Written by Red Andy on 08 October 2009
Woking, Thursday: McLaren have announced today that Lewis Hamilton will be his own teammate in 2010, after the world champion’s father-manager Anthony vetoed all other potential teammates for the young star.
Hamilton has a clause in his contract giving his management the right of veto over any driver signed by McLaren, apparently in order to [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 01 October 2009
Zurich, Thursday: Departing Ferrari F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen has announced that he is to build himself a new house in Switzerland, after being paid millions of dollars by Ferrari for the privilege of not driving for them next season.
Given that Raikkonen is also set to earn a comparably huge sum driving for McLaren in 2010, [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 28 September 2009
Brackley, Monday: F1 world championship leaders Brawn GP have admitted that their driver choice for next year will be hinged on several factors, including the amount of moaning that the team’s factory can withstand.
“Unfortunately the soil around our team’s headquarters is quite soft, not really the best foundation for basing a [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 21 September 2009
Dublin, Monday: Former Ferrari F1 driver Eddie Irvine has complained that his appointment to the new Manor GP team was based on him being “misled” as to the nature of the operation.
Irvine, who retired from Formula One in 2002, recently took up a post with the new team shortly after it secured title sponsorship for [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 19 September 2009
Brackley, Saturday: World championship leader Jenson Button’s mid-season slump in performance has been blamed on the Brawn GP’s policy of using budget airline easyJet to fly to races.
The Briton won six of the year’s first seven races, but then failed to finish on the podium in any of the following five Grands Prix. Only in [Read More]