Susie Wolff given first opportunity to impress for Williams at this week’s ‘young driver’ test at Silverstone. On the face of it, very good. She raced in the DTM German touring car championship for seven years, best result ninth. However, 30 cannot considered ‘young’ in Formula 1. Hope she does well, though, great opportunity. Susie, by the way, is married …
Alonso third at Monza
Fernando Alonso still has a healthy 37 point lead over Lewis Hamilton after climbing from tenth position to finish third in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Alonso wins in Valencia
Fernando Alonso, who started from eleventh on the grid, won the European Grand Prix in Valencia after early leader Sebastian Vettel was forced to retire on lap 35 with alternator trouble.
Naming a car is not easy
Ferrari have finally named their 2011 Formula 1 racing car following a trademark dispute with the American car manufacturer Ford. Ferrari wanted to commemorate the unification of Italy in 1861, so they began by calling it the F150. Logical enough.
‘Crash-gate’ victims
Flavio Briatore, the Renault Formula 1 boss, has vacated his position after the company decided not to contest charges of fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Executive director of engineering Pat Symonds has also left the team.
Renault set to lose main F1 sponsor
Renault are the latest to suffer the consequences of the financial crisis as their principal sponsor, the Dutch ING bank, has decided not to renew its sponsorship agreement at the end of this year. The ING bank is looking to shed 7,000 jobs in a bid to save £949 million. Formula One is an expensive business, with some of the …
Two in a row for Alonso
Fernando Alonso notched up his second victory in a row in Japan after title rivals Hamilton and Massa collided. Hamilton, who was leading the race for the championship by seven points, started from pole position but made a dreadful start and then, trying to hard to make amends, locked his brakes at the first corner and ended up going off …
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Real Madrid suffered a setback yesterday, losing 1-0 to Deportivo thanks to Pepe putting the ball in his own net. Maybe the manager should start issuing maps to his player! One for each half!!