British super team

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 1:13 pm on Wednesday November 18, 2009 161 Comments

Jenson Button has signed on to drive for McLaren from next year. At least, that’s what BBC Sport are reporting.

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Kimi on holiday

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 12:29 pm on Wednesday November 18, 2009 98 Comments

Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat is today reporting that ex-Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen will not race in F1 next year.

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Glock to the Manor born

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 11:46 am on Tuesday November 17, 2009 33 Comments

Former Toyota driver Timo Glock is off to join one of the new squads for next year, in the shape of the Manor Grand Prix team.

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Mercedes GP

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 2:54 pm on Monday November 16, 2009 183 Comments

It seems the rumour-mongering was true: German manufacturer Mercedes has just announced that it has bought a controlling stake in the Brawn GP squad.

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The year in pictures

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 12:20 pm on Tuesday November 10, 2009 52 Comments

This is just a quick note to say that BBC Sport has put together a brilliant F1 season review entitled The Year in Pictures, which takes a look back over the highs and lows of 2009.

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Ballsy Brawn

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 2:48 pm on Monday November 9, 2009 59 Comments

BBC Sport’s Ted Kravitz always comes up with some great insider type blogs, and his latest episode post-Abu Dhabi is more of the same.

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Toyota pulls out

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 12:00 pm on Wednesday November 4, 2009 99 Comments

Toyota has this morning announced that it is pulling out of F1 with immediate effect.
It cites the global economic downturn as the reason for the withdrawal, after posting the company’s first ever operating loss back in March.

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Rubens to Williams

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 3:35 pm on Monday November 2, 2009 39 Comments

News reaches us this morning that’s about as surprising as the clocks going back, that we didn’t have a proper UK summer and that Fernando Alonso is driving for Ferrari next year: Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg are in at Williams.

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