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Lotus Announce CNN Sponsorship Deal
New team to 2010, Lotus Racing, have announced a substantial sponsorship deal today with the CNN news network company. The partnership will see CNN logos on the Lotus T127 as it charges around the circuits and the deal will be overseen by CNN’s senior vice president of the company’s International Advertising Sales division, Rani Raad. [...]
A Management Change At Team Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has stated during an interview for Autosport that he is looking for a new manager, having decided along with his father that it is time for the pair to look after there own business interests. This news comes as a mild surprise, the father-son team having worked closely together for much of Hamilton’s [...]
FIA Inspect USF1 Amidst Troubling Reports
FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting is believed to be traveling to Charlotte, North Carolina in order to inspect the USF1 entry amidst troubling reports coming from the new team. It is suggested the squad are in serious trouble and one team insider has leaked information saying that only current investor Chad Hurley is in a [...]
Anderson Speaks: USF1 To Miss Bahrain?
USF1 co-founder Ken Anderson has broken his silence and finally spoken about his new team to Formula One and the financial difficulties they have faced in recent weeks and the consequences this all has on the immediate future of the squad. In an interview published in the The New York Times on Friday, Anderson spoke [...]
Flavio Briatore To Commence Court Proceedings Against FIA
In an effort to lift the lifetime ban from motorsport imposed on him following the race-fixing scandal that came to light earlier this year, Flavio Briatore intends to lodge papers in the French courts on Monday that will see him start a fightback against the FIA. Briatore was given his ban on motorsport involvement after [...]
The BBC Blow Me Away From As Far As Brazil
I think it is fair to say that in their first season since returning to broadcast Formula One to British fans, the BBC have done a pretty good job. There are few gripes which I know many are happy to vocalise at any given opportunity, but I speak for myself when I say that these [...]
No More Super Licenses For Briatore-Managed Drivers
As a result of the WMSC investigation in the race-fixing scandal that has recently gripped Formula One, the Renault team have received a two year suspended disqualification. The lenient punishment comes after the WMSC agreed that the Renault team acted swiftly and with authority as soon as they became aware of the issue. Essentially, the [...]
Renault Receive A Two Year Suspended Disqualification
The Renault Formula One team has received a two year suspended disqualification following the revelation that Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds asked Nelson Piquet Jr to deliberately crash his car during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix in order to better his team mate’s chances of victory. The sentence comes after the World Motor Sport Council [...]
