Fernando Alonso has total confidence in the Ferrari team as he arrives in Bahrain for the first race of the new season. The Spaniard is yet to cross the finish line first since doing so for Renault in Japan two seasons ago but is sure about who his main rivals are and that he is [...]
Jacques Villeneuve could be on the verge of returning to Formula One, if Stefan GP are awarded a place on the grid.
According to Autosport, the 1997 world champion has already agreed terms to join the Serbian outfit and is likely to be joined by Japan’s Kazuki Nakajima.
The story also reports that Indian GP2 star, Karun [...]
Former Formula 1 driver Ukyo Katayama has been rescued from Mount Fuji in Japan
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Former driver Ukyo Katayama has been rescued from the snow-covered gradients of Japan’s Mount Fuji, where adverse weather conditions have seriously affected the trek of the 46-year-old and are believed to have put the lives of two friends in grave danger.
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Their place on the 2010 grid is yet to be officially confirmed, but that hasn’t stopped BMW Sauber from signing one of the hottest talents to emerge from the 2009 season.
Japan’s Kamui Kobayashi, who sprang to prominence after being drafted in to replace injured Toyota driver Timo Glock in the final two rounds, is set [...]
As reported earlier, Kamui Kobayashi will not be heading back to Japan to work in his father’s sushi restaurant next season. The former Toyota driver, who wowed Formula 1 in his two races to end the 2009 season, will race next year for the Sauber F1 team.
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Sauber sign Japan’s Kamui Kobayashi as one of their two race drivers for the 2010 Formula 1 season.
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One rumour doing the rounds in F1 circles at the moment is that Japan’s Panasonic wants to stay in F1 and with Toyota having folded up its F1 tent the sponsorship, agreed for three years in March last year, is up for grabs. It is rumoured to be worth around $48m a year.
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Toyota’s decision to quit Formula 1 is the latest in a series of high-profile exits by the world’s biggest car companies – but it will almost certainly be the last, at least for a while.
Toyota follows Honda and BMW as the third manufacturer to pull out of the sport in the space of 11 months. [...]
Japan’s last F1 team has left the sport. As of now. Toyota has pulled out of Formula 1 with immediate effect. The world’s largest carmaker blamed the recession and faltering car market for its decision.
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces it plans to withdraw from the FIA Formula 1…
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