned yesterday. While most people in the sport just [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Ferrari F1 tests with Toyota set

FERRARI and Toyota may be the only two Formula One teams taking part in official pre-season tests in Bahrain next month, Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) officials say. To date, only both are confirmed participants in the two three-day [...]

Posted On : Jan, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Lewis Hamilton signs 5-year contract extension with F1 team ...

WOKING, England - Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton signed a new five-year contract with McLaren on Friday, extending his total time with the team to 15 years. Hamilton's original deal was signed in 2006, but McLaren decided on a new contr [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Day 3 of F1 testing: Glock is quickest

Reinging GP2 Series champion German Timo Glock topped the times on the final day of testing at Jerez in Spain today, with his Toyota team beginning to check out the ultimate speed of their new TF108. Conditions were tricky during t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Ferrari were the measure of the 2008 cars during the first d...

Rain kept most of the team's in the garage for the first part of the session with the duo of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa finishing 1-2 in the new F2008. The Finn set the pace with a top lap of 1:19.846. Despite a spin, Massa was more [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Reid readies for Formula One

For most of them, that means trying to get from A1 to Formula One. F1 certainly remains the goal for Jonny Reid, who has New Zealand in third place going into its home meeting, and getting a young Kiwi into F1 has always been a priority fo [...]