Monday, March 15, 2010

Marbles ~ Laura Marieee: The 2010 Grid

With just a week to go before the first race of the 2010 season, it would appear we finally have the completed entry list, and after all that has gone on over the last few months since the 2009 season finished, the final race seat was only just confirmed today. For Karun Chandhok, who takes [...]

Campos Meta to miss Bahrain Grand Prix?

March 1, 2010 by Negative Camber  
Filed under People & Events, Top Story

In a news report at Speed TV, the American motorsport television channel, veteran Bob Varsha announced that USF1 has asked the FIA for a deferment until 2011. We discuss that story here. There is another, very brief statement in that news report that is equally large and unfortunately not expanded upon.

It seems that [...]

Todt: Full grid for 2010 and we need to be ‘green’

FIA president Jean Todt told Gazzetta dello Sport that he is sure there will be a full grid for the 2010 season despite current speculation that financial struggles may sideline both USF1 and Campos Meta for at least the first three races of the year if not more. The Stefan GP team has been [...]

Ecclestone: Campos and USF1 may miss first 3 races

February 8, 2010 by Negative Camber  
Filed under Prime & Option, Top Story

F1’s commercial rights boss Bernie Ecclestone has suggested, in the Sunday Express, that the Concorde Agreement that binds F1 together allows for three absences from a team. He surmises that this is the reason we most likely not see USF1 and Campos Meta in Bahrain.
“I think we won’t see [the Spanish team] Campos and [...]

Toyota: We’ll throw in a Kobayashi if you buy now!

December 3, 2009 by Negative Camber  
Filed under Prime & Option

Dovetailing with the FIA announcement today that Peter Sauber’s team will inherit Toyota’s grid slot for the 2010 season, there is a story at Autosport regarding Toyota’s position in all of this.

From what I can glean, Toyota has agreed not to sell its team to another investor and relinquished their contractually guaranteed grid slot back [...]

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