Kimi – ‘I don’t care about Montoya’

As reported on DailyF1News “I don’t care about that really,” ‘ESPN’ quoted the 26-year-old as saying. “It is nothing to do with me, so why should I waste my time thinking about it? It goes like this in F1. People go sometimes. It is quite normal. It can change very quickly here.” He insisted: “It [...]

Dennis: Montoya could return to F1 this year

As reported on tsn.ca “Juan Pablo is fully contracted to the end of the year and if we so choose he will test and race again, that is our option and no one else’s,” said McLaren boss Ron Dennis . “I felt if he was focused on having the best end of season, I thought [...]

McLaren replace Montoya with De la Rosa

As reported on reuters “Team McLaren Mercedes and Juan Pablo Montoya have mutually agreed for him to step down in the forthcoming races of this year’s Formula One World Championship,” McLaren said in a statement. “The team has decided that Pedro de la Rosa will join Kimi Raikkonen in the race driver line-up.” Goodbye JPM! [...]

McLaren to stick by Montoya

As reported on sportinglife.com McLaren have denied reports that they intend dropping Juan Pablo Montoya for his part in the multi-car pile-up at the start of the United States Grand Prix. “No,” McLaren COE Martin Whitmarsh responded when asked by Autosport if they were planning on axing Montoya. Okay, so McLaren will keep Montoya and [...]

Raikkonen sees end to win drought

As reported on BBC McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen believes he can take his first victory of the season in Sunday’s US Grand Prix. “At Montreal, we were able to show the step forward we have made with the MP4-21,” Kimi Raikkonen said. “And hopefully this week in America we will be able to challenge for [...]

McLaren see hope on the horizon

As reported on reuters “From where we’ve been in the last few races, it’s shown that McLaren and Mercedes have stepped up their game quite a lot and we’re fighting them,” Montoya said of Sunday’s glamour race won convincingly by Renault’s Fernando Alonso. “I think we’ve improved our pace, I think we’re closing up a [...]

Monaco Poll Results

Who will be on pole position in Monaco ? The results are in, and there is a tie between Schumi & Kimi ! I am quiet a bit surprised, because I was expecting to see Alonso on top. And the second surprise is that no one voted for Montoya !! What’s going to be the [...]

Odd names on the F1 grid

As reported on homeofsport As is Spanish custom, there is a second surname on world champion Fernando Alonso’s birth certificate. It is ‘Diaz’ – his mother’s maiden name. McLaren charger Kimi Räikkönen, meanwhile, has a second first name; separated with a hyphen, the 26-year-old Finn was actually born ‘Kimi-Matias Räikkönen’. Bet you didn’t know that [...]

Montoya in Red Bull negotiations

As reported on updatesports.com Colombian newspaper ‘El Tiempo’ reported that the 30-year-old McLaren driver, who is likely to leave Ron Dennis’ Woking based squad after a two-year deal, is high on the list of potential replacements for racer Christian Klien. TAGS: Formula 1 . F1 . McLaren . Red Bull Racing . Juan Pablo Montoya [...]

Sepang Qualifiers – Nico Rosberg shines

What an amazing qualifers for Nico Rosberg, his second F1 race and he’ll be starting from 3rd grid position behind Fisichella & Button. Ferrari had engine problems in it’s hands since they changed the engine for Schumacher & Massa both. As a result, Schumacher would be starting from 14th grid position whereas Massa didn’t ran [...]