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But the 2013 move from Nissan corporate head office in Yokohama to set up headquarters in Hong Kong signaled a sea change for Infiniti's strategy, as did title sponsorship with Red Bull's
F1 race team, and the hiring of former Audi of America chief Johan de Nysschen to head the new - direction Infiniti division.
Not exact matches
«The Mark Webber
team was telling him to try and take care of the engine a few laps before the finish because they could see from the data that the engine was in danger of breaking down and two laps before the finish it exploded,» he added, referring to the
F1 race driver.
There's a chance Vergne is still a little bitter at getting left out of the
team - when he started
racing in Formula E in at the end of 2014 (once he'd lost his
F1 seat) he seemed pretty miffed about the whole thing.
David, nephew of seven - time
F1 champion Michael, will compete for the US
Racing team — which is run by his father Ralf and former Mercedes DTM chief Gerhard Ungar.
Ferrari:
Race to Immortality takes a close look at the early days of the Scuderia in
F1 when it was much less of a powerhouse than it was now and when Enzo Ferrari was just trying to establish himself like any other
team owner.
In only his third
F1 race for Mercedes, Bottas got the better of his
team - mate Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
There was an actual
racing game for the Prost Grand Prix
F1 team, released in 1998 for PC.
«Ferrari:
Race to Immortality» focuses on the Scuderia's early years in
F1 and the drivers who
raced for the
team
A lot has changed in
F1 this year — the cars look better, there's some brilliant
racing and we have two
teams battling at the front of the field.
The greatest and most successful privateer
F1 team of all time, Rob Walker Racing Team ran various cars between 1953 and 1970, the famous blue and white livery winning nine races - mostly in the hands of Stirling M
team of all time, Rob Walker
Racing Team ran various cars between 1953 and 1970, the famous blue and white livery winning nine races - mostly in the hands of Stirling M
Team ran various cars between 1953 and 1970, the famous blue and white livery winning nine
races - mostly in the hands of Stirling Moss.
Worth noting, however, is the fact that Manor Grand Prix
Racing Ltd (whose parent company is JSLR) is not in administration and holds the rights for the
team's participation in
F1.
Pedro Rodriguez didn't get a regular drive in
F1 until 1967, where he promptly took the last ever victory for the Cooper
team in the opening
race of the season in South Africa.
He was entered in
F1 races 108 times for
teams like Cooper, Ferrari, March, Matra and Tyrrell.
«Felipe Baby» reacts to his final ever
F1 race, thanking Williams after a rollercoaster three seasons with the
team and a long career in the sport.
Between 1980 and 1981, the name of McLaren
F1 cars went from the M30 to the MP4 with the
team's merger with Ron Dennis» Project Four
Racing F2
team.
That said one of the
races that year was won by a Lotus, which technically makes it the first
F1 victory for the
team.
Ferrari pulled out of prototype
racing at the end of 1973 in order to focus on
F1, but 20 years later a Ferrari sports prototype was seen at
race tracks once more - although it had actually been built by Dallara and wasn't run by the Ferrari factory
team.
Eric van de Poele and Giovanna Amati started the season with the
team, but it's most famous for giving Damon Hill his
F1 debut when he replaced Amati after the first three
races.
The Caterham
F1 Team is launching the #RefuelCaterhamF1 to power the team to go racing in Abu Dhabi and hopefully bey
Team is launching the #RefuelCaterhamF1 to power the
team to go racing in Abu Dhabi and hopefully bey
team to go
racing in Abu Dhabi and hopefully beyond.
His
F1 team, McLaren - Honda, has struggled with car reliability this season, and if there was ever a Monaco Grand Prix — one of the best
races on the
F1 calendar — to miss, this would be the one.
Due to the clash between this year's Le Mans and the European Grand Prix,
F1 fans, journalists, drivers and
team personnel didn't get to watch the conclusion to one of the greatest Le Mans
races ever.
Well the Andretti
team have won two of the last three
races, including last year when rookie (and
F1 refugee) Alexander Rossi took a shock win, proving that anything is possible.
After his
F1 career had somewhat fizzled out after driving for his own
team, Fittipaldi stayed away from
racing for a few years but eventually resurfaced in America,
racing in the CART series.
