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Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Briatore to blame, not Schumacher says Herbert

Sep.7 (GMM) Johnny Herbert has absolved his former teammate Michael Schumacher of blame for his difficult tenure at Benetton in the mid 90s.

Although he won two races alongside the great German in 1995, the Briton moved to Sauber the following season...

Posted on Friday, August 26, 2011

Hulkenberg to drive in Practice 2

Aug.26 (GMM) Reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg will not be making his usual appearance in the Force India on Friday morning.

"I will drive in P2 (practice 2), not in P1," he revealed at Spa-Francorchamps.

Also in action on Friday will be Team Lotus' th...

Posted on Monday, August 22, 2011

Chandhok 'looking at' Team Lotus race seat

Aug.22 (GMM) Karun Chandhok has admitted he is hoping to race at Team Lotus in 2012.

While his countryman Narain Karthikeyan will be in action for HRT at India's inaugural F1 race in October, Chandhok admitted he is unsure if he will also be on the g...

Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2011

Karthikeyan set for HRT return in India

Aug.21 (GMM) Narain Karthikeyan will return to the cockpit of the HRT race car at his inaugural home grand prix in October.

Despite being recently replaced at the Spanish team by Red Bull sponsored Australian Daniel Ricciardo, Indian Karthikeyan said...

Posted on Monday, August 15, 2011

2012 Silly Season latest

As ever, the summer break in Formula One gives us a chance to speculate about who will be where next year. Managers will be enquiring with teams in order to give their driver the best deal available, whilst teams will be looking for the best driver at the best price. The currently Silly Season will be nowhere near as silly as the build up to the 2010 season, whilst with many drivers out of contract at the end of next season, 2012 will probably be […]

Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011

The mid-season awards

Deep into the mid-summer break, we take a satirical look back at the first 11 races of the season in our mid-season awards. Worst facial hair: Lewis Hamilton F1 has seen some horrendous facial hair over the years. Jenson Button’s from a few years ago was up there, certainly. This year, there does appear to be a lack of shaving equipment owned by the men at the front, although Hamilton tops it for his attempt to join the Amish community. Best team radio: Lewis Hamilton […]

Posted on Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Kovalainen happy Trulli up to speed at Lotus

Aug.2 (GMM) Heikki Kovalainen says he is happy his teammate Jarno Trulli is back up to speed.

Italian veteran Trulli struggled with Team Lotus' power steering system in the first half of the season and actually sat out the Nurburgring before updated ...

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Chandhok expects 'more chances' in Lotus car

Jul.26 (GMM) Karun Chandhok thinks he will get more time at the wheel of the Team Lotus car after replacing Jarno Trulli at the Nurburgring.

It is rumoured the Indian driver's outing in Germany, with Trulli returning to his car this weekend in Hungar...

Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011

Trulli should consider leaving F1 - Coulthard

Jul.23 (GMM) Jarno Trulli should vacate his seat completely if he is no longer enjoying formula one.

That is the view of the veteran Italian's contemporary David Coulthard, who today travels to the grands prix as a consultant to Red Bull and commenta...

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011

Trulli looks into 2012 despite sitting out Germany

Jul.22 (GMM) Jarno Trulli on Friday sounded confident about his future with Team Lotus, despite sitting out this weekend's German grand prix.

The Italian veteran, eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new power steering system for the T128 car, is not ra...

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011

Kovalainen denies risk of sitting out races

Jul.22 (GMM) Heikki Kovalainen insists there is no chance he might be the next Team Lotus driver asked to step aside.

Italy's Autosprint argues that Jarno Trulli so readily agreed to vacate his T128 for Karun Chandhok at the Nurburgring on the promis...

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011

Chandhok admits aim for 2012 Team Lotus race seat

Jul.21 (GMM) Karun Chandhok on Thursday set out his stall for a full-time race seat at Team Lotus for 2012.

Finn Heikki Kovalainen is regarded as a favourite of the Tony Fernandes-led squad, while the Malaysian businessman at the Nurburgring revealed...