F1: Kolles confirms Toyota talks
Hispania team boss Colin Kolles has confirmed that his Spanish outfit is in talks with Toyota with a view to forming a technical partnership for 2011.
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Summerton hoping for F1 debut with Cypher Group
American driver Jonathan Summerton is working with Formula 1 hopefuls Cypher Group, the latter has confirmed to GPUpdate.net, with regards to a debut in 2011. The company, made up of ex-US F1 engineers plus other members, has already revealed that it is in a technical partnership with a current F1 manufacturer and hopes to be [...]
Cypher Group secures ’significant global partner’
Cypher Group, a fresh collection of Formula 1 engineers which hopes to make the grid as America’s first team next year, has completed a deal with what it describes as ‘a significant global partner’. The assemblage is also in talks with a current F1 team with a view to confirming a technical partnership, GPUpdate.net can [...]
KV IndyCar to adopt traditional Lotus livery
IndyCar Series team KV Racing Technology has announced that a technical partnership with the Lotus Group will see its car of Takuma Sato run in the company’s legendary yellow and British racing green colour scheme from this season’s second race in St. Petersburg.
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New design partner for US F1
With its first Formula 1 season fast approaching, the US F1 team has confirmed a new technical partnership with Advanced Composites Group (ACG). Part of Umeco plc, the company has signed a long-term contract with the Charlotte team.
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Szafnauer to replace Roberts as Force India COO
Force India’s chairman and team principal Dr Vijay Mallya confirmed on Wednesday that Otmar Szafnauer is to join the team as its new chief operating officer. Szafnauer is to replace Simon Roberts, who was in place for a one year secondment from McLaren Applied Technologies as part of the technical partnership between the two teams.
“Otmar [...]
Perfect Partners – Exclusive Q&A with Force India’s Simon Roberts
When Force India signed their technical partnership with McLaren-Mercedes last November, Simon Roberts, formerly McLaren’s racing operations director, was part of the package, becoming the team’s new chief operating officer.
Ten months on and Force India are enjoying a breakthrough year, with points, a pole position and even a podium. Roberts reveals what has changed at [...]