Webber laments stint at Williams

As reported on BBC SPORT “Flavio was never keen for me to go to Williams and I know I made a costly mistake by not listening to him,” said Mark Webber. “He was very keen for me to go to Red Bull next season, so I wasn’t going to ignore his advice a second time [...]

Williams backs Hamilton for McLaren drive

As reported on autosport.com Frank Williams says he would not think twice about bringing young Briton Lewis Hamilton into Formula One next season if he were McLaren’s Ron Dennis. “I wouldn’t be so presumptuous as to tell Ron Dennis… how to do his job,” the team boss wrote in the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Wednesday. [...]

Williams updates aero for last three races

As reported on F1Racing.net “We had a positive test at Silverstone last week where Alex tested a revised aero package that we will bring with us for the final three rounds,” said technical director Sam Michael. “We also concentrated on tyre testing in preparation for these races and are confident of our selection. This season [...]

Fines imposed in motorsports

In the wake of US$ 5 Million fine imposed on the organisers of Turkish GP, below is a list of some of the biggest fines in motorsport history. US$5 Million Turkish Grand Prix organisers fined for controversial podium ceremony in August 2006 that had Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat handing out the winners’ trophy [...]

F1′s next big star?

As reported on Auto123.com While we have the likes of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen to carry us through after Schumacher leaves, there is another name on everyone’s lips after Polish racer Robert Kubica finished the Italian Grand Prix third in his only third race. Despite Kubica’s lack of experience, he did everything right in [...]

Williams to debut Toyota power

As reported on homeofsport Ahead of their partnership for 2007, Williams will use Toyota engines for the first time at the Silverstone test next week. The presently Cosworth-powered outfit plans to run a Toyota V8 in the rear of a modified ‘FW28′ chassis, with current test driver and 2007 racer Alex Wurz at the wheel. [...]

Piquet set to replace Kovalainen at Renault

As reported on homeofsport Nelson Piquet Jr, the GP2-driving son of Brazil’s triple world champion, has moved into pole position to replace Heikki Kovalainen in the Renault test seat of 2007. With his Finnish predecessor set to score the plum race seat, the 21-year-old [Piquet Jr] is not only linked with the third driver role, [...]

Ten-place penalty for Rosberg

As reported on HomefoSport Before a single wheel even turned, Nico Rosberg’s first French grand prix at Magny Cours has got off to a unpleasant start. Whispers at the circuit suggest that Williams’ rookie driver will undergo an unscheduled engine change, resulting in a ten-grid penalty. So much for a “Good Race Weekend” for Rosberg [...]

Ferrari set for Schu-Kimi lineup

As reported on HomeofSport Ferrari are heading towards a dream driver lineup pairing Michael Schumacher alongside Kimi Räikkönen for 2007. That’s the opinion of rival team principal Sir Frank Williams…. ‘Ferrari have a massive budget and probably a $60m driver bill next year – that’s the way it looks,’ Williams told Speed TV. Hinting at [...]

Williams to lose Budweiser money

As reported on updatesport.com Sir Frank Williams says he expects to lose at least one of his Grove based team’s sponsors at the end of the season. ”Budweiser I think will go,’ the 64-year-old was quoted as saying by ‘Speed TV’. He said Budweiser has also pulled out of a soccer deal, and are ‘driven [...]