Lewis Hamilton has said he would contest the famous Le Mans endurance sports car race with Mercedes-Benz.
Mercedes Le Mans history is littered with success and failure: after the 1955 Le Mans disaster the German marque withdrew for decades, returning with some success with Sauber in the late 80s.
Another return in the late 90s culminated in another withdrawal after Mercedes’ cars, one of them driven by new Grand Prix winner Mark Webber, repeatedly flipped at the 1999 Le Mans 24 hours…Â Details
IndyCar series driver Danica Patrick has confirmed that she is not interested in joining the new USF1 team in Formula One next season, explaining that the pull of family and friends at home in the United States is too much to sacrifice if racing in a World Championship.Â
Once the launch of the Charlotte-based USF1 team was announed in February, speculation naturally began over the team’s driver line-up; the outfit founded by Ken Anderson and Peter Windsor has not make any secret of the fact that it would prefer to have at least one driver from its own country… Details
Max Mosley’s decision to stand down could not have been more timely. The president of the FIA made his choice a few days after last Sunday’s German Grand Prix had indicated that action on the track deserved to take precedence over the political fighting and posturing that has caused serious damage in the past few months.
Mosley’s conclusion – that his 16-year run should come to an end – removes not only the worry of a breakaway world championship but also an influential figure whose tactics and behaviour, both professionally and privately, have created division and tarnished a reputation that otherwise should be remembered for his significant work in safety on the roads and the race tracks… Details
Unlike the teams that have pumped millions in developing their Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for the 2009 season, Williams F1 will likely benefit from their investments. And that’s because their flywheel mechanical-based system is compliant with a series of commercial applications outside of Formula One.
This is actually what Sir Frank Williams himself argued quite recently, as he confirmed the in-factory built KERS unit “ has got its own life in that direction. It has very useful and truly interesting commercial applications,†as quoted by the Reuters news agency… Details