Archive for the ‘Race series’ Category

20 Nov 2009: F1: ‘It’s still my team’ says Sir Frank as he sells a stake in Williams

“The company is still entirely within my control and that is not going to change,” said Sir Frank Williams after announcing the sale of a shareholding in his Formula One team to Austrian investment specialist and occasional race driver Toto Wolff.

20 Nov 2009: Wilson tests for McLaren at wet and windy Silverstone

Indy Lights hopeful Stefan Wilson has cashed in his prize for winning the Autosport BRDC Young Driver award – a Formula One test drive at Silverstone in Lewis Hamilton’s championship-winning McLaren.

20 Nov 2009: F1: Di Resta in Force India car for young driver test?

Remember last year, when the world of F1 couldn’t get enough of the idea of young Scots DTM star Paul di Resta stepping up to the top-flight series? Well, he could be back in a car soon for a Force India test.

20 Nov 2009: F2: Series to call at Silverstone and Brands next year

British race fans will have the chance to attend two race weekends on home soil with the 2010 Formula Two championship, including a season-opener at Silverstone.

18 Nov 2009: Opinion: A Silver Arrow through Brawn’s heart?

It’s barely been two weeks since the F1 season drew to a close with a mostly unexciting race in the opulence of Abu Dhabi that gave little indication of the thrilling eight months that preceded it. This week, however, both Jenson Button and Brawn GP have hardly been out of the headlines.

18 Nov 2009: Superleague: a shift in the thinking of British sports clubs?

What motivates a football club to diversify into backing a race team? Superleague Formula put this question to Ian Ayre, the commercial director of Liverpool FC, in the wake of its affiliated team winning the 2009 championship with driver Adrian Valles – and his answers could point to a shift in the thinking in the management of British sports clubs.

18 Nov 2009: F1: Button to join Hamilton at McLaren for 2010 season

It’s official at last – McLaren has confirmed that Jenson Button will be leaving the team with which he won the 2010 drivers championship to drive alongside fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton next year.

16 Nov 2009: Your last chance to grab a SPOTY ticket

Will Jenson Button be in the running for this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year? Here’s your chance to find out in person.

16 Nov 2009: Sadness for fans as Brawn’s perfect year ends in Mercedes buyout

One perfect year – and then it was all over. Brawn GP is consigned to the pages of F1 history as the new Silver Arrows team takes to the grid – and Button still waits to firm up his 2010 drive.

13 Nov 2009: Superleague: Jarama – so near yet so far for Craig Dolby

Nick Ledger, a keen photographer and mate of Superleague’s Tottenham Hotspur driver Craig Dolby, was in Spain for the season’s final meeting as part of a large contingent of Dolbyistas. He’s written us this great trackside report of the events at Jarama where Dolby pursued his outside shot at the title.

 
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