The F1 Commission on Thursday approved name changes for three formula one teams ahead of the 2012 season. Next year, Team Lotus will become Caterham, Renault will be called Lotus, ...
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Stewardess Branson to finally honour losing bet
A sure date has finally been set so that billionaire Sir Richard Branson can honour a losing bet by becoming an air stewardess. Last November, the Virgin team figurehead left ...
Read More »BBC set to confirm Coulthard as race commentator
British F1 broadcaster the BBC is poised to announce officially that David Coulthard is moving into the race commentary box for 2011. He will join his former manager and fellow ...
Read More »Branson leaves Abu Dhabi with AirAsia uniform
Sir Richard Branson left Abu Dhabi on Sunday with an AirAsia stewardess uniform in his luggage. It was given to him by Tony Fernandes, the owner of the low-cost Malaysian ...
Read More »Ecclestone comments have ‘no effect’ on Virgin – boss
Virgin team boss John Booth on Friday hit back at Bernie Ecclestone’s latest stinging criticisms. Stating that only Lotus deserves to be in F1, the sport’s chief executive had referred ...
Read More »Glock admits beating Lotus to tenth not likely
Timo Glock has acknowledged that Virgin finishing tenth in this year’s constructors’ world championship is very unlikely. None of F1’s new teams have come close to scoring a point so ...
Read More »Bridgestone blows cover on Virgin’s F1 recycling spin
A Bridgestone spokesman on Monday blew Virgin’s cover about a F1 tyre recycling scheme. Team sponsor Sir Richard Branson said during his visit to the Canadian grand prix that a ...
Read More »Branson wants second US GP in Las Vegas
Sir Richard Branson would like to see a United States grand prix held in Las Vegas. The British billionaire, sponsor of Virgin Racing, said he welcomes the news that an ...
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