Fernando Alonso has earned the pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Renault set the fastest time in qualifying Saturday on the Hungaroring circuit and was confirmed as the pole sitter after a high-speed crash involving Ferrari’s Felipe Massa.
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Ferrari driver Felipe Massa slammed into a wall during qualifying for Formula One’s Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday and was airlifted to a hospital. His team said he was in stable condition.
The Brazilian driver was conscious and moving his arms before being evacuated from the Hungaroring’s medical center by helicopter.
A spring that had fallen off Rubens Barrichello’s Brawn GP car flew up and struck Massa in the helmet, apparently dazing him as the Ferrari continued straight through a curb, across the track and through the gravel area alongside the circuit before slamming into a row of protective tires that line the circuit wall … Details
Formula One’s strife could be nearing an end after FIA said Friday the document that governs the sport could be signed by next week.
F1’s governing body said its World Motor Sports Council had received the new Concorde Agreement, which would come into effect “on receipt of confirmation that a satisfactory cost-reduction agreement is in place.â€
All 13 teams registered for next season’s championship negotiated the document, FIA said in the statement.
“I think that we are very, very close to reaching a solution,†Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali said. “As always with such a complexity, the closer you get to the goal the more everyone is trying to squeeze or to find different things around it. But I am optimistic that … Details
Dune buggies? Where are all those dune buggies you used to see all over Southern California? Well, on July 11 of this year, over one hundred of them, with their drivers and passengers, were in the parking lot of B’s Back Yard Barbeque in Big Bear, California for a rare group photo. Why rare? Dune buggy owners are a hard group to pin down. Most of the time, they would rather be driving their cars on one of the rough, dusty roads that take them up and around the pine covered mountains that surround the Big Bear Lake. Getting all these cars and people together for a photograph was a major organizational triumph, and the Manx Dune Buggy Club was up to the task…Â Details & Pictures