There have been a lot of rumours lately about Volkswagen become a Formula 1 engine supplier for the 2012 season. Hans-Joachim Stuck, VW’s motorsports head, said with the way F1 engine regulations are going — especially with costs and the potential of the “world engine” — it could be the perfect opportunity for VW to [...]

With all the money that goes into running an F1 team, and the limited opportunity to make any of it back, we can’t see why anyone would view owning a team as a sound investment. Evidently Herr Toto Wollf feels otherwise, as the Austrian financier and gentleman racing driver has acquired a minority interest in [...]

The Force India team has confirmed it will retain both Adrian Sutil and Tonio Liuzzi as its racing drivers for the 2010 season. It is great to see Sutil still driving in Formula 1 after he had some great races in 2009. I know Sutil is still very hot headed and tends to crash a [...]

It has been reported that Renault has received an offer to sell 40% of its Formula One team to a Russian bidder. The newspaper said a deal could result in the Russian Vitaly Petrov signing to be Robert Kubica’s team-mate, and might explain Timo Glock’s move to Manor Grand Prix, despite his earlier strong links [...]

Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd, the company that owns the leasehold of Donington Park, has gone into administration. The company was plunged into financial difficulty after a final attempt to raise the funding for the track redevelopment works through a bond issue failed last month. The revamp was required in order for Donington to host the [...]

Sebastian Vettel may have only come third in the 2009 world championship, but he has been rated as the season’s best driver by team bosses. The driver ratings were taken from all ten team principals to figure out who the key men in the paddock believe was the star driver of the year. And it [...]