Archive for January, 2009

Monte Carlo, Friday: Ageing Scotsman David Coulthard has claimed that 2009 will be his year to finally win the Formula One world championship, dismissing the fact that he retired from the sport at the end of last year as “irrelevant.” Coulthard first raced in F1 in 1994, and despite spending ten years in competitive Williams and [Read More]

London, Thursday: The British Parliament is currently debating a motion to “criticise and condemn” the BBC after the corporation refused to air an appeal asking for someone to buy the embattled Honda Formula One team. With the end of January rapidly approaching, and hence the deadline for the team to find a buyer before the Japanese [Read More]

Woking, Monday: New McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has dismissed what he calls “scurrilous rumours” that his predecessor, Ron Dennis, is terminally ill, stating that his former superior is in perfect health and has transferred power at McLaren “to focus on other projects.” “Ron is perfectly healthy,” [Read More]

Woking, Sunday: The McLaren Formula One team has today revealed details of a “complex and multi-layered” plan by the FIA to stop Lewis Hamilton from winning last year’s F1 world championship. The plans, which were “given” to McLaren by an anonymous FIA employee (who has now been suspended), finally show what many [Read More]

Cologne, Friday: Speculation has surrounded the security of Timo Glock’s seat at Toyota after the German reportedly refused to drive the team’s new car, carrying controversial sponsorship from a secularist organisation. The slogan, placed on the team by the National Secular Society of the UK, reads “There’s probably no God [Read More]