Alonso speaks about his Ferrari move

Fernando Alonso has spoken on the Ferrari website about his move to the Scuderia, while Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has spoken of the reasons why they dropped Kimi Raikkonen and hired Alonso.
The Spaniard was not quoted in the Ferrari press release which was careful to dispense with Kimi Raikkonen’s services in a respectful way. [...]

Alonso joins Ferrari – nine months after the story first broke

Well, it’s finally been confirmed; Fernando Alonso is joining Ferrari next season for three years initial term. The team has also confirmed that Felipe Massa will be racing for them again.
Formula 1 has it’s dream scenario, which harks back to the Prost vs Senna days – Hamilton in a McLaren vs Alonso in a Ferrari, [...]

Honda, BMW.. Toyota next to quit F1 as sales plummet?

Toyota’s F1 team principal Tadashi Yamashima has issued a stark warning today that the involvement of the world’s biggest car maker in F1 could come to an end soon.
He described the situation as ‘unclear’, but warned that it depended on how the car business was doing.
“We will participate for now,” he said. “We [...]

Driver moves to start in wake of Alonso announcement this week?

Fernando Alonso will be announced as a Ferrari driver on Thursday of this week according to reports in Spain, Italy and Germany. This should in turn give rise to a series of driver moves which will establish many of the teams’ line ups for next year. It’s almost October, historically much of the grid is [...]

Ferrari to confirm Alonso and Massa, McLaren close in on Raikkonen

It is looking as though the long running saga over Fernando Alonso’s move to Ferrari is drawing to a conclusion. Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali said that things would be settled in the next two weeks.
An announcement of Massa and Alonso for 2010 would play very well if it were made in Brazil, at Massa’s [...]

Todt steps up his bid for FIA president

This weekend has seen a PR blitz by Jean Todt as the campaign to be elected FIA president enters the final stages. The election is less than a month away and Todt has made his first visit to the F1 paddock since announcing his candidacy.
Outgoing FIA president Max Mosley has already publicly endorsed him and [...]

Hamilton strolls to win as rivals make mistakes

Lewis Hamilton won the Singapore Grand Prix with a faultless drive from pole position to redeem himself after his last lap crash in Monza. But his task was made easier by key errors made by his two main rivals, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel.

Both made mistakes in pit stops which brought them drive through penalties; [...]

How the Singapore Grand Prix will play out

Lewis Hamilton did the best job of the cars at the front of the field today, with a lap which was two tenths of a second faster than the man in second place, Sebastian Vettel, despite carrying an extra fuel weight penalty of over three tenths, so he was net half a second faster.

Of [...]

Hamilton takes pole as Barrichello shunt thwarts Vettel and Rosberg

Lewis Hamilton took a widely predicted pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix today, but he was given a helping hand by Rubens Barrichello who crashed with 26 seconds remaining, when Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg were both on potentially better laps. They ended up second and third respectively.

It was an anti climactic ending [...]

Hamilton fastest in pre-qualifying practice

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the third practice session at Singapore, pushing Sebastian Vettel down to second place. Nico Rosberg was third.
It looks like being a very competitive qualifying session this evening, with McLaren, Red Bull and Williams all looking strong, while BMW seem to have made a big step with their [...]

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