YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley is putting some of his fortune into Formula One as primary investor in the new U.S. F1 team due to enter the sport next season.
“I am thrilled to be a part of America’s first Formula One team in more than 40 years,” the multi-millionaire told the autosport.com website.
“Getting in on the ground floor of a project of this size and scope is a tremendous opportunity, and I look forward to helping shape the US F1 vision and corporate strategy for years to come.”
Hurley, CEO of the video-sharing website that was sold to Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion in 2006, said he was attracted by the mix of technology, design and sport that Formula One represented …Â Details
Red Bull’s pursuit of championship leader Brawn GP resumes at the European Grand Prix, where Ferrari reserve driver Luca Badoer returns to Formula One’s starting grid for the first time in a decade to fill in for the injured Felipe Massa.
Badoer, who has tested for the Italians since 1998, will navigate the Valencia street race in place of Massa, who continues to recover from skull fractures suffered in a freak accident at the preceding Hungarian GP.
It’s Badoer’s first race for Ferrari and first start since driving for Minardi 10 years ago. The 38-year-old, whose gap between F1 races is the second longest in history, also holds an unwanted record of never having scored a point from 49 races…Â DetailsÂ
…Â Michael Schumacher has decided to abort his comeback bid, but many feel that the next Schumi is already on the grid. Sebastian Vettel has had a remarkable start to his F1 career, and looks set to get even better. But even in the junior formulae, he already showed a lot of promise…Â Details & Excellent Videos
INDIANAPOLIS Aug 17, 2009: Sarah Fisher has constantly reinvented and reinterpreted motor racing from the start of her career; most often, without a backup car at her disposal. For only the second time in her career, Fisher will now have a backup car in the transporter. This means that Fisher can now leave the mental drag of worrying about damaging her primary racecar behind.
During a surprise press announcement Monday, Fisher was presented with a backup car from one of her sponsor partners, Wink and Libba Hartman of Hartman Oil, during a ceremony at her Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) headquarters.
Fisher entered her race shop like any other day after spending the morning with her trainer. When she walked in the door she was quickly blindfolded and …Â Details