According to Sebastian Vettel, Sunday’s grand prix will be the fourth and last in South Korea. The unpopular race at remote Yeongam has been given a provisional date on the ...
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Korea GP hopes Hyundai enters F1
Korean carmaker Hyundai could become interested in formula one in the coming years. That is the view of a spokesman for the Korean grand prix, following the country’s second formula ...
Read More »Korea GP vows to solve problems for 2011
Organisers of Sunday’s inaugural Korean grand prix have vowed to put on a better show in 2011. “There are a lot of things to work on,” admitted Chung Yung-cho, chief ...
Read More »Yeongam very wet hours before Korean GP
Four hours before the inaugural Korean grand prix, the brand new Yeongam venue is awash with rain. It started raining just before 10pm on Saturday night, and was heavy at ...
Read More »Renault finally signs Lotus engine contract
As the dark Korea paddock emptied on Saturday night, word spread that Lotus has finally secured its engine supply contract for 2011. It has been an open secret that the ...
Read More »F1 paddock expecting race-day rain at Yeongam
The F1 paddock is expecting rain at the new Yeongam venue. After a dry inaugural race weekend in South Korea so far, forecasts are predicting rain later on Saturday and ...
Read More »Dust, snakes and nails on Korea’s new track
There were no signs of the newly-laid track surface breaking up as the formula one cars christened the Yeongam venue on Friday morning. But the circuit was as slippery as ...
Read More »Korea surface won’t break up insists Tilke
Hermann Tilke on Wednesday sounded confident the newly laid track surface at Yeongam will survive this weekend’s inaugural Korean grand prix. With the top layer so recently laid and oils ...
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