Lola has ruled out returning to Formula One in 2010.
A familiar name in F1 from the 1960s, Lola provided cars for top drivers like Graham Hill, John Surtees and Alan Jones. It dropped out after failing to produce a new car for the 1998 season, when many teams were unable to keep up with the big-spending and dominant Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Williams teams.
After auto racing’s governing body ordered teams to make big cuts to their spending for the 2010 season, Lola … Details
TRG Looking for GT Success at Mid-Ohio
Petaluma, Calif., (June 16, 2009) – TRG is headed to Mid-Ohio for the Grand-Am Rolex Series EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to be run on Saturday, June 20. Spencer Pumpelly is currently second in the GT standings and will partner with his KONI Sports Car Challenge teammate Duncan Ende at Mid-Ohio.
Team owner Kevin Buckler is pulling out all of the stops to keep Pumpelly, just eight points out of first, in the GT points battle. This includes putting Ende in with his front running driver in the No. 66 AXA/Wealth Management Strategies/TRG Porsche GT3. This shows that the TRG racing ladder formula – from the track days, to club, to KONI and into GT is paying dividends for the team with KONI front runner Ende joining Pumpelly this weekend.
“I’m really excited to be in the 66 at Mid-Ohio,” Ende said. “Spencer is sitting second in the driver’s points standings so I’m coming …Â Details
Toyota recently started offering used parts from its Formula One cars for sale online, and now Brawn GP, formerly known as Honda F1, is clearing out its collection of past race cars.
According to Autocar, Bonhams is auctioning cars used by Honda F1 from 2001 to 2006 at the Silverstone Classic Historic Race Meeting, which bills itself as “three days of music and racing†(Carlos Santana is scheduled to perform) in Northamptonshire, Britain, on July 25.
The race cars are being sold as “rolling chassis,†which means they do not come with engines, and buyers will not be allowed to fast-lap them on track days.
They are expected to fetch …Â Details
What is this dispute really all about? Is it about an attempt by some teams to take over the commercial rights to Formula One? Or to take the regulatory function away from the FIA? Or even just a clash of personalities? It has elements of all of these, but the real issue is philosophical; it goes to the fundamentals of Formula One.
It is about technical freedom. It is recognition by the FIA and several teams that you can have technical freedom – the freedom to innovate – or you can have freedom to spend without limit. But you cannot sustain both…Â Details