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Schumacher Comeback Only Days Away From Confirmation
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 18th 2009 by Rob
The comeback of Formula One’s most successful driver Michael Schumacher now looks to be just a matter of hours away. The German driver will be racing for the Mercedes Benz GP team in a shock come back, the first time he will have raced since qu read more
Kobayashi Confirmed At Sauber
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 18th 2009 by Rob
Kamui Kobayashi, the promising Japanese youngster has confirmed he will be driving for the newly re-formed Sauber team next season. The driver, who admitted his funds were so low no drive in 2010 would mean he would quit motorsport, ladnded the drive read more
Renault Confirm Genii Capital Investment
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 16th 2009 by Rob
Renault have confirmed that Luxembourg based investment company Genii capital have invested into the team. The widely predicted move comes as Renault look to distance themselves a little from Formula One investment following the crash-gate scandal wh read more
Stand-In Drivers To Get Test Time As FIA Announce Rule Tweeks
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 16th 2009 by Rob
Stand in or replacement F1 drivers will be allowed a single day of testing in an up to date car ahead of their debut according to new rule tweeks announced by the FIA today. It means that new drivers, and ones who might have to stand in because of an read more
Schumacher's Back ? or not ?
Singapore Formula 1 blog | December 15th 2009 by Bruno
Mercedes will lure Schumacher back Michael Schumacher is certain to make his Formula One comeback with Mercedes' new team in 2010 his fellow countryman Timo Glock said at yesterday's launch of the new Virgin Racing team. And as Ferrari made it clea read more
Virgin Racing Gets Official Launch As Di Grassi Confirmed As Driv…
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 15th 2009 by Rob
Virgin Racing has officially launched its new F1 programme in London today. The team, originally known as Manor GP, will be backed heavily by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. The British born businessman was very interested in brand exposure t read more
Breaking: Schumacher is confirmed for Mercedes-Benz
Car Blog -The automotive, F1 and modified car news blog | December 14th 2009 by Charl Norman
German newspapers are reporting the Schumacher has apparently agreed to a deal worth only 3.5 million Euros to drive for Mercedes-Benz next year. The amount doesn’t sound right to me, but hey, we’ll definitely know in the next few week read more
Trulli and Kovalainen Confirmed At Lotus
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 14th 2009 by Rob
Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen have been confirmed as the Lotus F1 Team’s drivers for the forthcoming 2010 season. The pair, both refugees from their former teams will join up with the newly formed, Malaysian backed team. Trulli comes from read more
New Points System Confirmed
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 11th 2009 by Rob
The FIA have confirmed that from the 2010 season a new points system will be in place. The new points will give drivers the opportunity to score right down to 10th place. The system will take the following denominations: Position: 25 Points 20 Poi read more
PM Praises Button And Silverstone Efforts
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 8th 2009 by Rob
The Prime Minister of Great Britain, Gordon Brown has praised Jenson Button and the efforts of the people behind Silverstone in a special awards ceremony today. Brown, a man under intense pressure, took time out to give an award to Jenson Button at t read more
Silverstone Secures British GP
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 8th 2009 by Rob
Silverstone have secured the rights to host the British Grand Prix for the next 17 years. The circuit in Northamptonshire has been the host of the Grand Prix for many years, but its future looked in doubt when Bernie Ecclestone announced the race wou read more
Formula One & Brit Grand Prix Sign 17 Year Deal
Automopedia.org | December 7th 2009 by Mark
Silverstone – the site of Formula One’s first Grand Prix event, just signed a 17 year deal to being it back to the UK. Whether or not the British Grand Prix would ever find a new home was about as uncertain as whether or not the Canadian read more
Fisichella Could Take Sauber Race Seat In 2010
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 6th 2009 by Rob
Giancarlo Fisichella, the perennial Italian driver has said he is in the running for a potential race role with the newly reformed Sauber F1 Team. Fisichella moved to Ferrari for the end of the 2009 season to replace Luca Badoer, Felipe Massa’s read more
Yoong Confirmed In Lotus Non Driving Role
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 6th 2009 by Rob
Former F1 driver Alex Yoong has been confirmed to a track side role with the new Lotus F1 Team it was confirmed today. Yoong, who competed with little success in F1 with Minardi, will head up the Asian arm of the Lotus teams driver development progra read more
Prodrive Faces Competition From Luxembourg Investors For Renault…
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 4th 2009 by Rob
The Renault F1 Team are today looking and analysing competing bids from Prodrive and an investment company based in Luxembourg. The original thoughts following an article in L’Equipe were that the investment company were providing Prodrive with read more
Sauber Confirmed In Final Grid Slot
