Ferrari warns Raikkonen to behave

As reported on F1Racing.net Ferrari chiefs have warned Kimi Raikkonen that he must not get up to too much mischief off the track next year. Raikkonen was the subject of much tabloid rumour for his hard-party antics in the past year. The French Figaro newspaper reported Ferrari boss Jean Todt as saying that if Raikkonen [...]

Raikkonen: Massa will be main title rival

As reported on autosport.com “My toughest rival won’t be Fernando, but my teammate Felipe Massa,” Kimi Raikkonen told Bild magazine in an interview. “From now on, I’ll see McLaren-Mercedes only in my rear-view mirrors.” “There are many reasons why in five years I only won nine times,” he added. “Certainly I made a few mistakes [...]

Ferrari will be favourites next year, says Trulli

As reported on Reuters “Whoever drives for them will have a big advantage,” the Italian told the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper on Tuesday. “I don’t think the departure of Schumacher or (technical director Ross) Brawn will change much. Even (Felipe) Massa can win with the current Ferrari.” “We [Toyota] suffered from the switch from Michelin [...]

Massa’s odd superstition

As reported on homeofsport Spain’s Marca newspaper revealed that the 25-year-old Brazilian credits not changing his underpants for three days for aiding his home win at Interlagos earlier this month. “If my weekend begins well,” Massa confessed, “I use the same underpants on Saturday. If that is also a good day, I wear them on [...]

Coulthard calls for Schumacher apology

As reported on M&C Sport David Coulthard says he thinks that Michael Schumacher should apologies for his past behavior on the track now that he has retired … he thinks that some of the former seven times world champion’s manoeuvres still had question marks over them. The Red Bull driver said that if Michael didn’t [...]

Schumacher to help Ferrari select drivers

As reported on autosport.com Michael Schumacher’s new role at Ferrari will involve selecting the team’s drivers of the future and to be a “super-assistant” to CEO Jean Todt, the team revealed today. “Michael is one of the greatest drivers in the history of motor racing. He has a unique knowledge of racing, so we’ll try [...]

Ferrari confirm Brawn’s exit

As reported on autosport.com The Ferrari team have confirmed that Ross Brawn will leave the Italian squad following the end of the season, as exclusively revealed by Autosport magazine. Brawn’s position as technical director will be taken by Mario Almondo at the start of November, while Stefano Domenicali becomes the team’s sporting director. Engine guru [...]

Todt confirmed as new Ferrari CEO

As reported on autosport.com Frenchman Jean Todt has been confirmed as Ferrari’s new Chief Executive Officer. Ferrari’s board of directors met in Turin on Wednesday to discuss the future structure of the company … Ferrari’s Formula One team are expected to announce further changes to their structure, including technical director Ross Brawn’s decision to take [...]

Interlagos

10 .. 8 .. 7 .. 6 .. 19 .. 18 .. 17 .. 16 .. 10 .. 9 .. 7 .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 Where it as lead-from-start-to-finish race for Felipe Massa and cool and calm driving from Fernando Alonso, it was not the same from Michael Schumacher. What we saw of [...]

Alonso: Constructors’ championship less important

As reported on F1Racing.net “For me the important thing is the Drivers’ championship, not only for me, for everybody,” Alonso said in Interlagos, Brazil. “We see all the publicity on the motorways, everywhere from China onwards. I think we only see Michael’s and Alonso’s face on the pictures. You don’t see the logo of Ferrari [...]