Exclusive Franz Tost Q&A: 2009 a new challenge for Toro Rosso
Toro Rosso’s team principal Franz Tost is a man of understatement - describing their 2008 success as ‘limited’ shows that his ambition stretches far beyond a single Grand Prix win.
With 2009 comes major change - new regulations, the loss of German wunderkind Sebastian Vettel, and the departure of Gerhard Berger returning the team to [...]
Jerez day two - Buemi stays on top in Spain
Toro Rosso hopeful Sebastien Buemi reinforced his claim to a 2009 race seat with the team on Wednesday, as the Swiss GP2 driver headed the testing times for a second day in succession at Jerez.
Buemi led a Toro Rosso 1-2-3 at the Spanish circuit, with fellow ‘09 aspirant Takuma Sato second fastest and the team’s [...]
Teams meet with FIA in Monte Carlo
Team representatives will meet with Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, on Wednesday afternoon to analyse proposals put forward by the teams to reduce the costs of competing in the sport.
The proposals, agreed by the teams at a meeting of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) in London last week, include several measures to [...]
Honda pulls out of Formula One
The shock news that Honda is to pull its team out of Formula One is still reverberating around the sport of motor racing.
Honda’s F1 executives, Ross Brawn and Nick Fry, are seeking new owners for the British-based team before the 700 workers receive their redundancy notices. Honda has just announced it will give the [...]
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The 2009 BMW Sauber F1 Photos
Been very busy this week with a lot of research projects, so a quickie post for you guys, was seeing BMW Sauber’s new photos on a news-site, wanted to share them with you all :
Funny Design, reminds me of the Volkswagen Beetle somehow !
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Honda quits formula one amid financial crunch !
The Honda formula one team claimed to power dreams, one lap at a time, but it seems their batteries ran out of juice, just a metaphor for the fact that they probably ran out of money to sustain a fully featured formula one team.
Car makers have been one of the worst affected by [...]






