No Potential Replacement for Motegi

Moto GP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta has revealed that there will be no replacement for the Japanese Grand Prix should organisers decide the event shouldn’t go ahead for safety reasons. The event at Motegi was scheduled for the weekend, but was postponed following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in the country. It was then moved to [...]

Hamilton and Button Partnership Has Potential to Turn Sour

Such is the nature of F1 that if a team wants to be competitive, it must employ the best drivers it can to help secure the constructors championship, yet the single minded nature of all racers means they are gunning for the drivers championship, hoping to win at their team-mates expense. Each team take their [...]

Massa Hoping to Push on

Felipe Massa is in determined mood for the rest of the 2011 Formula 1 season following his third points finish of the campaign so far at the Chinese Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver qualified and finished sixth in Shanghai, a result which followed seventh place in Australia and fifth place in Malaysia. Although he has [...]

DRS System ‘Too Dangerous’

It may be proving popular amongst spectators, but the new Drag Reduction System has been described as ‘too dangerous’ by former Formula 1 driver Olivier Panis. The system – which has been used in the opening three races of the 2011 season – was designed to assist overtaking, thus making a race more exciting than [...]

F1 Takeover Bid Could Spell Trouble for the BBC

As with most things with Formula 1, rumours begin to circulate and it is some months before the truth emerges. It was somewhat surprising then, to hear of assured media speculation suggesting Rupert Murdoch and a few of his billionaire chums were clubbing together to buy out Bernie Ecclestone and the company which holds the [...]

Petrov Impressed With Renault Improvement

Vitaly Petrov has praised the improvement made by Renault since last season following their solid start to the 2011 Formula 1 campaign. The Russian was in the points for the second time this year at the weekend, finishing 9th at the Chinese Grand Prix to follow up his podium finish in Australia during the opening [...]

Pedrosa Focused on Portugal

Honda rider Dani Pedrosa has revealed that he expects to be back to full fitness for the Portugal MotoGP at the beginning of next month, but is concerned about the form he will be able to show. After struggling with fatigue during the first two races of the 2011 season, the Spaniard underwent an operation [...]

Vettel to Learn from China

After winning the opening two races of the 2011 Formula 1 season, Sebastian Vettel set a very high benchmark for his performances. The German lost out to Lewis Hamilton at the Chinese Grand Prix though and with the ‘second is nothing’ policy in mind, he has got to thinking about how he can improve during [...]

Chinese Grand Prix the Winners and Losers

The Formula 1 season steps back to take a breath after a frantic start to the season with a three week break before the next race in Turkey. After Lewis Hamilton’s heroics in Shanghai to reignite the championship race and with the opening skirmishes complete, who will be taking momentum into the fourth race of [...]

Lorenzo Committed to Yamaha

Despite plenty of speculation that he could be on his way, MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo has insisted that he can never imagine leaving Yamaha. With Honda dominating proceedings in the sport, Lorenzo was the only non-Honda rider in the top five in Qatar and the only one in the top seven in Spain most [...]

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