On July 3, 2007 I got a call from Ron Dennis, the boss of the McLaren Formula One team, to say that at 7.30 that morning, lawyers acting for Ferrari had raided the home of Mike Coughlan, McLaren’s chief designer, and recovered CDs which were believed to contain the entire technical details of the current Ferrari Formula One car. “Spygate” had begun.
Ron assured me that this had come as a complete surprise and he was instituting an immediate internal inquiry to see if anyone else at McLaren was involved. A little later I got a call from Jean Todt with the extraordinary tale of … Details
German daily Bild claims seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to drive for Mercedes next year.
A report in Saturday’s edition of the newspaper says the two parties have agreed to a one-year contract and will announce the deal next week … Details
The Indy Racing League is taking a hard look at a radical new chassis design, that if passed would put the first wingless car on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway—or any open-wheel track for that matter—in almost a half century.
As first reported yesterday by SpeedTV, a private Indianapolis operation called Delta Wing LLC has led the 11-month study. Drawings and models of the new chassis designed have recently been turned over to IRL higher-ups and designers of the new chassis hope to have the wingless car on the track in 2012, when the IRL rolls out a new chassis formula …Â Details
When deciding how to enter NASCAR next season, Danica Patrick was very diligent, thanks to the advice of Tony Stewart, who traveled the same path in the late 1990s.
Patrick visited the Stewart-Haas Racing shop several times over the summer, sparking rumors that she might drive for it in 2010. The rumors were far off the mark; Stewart-Haas doesn’t have a Nationwide Series team and has no plans to start one soon. Stewart, however  … Details