All Posts Tagged With: "Rubens Barrichello"
Jerez Test Day One: Barrichello Continues To Lead
So this is it, the final test session before the 2009 Formula One championship kicks off in Melbourne at the end of the month. Not all teams are present in Jerez, some deciding that they have done enough running beforehand. However, Williams, Renault and Brawn were in Spain, and Rubens Barrichello once again put his [...]
Barcelona Testing Day Four: Barrichello Continues Button’s Lead
Brawn GP have once again topped the testing timing sheet, this time with Rubens Barrichello steering the new BGP 001. The Brazilian driver set an astonishing lap time that like Jenson’s the day previous, was well clear of the others. This is the last day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, and some teams [...]
Brawn BGP 001 Debuts At Silverstone
Given everything that has happened in the past few months regarding Honda and the subsequent stories of buyouts and takeover deals, today is a pretty momentous day. The photographs of Jenson Button driving a Formula One car around Silverstone are pleasing to the eye and undoubtedly it was an emotional day for Ross Brawn and [...]
Ross Brawn Is A Constructor: Honda Officially Becomes Brawn GP
The headline says it all – Ross Brawn has been successful in taking over Honda’s Formula One team, saving the squad and ensuring there will be 10 teams and 20 drivers on the Melbourne grid at the end of the month. While speculation has been rife for the last three or four months, the news [...]
Bruno Senna Resigned To “Stepping Back”
Bruno Senna was, up until very recently, strongly linked with a drive for the Honda team in 2009, having tested for the squad back in November following the close of the 2008 world championship. Senna, who has driven well in GP2 and is considered a talent to watch out for in the future, was suggested [...]
Rubens Barrichello & Honda Closing In On Deal?
More news is filtering through this week on the future of Honda, and although little has been confirmed by the motor company itself, pace appears to be gathering towards a deal that will see the team on the grid in Melbourne. Reuters and Autosport are saying that negotiations are continuing, and that Rubens Barrichello is [...]
Rubens Barrichello Speaks – He Wants To Keep His Job
As soon as Honda pulled the plug on their Formula One operation, Jenson Button flew back from his vacation to visit the team’s headquarters and factory in Brackley. The move went down well with the media and the fighting spirit showed by the Briton is said to have raised morale among the men and women [...]
Scuderia Toro Rosso: The Bourdais/Sato/Buemi Dilemma
Now that all three Scuderia Toro Rosso hopefuls have shown their worth in one of the Red Bull-descended cars, the little team with big results already in their pocket have to make a decision; Sebastien Bourdais, Sebastien Buemi and Takuma Sato are all looking for race seats, and STR have two vacancies. Also in the [...]
