ESPN is reporting that IndyCar Series star Danica Patrick is the final stages of negotiations on a two-year contract with JR Motorsports, he NASCAR Nationwide Series operation co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick. The report says Patrick is expected to make her debut with the team at Daytona next February, racing in both the Nationwide and ARCA Re/Max Series…Â Details
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Ferrari is still pushing hard to arrange a third Formula One car for Michael Schumacher to race in 2010.
With BMW and Toyota now departed, Renault thinking about following suit and the famous Italian team scornful of the sport’s new entrants, Luca di Montezemolo has renewed his campaign to … Details
Ferrari has suggested that the departure of Toyota, BMW and Honda from Formula 1 in the past year is due to the actions of the sport’s bosses rather than the economic downturn.
Toyota announced its decision to pull out of the World Championship earlier today, citing the “current severe economic realities” as the reason for its abrupt exit. But an item published on Ferrari’s official website argued that … Details
The FIA has described Bridgestone and Toyota’s decisions to exit Formula 1 as a “concern” – and says it wants to clarify Toyota’s legal position, as it had previously committed to the sport until 2012.
Toyota, along with all the other current teams, had signed the new Concorde Agreement in the summer, binding the Japanese company to F1 for the next three seasons. Although in theory its departure … Details