The likelihood is rising that Rubens Barrichello will switch from formula one to Indycar for the 2012 season. Left without a race seat after 19 consecutive seasons of grands prix, ...
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Villeneuve turned down late Wheldon’s Indy drive
Jacques Villeneuve has revealed he turned down the chance to contest the 2011 Indycar season finale because he considered it too dangerous. Ultimately, it was the late Dan Wheldon who ...
Read More »Indycar traded safety for high-risk racing – Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone has accused Indycar of playing with drivers’ lives by organising “wrestling”-style races. Briton Dan Wheldon was killed just over a week ago in a 15-car crash at Las ...
Read More »MotoGP rider killed, F1 safe insists Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone is confident formula one remains ahead of the pack in terms of safety. The F1 chief executive was speaking after the death of Indycar driver Dan Wheldon in ...
Read More »Cockpit canopy might have saved Wheldon – Mosley
Dan Wheldon’s death could have sped up efforts to end the long era of open-cockpit racing. F1’s governing body earlier this year, in response to the F1 and F2 incidents ...
Read More »F1 governing body to help Dan Wheldon crash probe
F1’s governing body will assist in the investigation of Dan Wheldon’s death. Briton Wheldon, 33, was killed in a 15-car crash last Sunday on lap 12 of the 2011 Indycar ...
Read More »Wheldon’s death makes waves in F1 world
The death of Indycar driver Dan Wheldon is making waves even in the world of formula one. As a Briton and a former track rival of contemporaries including Jenson Button, ...
Read More »F1 world awakes in Korea to news of Wheldon death
After drinking in Red Bull’s title success in Korea, formula one awoke on Monday morning to terrible news from the world’s other premier single seater series. 33-year-old Dan Wheldon, the ...
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