A Belgian politician has played down fears Spa-Francorchamps is set to lose its grand prix, but admitted that no European venue is completely safe. Bernie Ecclestone said this week it ...
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‘Selfish’ Alonso is title favourite – Berger
Fernando Alonso’s rivals will need to be as “selfish” as the Spaniard to beat him to the 2010 title, according to Gerhard Berger. Although the former grand prix winner – ...
Read More »Karthikeyan’s sponsors eye 2011 Force India seat
Narain Karthikeyan has emerged as a contender to race with the Force India team in 2011. Before Karun Chandhok made his debut in 2010, 33-year-old Karthikeyan was India’s first grand ...
Read More »German workers helped Korea to get F1 track ready
Help from Germany ensured that Korea’s new F1 circuit is able to host its inaugural grand prix this weekend. That is the claim of Hermann Tilke, the architect of the ...
Read More »Ecclestone happy after visit to India F1 site
Before arriving in Korea, Bernie Ecclestone visited the site of next year’s inaugural Indian grand prix. According to local reports, the F1 chief executive gave the facility 40 kilometres from ...
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 ...
Read More »Hulkenberg out, Maldonado in for 2011 – report
Pastor Maldonado has signed a deal to race alongside Rubens Barrichello at Williams in 2011. That is the claim of Warm Up, the electronic version of Brazil’s Grande Premio publication. ...
Read More »F1’s travellers report first impressions from Korea
F1’s travelling circus is arriving in South Korea, and the first reports are mixed. BBC television anchor Jake Humphrey summed up the Yeongam venue as satisfactory but “far from finished”. ...
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