He drove well in the
race too, and by the time of the chequered flag he was up in fifth, scoring his first
F1 points and equalling the
teams best result of the season.
It's all in the hope of bringing
F1 fans old and new closer to the action, and it'll be the first time that all
race teams have come together outside of a
race weekend.
The former
F1 star was due to
race for the ByKolles
team in LMP1 but announced on social media that he has stepped down from the series.
The car Damon Hill made his
F1 debut with in 1992 was also the last car
raced by the legendary Brabham
team.
Having won two
races already at such a young age it's no surprise that most
F1 teams would like to sign Verstappen, but while there's rumours of him joining both Mercedes and Ferrari in the future, it could prove tricky if he has to partner the likes of Lewis Hamilton or Sebastian Vettel.
The
team's been hit by numerous engine and hybrid issues over the first three
F1 race weekends, following on from a tough pre-season testing — which can only be described as a «disaster».
In
F1, drivers and
teams usually lay down a few plans for the opening part of the
race in advance, but Alonso has said that just can't be done in IndyCar.
Since
team principals John Booth and Graeme Lowdon pulled away from the
F1 team at the end of 2015, Manor has been
racing in the LMP2 class of the WEC and is now ready to make the step up.
He founded the McLaren
team in 1963, debuting in
F1 in 1966 and establishing itself as a successful constructor in the sport and sportscar
racing before his death.
«Every single
team has been asked to provide simulations for their 2017 cars,» said
F1's deputy
race director Laurent Mekies on stage at the Autosport Show.
There'd also be a «Rookie Night
Race» with teams» reserve drivers and those racing in their first F1 season, to take place on the Friday evening of a race w
Race» with
teams» reserve drivers and those
racing in their first
F1 season, to take place on the Friday evening of a
race w
race week.
In
F1 he had a sponsorship deal with Brawn GP in 2009, and then for two years was involved with the Virgin
Racing team.
So while I could get all my motorsport news from pages, there was nowhere I could reminisce about old
F1 teams, put my
racing knowledge to the test or laugh at some of the funnier moments from
races and events.
Hamilton and Bottas will
race for Mercedes this season and the
team's 2017
F1 car will be revealed on the 23 February.
Brawn also said
F1 is looking at setting up a live
F1 game, where people can compete in a virtual
race that happens at the same time as an actual Grand Prix to see how they stack up against the real
teams and drivers.
Wolff has helped steer his
team to three consecutive
F1 titles, and said his perspective on the topic changed during his time competing at the famous Mille Miglia road
race in Italy last week.
The French
F1 driver competed in 34
races for the Marussia
team but sadly passed away in July 2015 from injuries sustained in his crash during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.
As Jenson Button drove to the end of the pitlane to start what's set to be his final
F1 race, he got a nice and unexpected message from his former
team - mate Fernando Alonso.
Symonds will be part of the Sky
F1 commentary
team at a selection of
races through the year as well as providing technical analysis.
There'll also be a fully functioning
F1 garage set up to give guests a closer look at how
F1 teams prepare their cars and get set for
race day.
Surprisingly Bruce McLaren never managed a pole position in his
F1 career - probably because he spent most of it
racing increasingly uncompetitive Coopers and then going through the challenges of starting his own
team (it's called McLaren - you might have heard of it).
But he signed with NASCAR's most open - wheel - friendly
team, Stewart - Haas
Racing — run by three - time Cup champ Tony Stewart, a 1997 Indy
Racing League titlist; and Gene Haas, a machine tool builder with plans to run an
F1 team in 2015.
F1 should not react to recent «unsafe release» incidents by banning
teams from using pit stop traffic lights according to
race director Charlie Whiting.
He'll drive alongside two - time Formula E
race winner and former Marussia
F1 driver Jerome d'Ambrosio, who's been with the
team from the beginning.
Oh yeah, and he was driving for Osella, a
team which achieved just two points finishes in
F1 between 1980 and 1990 and failed to qualify for more
races than it started.
The first season of new
F1 regulations usually shakes things up nicely, bringing the field closer before the development
race properly kicks in and the big
teams start to pull away from the rest.