Sunday, March 21, 2010

Lotus Racing moves the goal posts..is it realistic?

March 17, 2010 by Negative Camber  
Filed under People & Events

On the heels of a successful debut in the season opener in Bahrain, Lotus Racing has set its sights on veteran F1 teams Sauber and Toro Rosso.

“This is a great start. We’ve done the first massive step, we’ve now got to take some more,” technical director Mike Gascoyne told Reuters after Finland’s Heikki Kovalainen [...]

Report: Lotus landing $9-million Petrobras deal

March 17, 2010 by SJ Skid  
Filed under Prime & Option

Lotus has landed a $9-million sponsorship deal with Petrobras and should start running with the Brazilian oil company’s logo at the Spanish Grand Prix, James Allen is reporting.
Nothing has been officially announced, Allen writes, but his sources tell him it’s all tied up and solidified.
It is, of course, an interesting development given Lotus’ original target [...]

Interesting explanation of the USF1 withdrawal from SPEED

March 15, 2010 by vmr  
Filed under People & Events

True, we’re all quite tired of hearing about the debacle that USF1 became, but there is still talk (from Jean Todt, no less) that the team might be brought before the WMSC for violating the Concorde Agreement.  Of course, the same was said about Toyota after their departure last season, so the likelihood of actual [...]

The other victory at Bahrain

March 15, 2010 by Negative Camber  
Filed under People & Events, Top Story

The race result from Sunday’s Grand Prix in Bahrain will record a victory for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. It will show a return of pace for Felipe Massa and the hobbled results of a dominant Sebastian Vettel. There was a different kind of victory Sunday if you look a little farther back on the [...]

GPR: Alonso leads a Ferrari 1-2 in Bahrain after engine troubles plague early leader Vettel

March 14, 2010 by vmr  
Filed under Parc Fermé, People & Events, Top Story

A triumphant Fernando Alonso won the 2010 season opening GP of Bahrain, with teammate Felipe Massa making it a Ferrari 1-2 after Sebastian Vettel had late-race exhaust issues that dropped him from the race lead to, ultimately, fourth place.  Lewis Hamilton finished third, as Nico Rosberg outpaced teammate Michael Schumacher to fifth.  Schumacher finished sixth, [...]

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