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  US company rumored to buy over Sauber?

  27 November 2009 / 12 comments

  The latest rumor in the Formula 1 paddock is the possible take over of the Sauber Formula 1 outfit by an unnamed American company. Apparently the buyout by Qadbak following BMW’s withdrawal has backfired. According […]

   

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  Lotus F1 to decide on 4 drivers for 2 seats

  26 November 2009 / 23 comments

  Story by Harvinder Sidhu Lotus F1’s team principal Tony Fernandes has revealed on his Twitter page that he, or the Lotus F1 team has to decide on four drivers for two seats. Prior to that […]

   

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  Brawn GP to be called Mercedes GP!

  17 November 2009 / 28 comments

  We should have known this would happen. McLaren and Mercedes-Benz had begun slowly severing their ties, and you can see that from the introduction of the new SLS AMG and the McLaren MP4-12C. And now […]

   

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  Lotus F1 Racing has signed their first driver

  16 November 2009 / 41 comments

  Tony Fernandes tweeted the above message yesterday, confirming that Lotus F1 has signed on their first driver. He did not mention who the driver is. Our very own Fairuz Fauzy who has been linked with […]

   

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  Update on the Lotus F1 Team: Issues with Force India, Kobayashi’s interest in the team, Fauzy’s reserve driver role

  10 November 2009 / 43 comments

  The 2009 Formula 1 season ended at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and it was Jenson Button who managed to clinch the Driver’s Championship two weeks earlier at the Brazilian Grand Prix. His team Brawn […]

   

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  VIDEO: BMW M Power says goodbye to F1

  9 November 2009 / 30 comments

  This video is BMW’s ‘last kopek’ at leveraging its F1 involvement, as the BMW Sauber F1 Team is no more. The team has now been purchased by Qadbak Investments, a buyout that has actually caused […]

   

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  Toyota officially announces F1 departure

  4 November 2009 / 79 comments

  It’s finally done – after persistent and intense rumours over the past few days Toyota has officially released a statement saying they would be withdrawing from F1 at the end of the 2009 season, which […]

   

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  Toyota quitting Formula 1?

  4 November 2009 / 42 comments

  Toyota F1’s race at the Abu Dhabi GP is apparently their last, as strong and intense rumours point to a Toyota board meeting to be held on the 15th of November to come to a […]

   

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  Kamui Kobayashi: next Schumacher from Japan?

  3 November 2009 / 34 comments

  If you were able to catch the final two rounds of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship then you should be familiar with a Japanese driver by the name of Kamui Kobayashi. Kobayashi has been […]

   

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  Jean Todt elected as new President of the FIA

  23 October 2009 / 12 comments

  Jean Todt has been elected as the President of the FIA which is the world’s motorsport governing body. The Frenchman was contesting against Finland’s Ari Vatanen who is a former world rally champion. Todt replaces […]

   

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  Lotus F1: Proton to finalise Lotus branding for LiteSpeed’s F1 team next month

  20 October 2009 / 20 comments

  It was revealed that national auto maker Proton will finalise the brand licensing of Lotus for the Lotus F1 team sometime next month. The auto maker received a draft agreement from the Tune Group over […]

   

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  Lotus F1: 6 drivers shortlisted, Fairuz Fauzy named

  19 October 2009 / 44 comments

  According to a recent report by Malaysian news agency Bernama, Lotus F1 has shortlisted six drivers where two will be officially announced sometime next month. Team principal Tony Fernandes further revealed that Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy […]

   

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  Brawn’s Jenson Button crowned as 2009 Formula 1 World Champion!

  19 October 2009 / 15 comments

  Brit Jenson Button from Brawn GP picked up his first Driver’s Championship earlier today in Brazil. 29-year old Button arrived at Interlagos with a comfortable lead but if he failed to score a single point […]

   

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  Lotus F1 scale model heads to the windtunnel

  15 October 2009 / 56 comments

  The Litespeed-managed Lotus F1 Racing team has released two photos of a scale model of its first Formula 1 racer that’s currently being used for windtunnel testing. There is no name for the new car […]

   

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  Xtrac: F1 R&D does pay off in road cars

  14 October 2009 / 24 comments

  Alot are of the opinion that F1 technology rarely makes it into road cars because of the completely different way of doing things when it comes to racecars, but with F1’s budget cuts forcing components […]

   

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