Ferrari Confirm 2009 F1 Drivers

Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa have been confirmed as Ferrari drivers for the 2009 season.
Team boss Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, asked on Friday while at Monza in northern Italy where several F1 teams are testing, whether the drivers would remain for 2009, replied: “Absolutely, yes.”

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Valencia Grand Prix – Massa Wins

Felipe Massa made up for the heartbreak of his Hungarian Grand Prix engine failure by claiming a crushingly dominant victory at the first ever Valencia street race.
The Ferrari driver controlled the European GP from start to finish to come home ahead of his championship-leading McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton, with BMW’s Robert Kubica a distant third
Massa [...]

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Barrichello Confirms Honda Are Talking To Alonso

Rubens Barrichello confirmed that Honda is in talks with former double world champion Fernando Alonso about 2009. 
“I think the team is definitely talking to Fernando but that’s the question mark,” said the Brazilian, the most experienced driver in F1 history whose contract expires at the end of the season.
“The conversations are there and I am [...]

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Valencia – New Bridge Section May Cause Punctures

The FIA’s Charlie Whiting will consider possible changes to the bridge section of the Valencia street circuit.
According to the Spanish newspaper Diario AS, tyre supplier Bridgestone is concerned that a small height gap between the two sides of the swivelling swing bridge may cause punctures.
Whiting and his aides inspected the section – as well as [...]

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Alonso Would Like A Minutes Silence

Fernando Alonso hopes a minute’s silence can be organised before the European Grand Prix in Valencia as a mark of respect following the Madrid plane crash.
Three days of mourning have been declared in Spain after 153 people were killed when a Spanair jet crashed shortly after take-off at the capital’s Barajas airport on Wednesday.
The tragic [...]

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Rumours – Alonso Set To Join Honda F1

Fernando Alonso is set to sign a $15m deal to race with Honda in 2009, according to the British newspaper The Guardian.
The former double world champion is keen to return to winning ways as soon as possible following his disastrous McLaren tenure in 2007 and a return to the relatively uncompetitive Renault team this year.
But [...]

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Hungarian Grand Prix – Kovalainen Wins His 1st GP

Heikki Kovalainen has won his 1st Grand Prix
Kovalainen had a lucky win, after race leader Felipe Massa’s engine blew up 3 laps from home. Massa had an excellent start. He got ahead of Hamilton at the start and stayed in the lead for all of the race before his engine blew up. Hamilton also had bad [...]

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Hungarian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton Claims Pole

Lewis Hamilton has claimed his 4th pole position of the 2008 season
Sebastian Bourdais has been given a 5 place grid penalty for blocking Heidfeld
Provisional Starting Grid For The Hungarian GP
 

1.  HAMILTON         McLaren
2.  KOVALAINEN       McLaren
3.  MASSA            Ferrari
4.  KUBICA           BMW
5.  GLOCK            Toyota
6.  RAIKKONEN        Ferrari
7.  ALONSO           Renault
8.  WEBBER           Red Bull
9.  TRULLI           Toyota
10. PIQUET           Renault
11. VETTEL           Toro Rosso
12. BUTTON [...]

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