Having acknowledged that it will be difficult for him to restart his career in Formula 1 following his involvement in the Singapore race-fixing scandal at Renault, Nelson Piquet Jr. is reportedly pondering a switch to NASCAR…Â Details
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Formula One race-fixer Nelson Piquet Jr. is now planning to race in NASCAR’s pickup truck series after being snubbed by a number of F1 teams for a future drive.
Piquet Jr’s website reports that he and fellow Brazilian Vitor Meira would test a NASCAR Camping World truck series Toyota Tundra for Red Horse Racing at Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina next Monday, with Piquet looking to “evaluate a future career among the NASCAR ranks.” … Details
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel brought his world championship hopes alive again with a superb victory in Japan on Sunday afternoon, winning as he pleased and leading Jarno Trulli’s Toyota home by 4.8s despite a late safety car intervention. Lewis Hamilton was third for McLaren, another 1.5s adrift, after losing out to Trulli in the second pit stops.
Vettel’s third win of the season now leaves him 16 points behind leader Jenson Button after the Englishman finished … Details
Formula 1 teams are set to reject plans to expand the grid to 14 teams next year – leaving the future of the BMW Sauber squad dependent on one of the sport’s new entrants failing to make the 2010 grid.
The subject of boosting the field beyond the current planned 13 slots is due to be discussed at a meeting of the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) at Suzuka on Sunday morning. With the matter theoretically requiring a …Â Details