Ferrari have fired an astonishing attack at Williams, calling them losers and bad sports for refusing to allow Michael Schumacher a comeback test of this year’s car.
Maranello bosses are furious that the Grove team refused to agree an exception to the no testing rule brought in this season.
The seven-times champion has not driven an F1 car since the start of last year but is returning from retirement to replace the injured Felipe Massa. But Schumacher has less than three weeks to prepare for his debut in Valencia on August 23…Â Details
Sarah Fisher grew up in Ohio, a couple of pit stops from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. She got hooked on the drama of the Indy 500 early, dreaming about zipping down the frontstretch on Memorial Day weekend at 220 mph.
The popular IndyCar driver is also mindful of history. She knows the Brickyard is where open-wheel racing in the U.S. was born, and for decades the signature moments have come at superspeedways like Indy, which allow the cars do what they do best: go really, really fast.
Yet Fisher—the team owner, not the driver—also knows that times change. Oval racing on the series isn’t what it used to be, which is why she wasn’t surprised when the 2010 IndyCar Series schedule unveiled last week featured more road races (nine) than oval races (eight) for the first time … Details
Formula One points leader Jenson Button feels another hot streak coming on.
After winning six of the first seven races driving for Brawn GP, Button went on a three-race skid that he attributes to races being run in cooler weather. That is likely to change at the next grand prix, in Valencia, Spain, where Button is confident he’ll end his slump with a victory on Aug. 23.
“We have the money and resources to achieve great things, but everyone is moving so quickly we need to keep up,†Button said. “We’ve been through more difficult times so we can solve these problems for sure.â€Â  … Details
The Corvette C6.R GT1 car had its last hurrah at the Long Beach leg of the American Le Mans Series GT1 championship, but today General Motors unveiled the car that will be replacing it – the C6.R GT2, based on the Corvette ZR1.
With the season half over already, Corvette Racing will be using the final five rounds to test and develop the car for next year. The decision to run the car in GT2 is based in part on an upcoming move to a unified GT category in ALMS racing, which will pit the ZR1-based racer against the likes of Aston Martin, Ferrari, Porsche, Viper, Jaguar, BMW, Panoz and Ford.
“The global movement toward a single GT class will allow us to compete head-to-head with more marketplace competitors while increasing both the production content of the Corvette C6.R race cars and the relevance of racing to our customers. This is a step that positions Corvette for …Â Details