Singapore

  Splash from Singapore ’08 Insurance company pulls premium and bank loses interest By Nasir Hameed From the “why am I not surprised?” folder comes the hard drive that both Spanish insurance giant Mutua Madrilena and Dutch banking behemoth ING are pulling the plug on their sponsorship of UK-based French Formula 1 Renault team. Destroying […]

F1weekly podcast # 378

  Mario Andretti the last living American Formula 1 World Champion. Podcast number 378. Renault has appointed technical director Bob Bell as its new stand-in team principal. Ferrari yet to decide on Raikkonen for next season or replace him with Alonso. Motorsports Mondial with Nasir Hameed and… Special F1weekly interview with Mario Andretti. Photos: by […]

Renault will race

  Pat Symonds has expressed his regret at taking part in the race-fix plans. Renault F1 has been handed a two-year suspended ban for crash-gate. Flavio Briatore banned for life will not be allowed to manage any drivers in F1. Symonds faces a ban of five years and will not be allowed at FIA-sanctioned events. […]

Qualifying

  Lewis Hamilton puts his McLaren on pole for the Italian Grand Prix. Adrian Sutil continues Force India’s surge with a front row start at Monza. Fisichella could not better 14th in his first qualifying session as a Ferrari driver. Toro Rosso. A year since its remarkable pole and win start from the back of […]

F1weekly podcast # 373

  Kimi Raikkonen takes his fourth victory at Spa and Ferrari’s first this season. Giancarlo Fisichella does an outstanding job bringing his FIF1 to second place. Jenson Button fails to score again crashing out in the first lap. Rubens Barrichello has a dreadful start almost stalling on the grid. Did Nelson Piquet deliberately crash during […]