Written by Red Andy on 06 March 2009
Brackley, Friday: Almost-new Formula One team Brawn GP have announced a partnership with Welsh brewery Brains, as the team’s car made its first foray onto the track today.
The team, run by former Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn and resurrected from the remains of the departing Honda outfit, announced its survival earlier in the week [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 28 February 2009
Brackley, Saturday: News breaking in the last couple of days to suggest that the floundering Honda Formula One team has finally been saved and will compete in F1 in 2009 has been met with widespread apathy from fans of the sport, with most having “stopped caring” about the fate of the team.
“Well-connected” F1-related [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 22 February 2009
Brackley, Sunday: With rumours continually surfacing over a bid by Virgin boss Richard Branson to buy out The Team Formerly Known As Honda in time for March’s Australian Grand Prix, the bearded entrepreneur has dropped the first hints that he has no interest in participating in Formula One until the sport makes several changes.
Branson, [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 29 January 2009
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]
Written by Red Andy on 23 January 2009
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]