All Posts Tagged With: "Jarno Trulli"
Meet The Cars: Lotus T127
Lotus, a name that will spark many memories of a golden age in Formula One, is returning to the sport it once dominated, the name resurrected by a variety of Malaysian backers. In fact, although the team is currently based just a few miles from the Lotus car factory in Norfolk, the intention is for [...]
Toyota Withdraw From Formula One With Immediate Effect
In a press conference held earlier this morning in Tokyo, Toyota announced it is to withdraw its participation in Formula One with immediate effect. The news comes after much speculation all year that the Japanese marque could be another to succumb to the economic crisis, similar in vein to Honda and BMW. Although not necessarily [...]
Bahrain 2009: Toyota Lock Out Front Row With Trulli On Pole
The 2009 Formula One championship is getting increasingly interesting as each session of each weekend passes. Initially it was Brawn that surprised, promptly followed by the pace of the Red Bull cars in round three. And now we have another candidate for victory in the shape of Toyota driver Jarno Trulli. The Japanese team didn’t [...]
Drivers & Teams Support Abruzzo Earthquake Victims
Disasters of the world touch Formula One, none more so than those participating drivers who hail from the affected country. In Australia earlier this year, Mark Webber went to great lengths to visit the fire-damaged region of Victoria, the same state the Australian Grand Prix was being held in. It wasn’t long after Mark’s touching [...]
Lewis Hamilton Stripped Of Australian Grand Prix Podium
As if Formula One couldn’t get any more controversial and political, Lewis Hamilton has now been stripped of his third place in the Australian Grand Prix last weekend. The news came after the investigation into the incident involving the McLaren driver and Toyota’s Jarno Trulli was reopened in Malaysia, the venue for this weekend’s grand [...]
Australia 2009: Trulli & Vettel Penalised
As soon as I type the post, the result comes in; Jarno Trulli has been penalised for overtaking a fellow driver while under safety car control. The incident happened in the final phase of the Australian Grand Prix and results from Trulli slipping off the track and onto the grass. Lewis Hamilton, who was following [...]
Australia 2009: Trulli Under Investigation, Hamilton May Get Promoted
In the madness of the second safety car period during the Australian Grand Prix, it seems the reason why Jarno Trulli made it into third as opposed to Lewis Hamilton as we had been expecting was down to an incident involving Trulli. Both drivers have been summoned to the race stewards office to discuss the [...]
Australia 2009: Hamilton & Toyota Sent To Back, Ferrari & Red Bull May Follow
The first race of the season usually throws up some form of protest, or at minimum a bit of a sulk, but so far in Melbourne, the diffuser issue came to a head with no consequences as of yet and the Toyota drivers have been sent to the back of the grid. Williams have also [...]
