Posts Tagged ‘Williams’

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula One: 2012 Toro Rosso Car Ready For Jerez Opener: Toro Rosso has announced that its 2012 car will be ready to run on the opening day of official testing at Jerez next month. Red Bull’s Italian-based rookie team said the Ferrari-powered TR7 passed the last of the [...]

Barrichello Mum On Formula One Future

Rubens Barrichello is so far refusing to comment after losing his Williams race seat this week to countryman Bruno Senna. The news looks set to end F1‘s longest-ever driver career, with the only other vacant seat for 2012 — at HRT — expected to go to the highest bidder. O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper contacted [...]

Williams F1 Confirms Bruno Senna for 2012

Williams F1 today confirmed that Bruno Senna will contest the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship for the Williams F1 Team. The appointment finalises the team’s line up for this year following confirmation in December that Pastor Maldonado will enter his second season in Formula One as a Williams race driver. Bruno will make his [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Red Bull Still Planning Jerez Debut For 2012 Car: Red Bull plans to get its 2012 car up and running for the first test at Jerez next month. In an interview with Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport, the energy drink company’s motor racing consultant Dr. Helmut [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula One: Patrick Head leaves Formula One This week news emerged Williams will lose their title sponsor AT&T, but perhaps even more important was last week’s announcement former team owner and co-founder Patrick Head will now definitively leave Formula One. Head has stepped down from the Formula One [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: New Mercedes ‘Not A Bad Car’ – Brawn: Ross Brawn has admitted that Mercedes will be pushing for performance at the final test of the preseason next week. Asked by Auto Motor und Sport about his assessment of the new W02 car so far, the Brackley-based [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Lotus Eyes Same Driver Lineup For 2011 – Gascoyne: Lotus will announce its 2011 driver lineup “pretty soon,” according to Mike Gascoyne. Although there are rumblings the Malaysian-owned team could be considering its Kuala Lumpur born test driver Fairuz Fauzy for a race seat, the team’s [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Audi Boss Ullrich Says No To F1: Audi has clearly rejected speculation its name might soon appear above a Formula One garage door. It has been reported for some time that the German carmaker’s parent Volkswagen could be interested in entering the sport as an engine [...]