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Alex Wurz has lodged an entry in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship.
Robert Wickens takes the first round of the Formula 2 championship by storm.
Valentino Rossi ends his dominant run at Mugello with third place in the Italian GP.
Marcus Ericsson with his maiden victory in British F3, race two at Rockingham.
Kimi Raikkonen crashes out of the Rally della Marca in Italy.
Stay tuned to Motorsport Mondial in the upcoming podcast for more racing news.
Snapshot from Sunday
Motorsport Mondial Presentation
On the waterfront: He could have been a contender at BAR & Honda. But now Godfather Brawn has given him the package and Button is delivering, winning for the fifth time this year in the streets of Monte Carlo. The only race where the Briton did not win was the Chinese Grand Prix where German wunderkind Sebastian Vettel gave him a Shanghai surprise. Button’s third successive win on Sunday was the first time a Grand Prix engine had won three on the trot. Brazilian teammate Rubens Barrichello was second, making it the third one-two finish this year for the Ross Brawn-led team. Final spot on the podium was occupied by the lost man of motor racing, the 2007 World Champion, Kimi Raikkonen of Finland.
Got Milk! Helio Castro Neves wins his third Indy 500, giving “Captain” Roger Penske win number 15 in the Memorial Day classic. The Brazilian driver started from pole position and also tasted milk at the Brickyard in 2001 when he triumphed as a rookie, and year later in the “Paul Tracy Pass” controversy. British driver and former winner Dan Wheldon was second. Danica Patrick was third. The wall of voodoo was touched by Marco Andretti, Graham Rahal, Tony Kanaan, Rafael Matos and Vitor Meira, who suffered broken vertebrae.
Latvala Soars in Sardinia: Flying Finn Jari-Matti Latvala, piloting a Ford Focus, wins on the Italian island ending Sebastien Loeb’s winning streak. Another Finn in a second Ford Focus, Mikko Hirvonen, was second ahead of Loeb’s Citroen.
Romain Rules: Impressive and dominating win for rising star Romain Grosjean in the GP2 feature race at Monaco, second win of the season for Renault F1 team test and reserve driver. His teammate from Russia Vitaly Petrov was second.
Raindrops keep falling on my hood: David Reutimann parks his dream machine in the rain-hit Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The Michael Waltrip “Rocket Fuel” Racing driver elected to stay on the track when the leaders dashed for the pits after a wet caution. Race was red-flagged and after a two-hour delay Reutimann was declared the winner, without leading a single green-flag lap. That’s racin.
Straw deal: After a dream rookie season in 2007 and championship winning last year, Lewis Hamilton is sipping for more success in a less than competitive McLaren car so far this year. Caught out by new regulations the McLaren ace from Stevenage, England, failed to finish in the points in Monaco last Sunday after winning the race last year.
Podcast number 350.
Prodrive officially lodge their entry for the 2010 F1 season.
Ferrari, McLaren, BMW, Renault, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Brawn and Force India are in!
Flavio Briatore looking to purchase the Renault F1 team.
Loeb awarded the Legion d’honneur by French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Motorsports Mondial with Nasir Hameed.
Special F1weekly interview with rising country singer Erica Nicole.
This podcast contains music provided by Erica Nicole
FOTA Statement:
All FOTA Teams have today submitted conditional entries for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
FOTA confirms all its Members’ long-term commitment to be involved in the FIA Formula One World Championship and has unanimously agreed further and significant actions to substantially reduce the costs of competing in the Championship in the next three years, creating a mechanism that will preserve the technological competition and the sporting challenge and, at the same time, facilitate the entry in the F1 Championship for new Teams. These measures are in line with what has been already decided in 2009 within FOTA, achieving important savings on engines and gearboxes.
All FOTA teams have entered the 2010 championship on the basis that:
1) The Concorde Agreement is signed by all parties before 12th June 2009, after which all FOTA teams will commit to competing in Formula One until 2012. The renewal of the Concorde Agreement will provide security for the future of the sport by binding all parties in a formal relationship that will ensure stability via sound governance.
2) The basis of the 2010 regulations will be the current 2009 regulations, amended in accordance with proposals that FOTA has submitted to the FIA.
All FOTA teams’ entries for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship have been submitted today on the understanding that (a) all FOTA teams will be permitted to compete during the 2010 Formula One Season on an identical regulatory basis and (b) that they may only be accepted as a whole.
All FOTA teams now look forward with optimism to collaborating proactively and productively with the FIA, with a view to establishing a solid foundation on which the future of a healthy and successful Formula One can be built, providing lasting stability and sound governance.
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