2009 November archive
Michael Schumacher’s 1994 title-winning F1 car on sale for £2.3m (Pictures) 10th November 2009, 19:53
The Benetton-Ford which Michael Schumacher won his first world championship with in 1994 is up for sale on eBay. According to the seller it is the very car which Michael Schumacher used in the last race of the season, when he infamously crashed into title rival Damon Hill. A bidding war has broken out for [...]
F1 2009: Year of controversy (Part 1)
Formula 1 seems to have become incapable of getting through a season without some kind of scandal. But even after 2007′s spying investigations and the Mosley scandal last year, somehow 2009 even manage to trump these for controversy. Here’s the first of a two-part look back at the controversies that spoiled the F1 season. Share [...]
Track or car design – what’s to blame for F1′s passing problem? (Poll)
Two F1 car designers have claimed F1 track designs need to be changed to increase overtaking – instead of making changes to the cars so they can follow each other more closely. Do you think tracks need to be changed more to create overtaking opportunities? Or does the problem still lie with the cars? Share [...]
F1 links: How Honda’s team was saved
Catching up with Ross Brawn (Autocar) "'They were clearly surprised at this because their view was that the team was unsaleable. Equally, the notion of a management buy-out is something virtually unknown in Japanese business circles.' Thank heavens Ross introduced to the concept, is all I can say." And hopefully someone's explained it to Toyota [...]
Michael Schumacher to take on Buemi and Alguersuari in Las Vegas kart race
Michael Schumacher may not have made an F1 comeback but he will return to racing this year at the wheel of a kart. The seven-times world champion will join Toro Rosso duo Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari SKUSA SuperNationals XIII kart race in Las Vegas next week. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
F1 2009: Team-by-team 9th November 2009, 11:30
The usual McLaren-versus-Ferrari duel was suspended in 2009 and instead all the glory went to a team we hadn’t heard of 12 months ago. F1 Fanatic’s 2009 season review kicks off with a look at how the ten F1 teams fared in 2009. Share this article with your friends: Tweet
Classic F1 cars from the ’70s and ’80s in action at Paul Ricard (Pictures)
The last round of this year’s F1 season coincided with the final event in the 2009 Historic Formula 1 championship. Philippe has kindly shared some photographs from the race at Paul Ricard in France. They include various great cars from the 1970s and 1980s from the likes of McLaren, Williams, Brabham, Lotus, Tyrrell and more. [...]
And it’s goodbye from them (Pictures) 8th November 2009, 15:42
Last week sato113 asked in the forum whether any of the teams had done big end-of-season group photos. I’ve found pictures for all bar two of the teams, plus the traditional end-of-year drivers’ photo. For Toyota and BMW – and possibly Renault too – these pictures are their farewell to Formula 1. Share this article [...]
Fairuz Fauzy tipped for third Lotus seat
The Malaysian-backed Lotus F1 team is likely to have a Malaysian in its 2010 driver line-up – but only in a testing role. The team’s chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne told the Malaysian Star Fairuz Fauzy is likely to be the team’s third driver. He said: Fairuz will be in the team probably as a [...]
2009 F1 DVD is called “Not in a hurry” 7th November 2009, 23:13
The official Formula 1 season reviews often get lumbered with bad names and the 2009 F1 DVD is no exception. This year’s F1 review will be called “Not in a hurry” according to a sleeveshot posted on Twitter. It’s hardly the most imaginative title they could have come up with. But then, this is from [...]
