http://carracing.blogdrive.com/ Racing Odds and Ends Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:50:01 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2008. Automotive http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/145.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:49:55 GMT Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver, currently engaged in the Ferrari team. In his rookie year in Formula 1, Massa was paired with 1999 F3000 champion Nick Heidfeld at the Sauber team, fortunately the Sauber team haven’t been disappointed with his performance. Felipe Massa got a good start at Ferrari, qualifying second at the opening race in Bahrain. In October 2007, Massa extended his contract with Ferrari to the end of 2010. Recently Felipe Massa won the French Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. At first, F1 world champion... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/144.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:14:23 GMT Fernando Alonso a Spanish Formula One driver and a two-time world champion is having a good time with his return to French team Renault. On December 10, 2007 he has signed a two-year contract to drive for Renault F1 along side Brazilian driver Nelson Angelo Piquet. With his return to Renault, the first two rounds of the 2008 Season was not enjoying life at its top, which is later made worse by car race incident that happened in the 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix with the Spaniard Lewis Hamilton. But the year goes on better and better which is proven by a spectacular performance in... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/143.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:22:01 GMT Ove Andersson was a Swedish rally driver and the first head of Toyota's F1 program. He was also known as "Paven" or "the Pope". He started his career in 1964 and made his first serious rallying activity with Saab. He first competed internationally at the 1964 Acropolis. And at the late sixties, Andersson had settle for a while with teams such as Ford and Lancia It was the year 1971 when he won several rallying competition including the Monte Carlo Rally, Rallye Sanremo, Österreichische Alpenfahrt and Acropolis Rally. In 1973, he started driving a Toyota Celica, ... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/142.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:01:44 GMT Lately, the reigning Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen has not denied the reports that he is thinking of not renewing his contract after its end next year. There is a constructed rumor that Fernando Alonso a Spanish Renault racing driver and a two-time world champion has signed an agreement with Ferrari, (Raikkonen’s current team) for the year 2010. It was due to a rumor last week that says the Italian team's current star driver might not intend to pen another contract. On a news conference in Montreal, Raikkonen established a statement saying that he still doesn’t... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/141.html Fri, 30 May 2008 05:14:11 GMT Auto racing is one of the world's most watched sports on television. Here’s some trivia; the first contest was organized by Paris magazine Le Perit Journal, a reliability test to determine best performance. But the race was changed to Paris to Rouen 1894. Competitors included factory vehicles from Karl Benz's Benz & Cie. and Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach's DMG. The basic concept of racing has remained the same, to get from point A to point B before anybody else does. On some events, the racers are ranked by speed, acceleration, and cornering. But to provide more... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/140.html Fri, 16 May 2008 08:24:01 GMT Frank Williams has no idea and plans to divides with its engine dealer Toyota in days to come. The British team united team with the Japanese automaker and manufacturer past last year and at this moment team ups through Toyota's workings formula one group on such issues as gearbox plan and design, and instructs regarding to the formula one views and politics. However, even if the affiliation is not very similar as Williams' precedent finished alliances through Honda, Renault and BMW, team co-holder and head Sir Frank Williams speaks that he is very happy with the present... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/139.html Sat, 10 May 2008 07:01:27 GMT Danica Patrick ended up fifth place in the Honda Indy 200 last weekend. This was her great tournament so far in the name of Indy car race, even if she might have completed even good if it were not for Tony Kanaan pushing and pacing her into grass for a small time in the first round. Kanaan exempt himself by declaring that Danica was sliding. For his third directly time, Scott Dixon got the price. Also it’s his 27th birthday. But wait. It’s been a while - Danica Patrick succeeds the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi racetrack held in Tokyo to turn into the very former... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/138.html Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:56:45 GMT Victory must be "smoky" the second time around for Anthony Wayne "Smoke" Stewart, two-time winner in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Nationwide Series race. In a 1 to 2 Toyota Sweep at the Daytona nationwide season opening, Stewart won against his Sprint Cup Series teammate Kyle Busch with 136 out of 150 laps on the former 2-mile California Speedway track. The result of the said series came as a surprise since it was popularly known as the Busch series. According to tampa bay online, this was Stewart's fourth victory in the NASCAR... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/comments?id=138 http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/137.html Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:37:56 GMT interview done by MotorSport.com, Vasselon shared his insights about the team’s future in the upcoming 2008 World Championship. Here are some bits from the interview. Click here to read full article. Toyota interview with Pascal Vasselon Pre-season testing Q&A with Pascal Vasselon Q: How do you assess the first four tests of the year? PV: We are happy with the progress we have made with the TF108. It has been very obvious from the first test that the TF108 is a different animal compared to the TF107, with much better stability and an all-around much better basis to work on. Our... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/comments?id=137 http://carracing.blogdrive.com/archive/136.html Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:50:19 GMT Pat Symonds, Renault's Executive Director of engineering, talks about his predictions for the upcoming season and exposes his views on the future of the Formula One with just over a month left before the opening race of 2008 arrives. Here's a one-on-one talk with Renault's Pat Symonds courtesy of the leading Formula One source, F1.com! To view the whole interview, click here: Q: Pat, what are you most excited about ahead of the 2008 season?Pat Symonds: This time last year, I said I would be disappointed if we didn't win a couple of races during the season. I was disappointed… but... (more) http://carracing.blogdrive.com/comments?id=136