Bridgestone take pop at Michelin over USGP ’05

As reported on crash.net Bridgestone have said that the fans deserve a good race at Indianapolis this year – a subtle dig at their rivals, Michelin, who messed up big time in 2005 and reduced the event to a six-car farce. “Coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is always a special event for Bridgestone,” Bridgestone’s [...]

Honda F1 team shake up technical department

As reported on reuters The team said in a statement that Shuhei Nakamoto, formerly engineering director for Honda Racing Development, had been appointed senior technical director. “Discussions are currently taking place with Geoff Willis, Technical Director, regarding his future role with the team,” it added. Willis had been expected to take on a more factory-based [...]

Fisichella stays with Renault in 2007

As reported on pitpass The Renault F1 Team is delighted to announce the continuation of its relationship with Italian Giancarlo Fisichella for the 2007 season. The Italian is currently enjoying his strongest Formula 1 season to date. His excellent working relationship with the team, allied to undoubted speed, will form the backbone of the Renault [...]

Title without Schu means less – Alonso

As reported on HomeofSport ‘The title will not be so important when Schumacher is not among the competitors,’ Alonso, 24, was quoted as saying by the ‘Red Bulletin’ – a daily magazine produced by Red Bull at grands prix. ‘He said: ‘Michael is the driver you want to beat. Everyone dreams of fighting and beating [...]

Ecclestone supports Shnaider

As reported on f1racing.net “When Jordan was for sale it was Shnaider who was the only one putting the money on the table to save the team,” Ecclestone told Autosprint. “If it wasn’t for his intervention, the team would have folded and there would have been only 18 cars in 2005. He represents a serious [...]

Alonso fined $2,000 for speeding in pit lane

As reported on reuters World champion Fernando Alonso collected a $2,000 fine on Friday for exceeding the pit lane speed limit in the first free practice session for his home Spanish Grand Prix. But that was about the only excitement the Renault driver could offer the crowd chanting his name at the Circuit de Catalunya. [...]

New report reveals $4 billion value of F1

As reported on pitpass.com Formula One generated more than $4 billion (£2.17bn) in revenues in 2005, with more than $2.5 billion (£1.4bn) of this flowing to the teams. Over a quarter of the total revenues is made up by spending from the team owners, who are believed to have plunged more than $1.3 billion (£708m) [...]

Marlboro would foot Kimi/Schu bill

As reported on itv-f1.com Ferrari’s title sponsor Marlboro would be willing to foot the $70 million annual wage bill likely to be entailed by a Michael Schumacher/Kimi Raikkonen driver pairing, according to this week’s Autosport magazine. According to Autosport, Marlboro’s parent company Phillip Morris has decided that the promotional value of a Schumacher/Raikkonen line-up justifies [...]

BMW F1 team hire former Williams chief designer

Imola’s top chicane modified

As reported on itv-f1.com The Variante Alta, which used to see cars fly across the high kerbs as drivers straight-lined the right-left ‘ess’, has been reprofiled, with the kerbs flattened but the corner radius tightened. The tweaks are expected to reduce speeds at what was quite a fast, third-gear chicane, making it similar to the [...]