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 4th 2009 by Rob
The Sauber F1 Team will make a return to the Formula One grid for the first time since their owner sold the team to BMW at the end of the 2005 season. Toyota pulled out of F1 and made a grid slot available, which was desired by Sauber – but cou read more
Ricciardo Ends Jerez Rookie Test As Fastest Man
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 3rd 2009 by Rob
Daniel Ricciardo helped his chances of getting the Scuderia Toro Rosso second race seat by ending the final day of rookie testing in Jerez as the fastest driver at the wheel of the Red Bull. The young Australian is being speculated as driving with To read more
Toyota Not Selling F1 Entry, Paving Way For Sauber’s Return
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 3rd 2009 by Rob
The Toyota F1 Team are NOT selling their F1 entry, claiming they have already given it back to the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone. This news will come as a crushing blow for Stefan GP who were hopng to purchase the former team based in Cologne. However it read more
Paffett Fastest On Jerez Rookie Test Day 2
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 2nd 2009 by Rob
German Touring Car racer Gary Paffett was fastest on the second day of rookie testing at Jerez. The Brit completed a fastest lap of 1.18.718 which was just under half a second faster than second placed man Nico Hulkenberg, who is a confirmed race dri read more
Todt Confirms Bianchi’s Long Term Ferrari Deal
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 2nd 2009 by Rob
Nicolas Todt has confirmed Jules Bianchi, the current Formula 3 EuroSeries champion has signed a long term deal with Ferrari following yesterday’s test in Jerez. The young driver has signed a deal but his position in the team is unknown, possib read more
Carroll Confident Of 2010 Race Seat
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 2nd 2009 by Rob
A1GP Series Champion Adam Carroll says he is confident that he will be on the grid for the start of the 2010 f1 season. Carroll has been knocking on the F1 door for some time, and in an exclusive interview in his homeland of Northern Ireland he admit read more
Soucek Fastest On Jerez Rookie Test Day 1
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 1st 2009 by Rob
Andy Soucek, the reigning Formula 2 champion was fastest for Williams on the first day of the “Rookie-Test” in Jerez. The aim of the days this week on the Spanish circuit is to give young drivers the chance behind the wheel of an F1 car, read more
Formula1 News & Information - December
F1 Insight : A Formula1 Blog | December 1st 2009 by Shobin
News & Information from : March|April| May| June|July| August| September| October|November|December|Massa family welcomes first child of Raffaela and Felipe 1st DecemberOctane Racing Group to act as promoter of Canadian GP 1st DecemberAlonso 's read more
Manor GP To Be Called Virgin Racing As New Entry List Published
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | December 1st 2009 by Rob
Manor Grand Prix are to be called Virgin Racing after their sponsorship deal with Virgin Group was confirmed following another entry list release from the FIA. The team name was published today, along with confirmation of other team names and drivers read more
Canadian Grand Prix to make a comeback !
Rediscover formula one : Latest f1 news | December 1st 2009
You can see the satellite photo of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit above. The circuit is pretty beautiful and built on a manmade island. The Canadian Grand Prix is all set to make a comeback in 2010, the Canadian Grand Prix in 2010 will be held on Ju read more
Santander “Would Back” De la Rosa In His Quest For A 2010 Sea…
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | November 30th 2009 by Rob
Santander Espana boss Enrique Garcia Candelas has said he would be willing to provide sponsorship and money to help Pedro de La Rosa find a race seat for the 2010 season. The Spanish driver is looking at drives with Campos Meta, USF1 and potentially read more
Sauber Confident Of Gaining Final Grid Slot As 2010 Car Takes Sha…
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | November 30th 2009 by Rob
Peter Sauber has said he is “very confident” that his newly re-formed Sauber team will gain the final grid slot, after an FIA meeting for the 2010 season. The Swiss businessman bought back his team from BMW and is now hoping to gain the e read more
Villeneuve Spotted Visiting Lotus F1 Operation
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | November 27th 2009 by Rob
Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 World Champion has been spotted visiting Lotus F1’s factory in Norfolk. The former Williams and BMW driver visited this week to check out how serious Lotus were about their Formula One plans. Villenueve is said to read more
Force India Retain Sutil And Liuzzi For 2010
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | November 27th 2009 by Rob
Force India have announced they will be retaining the services of Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi as drivers for the forthcoming 2010 season. The team based at Silverstone will keep the drivers they finished 2009 with. While Adrian Sutil has now b read more
Sauber Buys Team Back From BMW
F1 Fanatics - F1 News | November 27th 2009 by Rob
Peter Sauber has announced that he has purchased his old Formula One team back from BMW. The businessman sold his successful team to the German car manfuacturer at the end of 2005, and the team achieved some success with Sauber staying on board. Hi read more
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