Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso of Spain was cleared to ride in the European Grand Prix in his home country after Renault won an appeal Monday to overturn a one-race suspension.
The governing body of motor sports had suspended Renault from Sunday’s race in Valencia, contending the team allowed Alonso to leave the pit lane with a loose wheel during last month’s Hungarian GP.
But the French Motor Sport Federation overturned the suspension before the appeals panel at motor racing’s Paris headquarters. Renault was instead fined $50,000.
“The reason there are two races in Spain is largely because of … Details
Formula One driver Felipe Massa says he’s nearly recovered from a fractured skull and hopes to return to racing at the Brazilian Grand Prix in October.
The Brazilian said in an interview with Globo TV late Sunday that he is aiming to back for the Oct. 18 race, but it will depend on the results of his weekly tests…Â Details
The reigning Formula One champion is having a tough season: he’s been accused of lying; he’s been saddled with a dud car; he’s losing his crown to another Brit - and even his fans are turning against him… Lewis Hamilton tells Cole Moreton about his annus horribilis.
Lewis Hamilton will not lie down. The photographer wants him to recline on a set of racing wheels, but the driver just won’t do it.
‘Looks a bit gay,’ he says, ‘lying down on a load of tyres.’
It’s a shock to hear the language of the playground from a Formula One world champion who usually sounds like he’s reading from a corporate script, but this brief, unguarded comment reveals something about Hamilton … Details
In early July, Fernando Alonso had denied reports that he was making a deal to leave the Renault team for Ferrari starting in 2010 and certainly no later than 2011, telling reporters that there had not been any contact between the two sides. Renault’s Carlos Ghosn also dismissed the stories, expressing that he fully expected Alonso to be in his team’s car again in 2010.
The rumors have obviously started to flare up again.
Alonso’s right wheel dropped off his car thirteen laps into the Hungarian Grand Prix, and it has been determined by F1 safety officials that the crew did not take proper care in fitting the wheel to the car, or in informing Alonso of its condition. Considering that this was in the wake of …Â Details