Before he launched the US F1 team, Ken Anderson was better known within the inner sanctums of motor racing.
Typically, he’s gone about the business of entering the rarified atmosphere of Formula One without a lot of fanfare, relying on his own engineering skills and connections within the industry.
“I’ve been working on this project for years,†said Anderson during an interview at the team’s shops just outside Charlotte. “It was always my intention to do a skunkworks type deal.â€Â … Details
Jenson Button may have secured the McLaren hotseat to race alongside Lewis Hamilton, but outgoing F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen leaves both men trailing in the category marked ‘superhuman’.
Well OK, superhuman may be over-doing it, but he does have a nickname that deserves comic book status: the Iceman.
The Iceman (a woefully underused way of describing sporty Scandinavians, we’re sure you’d agree) was frozen out at Ferrari earlier this autumn and now … Details
Formula One driver Jarno Trulli recently wrapped up his 2009 season with the Toyota Racing F1 team on the state-of-the-art Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, UAE. For the Italian it was a bittersweet event, as Toyota announced that they were pulling out of the pinacle open-wheel series, just days after the end of the 2009 season.
Trulli’s future is unknown at this time; one new team for the 2010 season has recently shown interest but for now he had an interesting fun time in New Smyrna, Fla., USA, where he was behind the wheel of the No. 55 Toyota Camry belonging to Michael Waltrip Racing … Details
German racing driver legend Michael Schumacher is rumoured to be in line to race for Mercedes GP in 2010.
Seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher could make a shock return to the sport in 2010 as a driver for the new Mercedes Grand Prix team.
Mercedes this week bought a 75 per cent stake in the Brawn GP team that won this year’s constructors’ championship … Details