American engineer Ken Anderson and former Williams Formula One team manager and well-known TV commentator Peter Windsor are attempting to form an American Formula One team, according to a report on Autosport.com.
The team is set to be called “USF1,” and a Web site already exists–http://www.usf1.com as of now it only displays a logo while disclosing no details of the operation…Â More info
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In some ways, it was as if nothing had happened in the world in the past year when Max Mosley held his annual preseason Formula One talk with a few journalists in a private dining room in an upscale French restaurant in the Chelsea area of London.
Mosley, 68, is the president of the International Automobile Federation, or FIA, the governing body of world motor sport, which is made up of most of the world’s national car clubs… More info
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Despite some cost-cutting at Formula One and changes in the design of its race cars, one constant remains in the international racing series for 2009: The teams to beat are McLaren Mercedes and Ferrari.
The two teams combined to win 14 of the 18 races last year and McLaren’s driver Lewis Hamilton, at 23, edged Ferrari’s Felipe Massa by a single point to become the series’ youngest champion in history…Â More info
FORMULA One teams BMW, Toyota, and Ferrari are all set for testing in Bahrain next week.
Both BMW and Toyota confirmed with the GDN last night that their Grand Prix drivers will be in the cockpit of their 2009 cars at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC). Officials at world champions Ferrari could not be reached.
The tests at Sakhir will be held over eight days, divided into two sessions. The first will be between February 10 and 13, followed by the concluding session between the 16th and 19th. BMW stars Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld will be joined by reserve driver Christian Klien in Bahrain. More info…