The Malaysia Grand Prix ended with only 32 laps. With very strong rains  the commission brought out the safety car on the track and ultimately stopped the race. Englishman Jenson Button was the clear leader when the race was stopped and was declared the winner.  He dropped from the pole position, recovered from a poor [...]

Dorna Team Boss Carmelo Ezpeleta recognized that not all the MotoGP teams agree with the new rules for rookies. the new rule which goes into effect in 2010 precludes rookies from debuting on factory teams. Despite the controversy Ezpeleta confirmed that the rule will go into effect next year.  Ezpeleta explains: it was not a [...]

Come Sunday Brazilian driver Felipe Massa will start from the worst grid position since the Australian GP of 2007 where he started from the 22nd position after switching engines. That same year he was 14th at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Finnish driver  Kimi Raikkonen will start seventh.  Massa’s flawed strategy led him to abandon [...]

BMW filed for an official protest against Williams, Toyota, and Brawn to the F-1 commissioners. At the center of the controversy are the rear diffusers that the three teams have used. The aerodynamics of these three teams are clearly superior to that of the competition.  It is believed that FIA will issue an official statement [...]

Rubens Barrichello finished Friday’s practice with bad news. After achieving the sixth best time in free practice at Sepang, Brawn decided to switch transmission. “I will fight for the pole for the sixth,” said the pilot of 36 years who receive a five position penalty on this Sunday’s race. “The transmission problem in Australia forced [...]

Englishman Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from the Australian GP.  Jarno Trulli of Toyota took back the third position. The two drivers were interviewed by the Commissioners  in Australia and Malaysia. According Olafur Gudmundsson, Steve Chopping and Surinder Thatti responsible for the supervision of the first two tests of the championship, “Lewis Hamilton and McLaren Mercedes [...]

Felipe Massa believes it will not be easy for Ferrari to catch up with Brawn, especially after the amazing 1-2 win at the Australian GP The Brazilian retired while in 11th place after strategy issues. Ferrari’s focus now is to reduce the gap between them and Ross Brawn’s team. “We have to improve the car [...]

Englishman Jenson Button led the race from start to end to win the Australian Formula 1 GP . The driver led all 58 laps and brought home the victory to the new team Brawn GP. An accident between Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel put the Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in second place giving the English team [...]