F1 2012 Australia - Fantastic Package
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(For other currencies, use this link to get an estimate in your local currency) The 2012 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix will be held at Albert Park, Melbourne, from the 15th to the 18th of March 2012. The 2012 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix is Australia's premier sporting event and offers an action-packed extravaganza of on-track and off-track activities for people of all ages to enjoy. Besides a stellar line-up of elite motor racing, a host of other offerings will keep you entertaine...
Posted : February 17, 2012 | 
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Coulthard Announces His Retirement
Author: Emeli Dean After 15 years in the Formula One the British race driver announces his end of career when the present season finishes. With 37 years he is the oldest race driver who is active in the Formula One right now. The Austrian will spend his last season with the Red Bull Racing team with who he is under contract since 2005. He started his career as almost every other race driver in the go-kart sport. Already with 11 years he was the unbeatable Scottish Junior-Kart-Champion until he piled in the British Formula Ford 1600 in 1989. Also in this league he showed proof of his skills and achieved the title already in the first year of participation. In the 90s he switched to the Formula 3000 which was brought into being as the successor of the until then existing Formula Two. Unfortunately; he was not very successful in this league but in 1994 he became a ...
Posted : January 05, 2010 | Comments : 0 | Italian sports cars
Author: suven
italian sports cars The Prestige of Italian Sports Cars Sports cars are very famous not only to car racers but also to collectors and ordinary people. Though they are expensive, no one would like to miss owning at least one model of sports car. They are known to be stylish and fast. There are many sports cars that are made locally but there are also imported sports cars... Italian sports cars are famous for car racing. They are known not only for their sleek appearance but are designed perfectly for car racing. They are stunning and known all world-wide. Italians are famous in designing sports cars that are not only perfect for car races but also are also suited for street driving. BesT sports Cars Here One great creation that is an Italian sports car is the Enzo ...
Posted : January 05, 2010 | Comments : 0 | Formula One - Mclaren and Ferrari United as One
Author: Peri Witny The former arch rivals have decided to have a close working and professional relationship to show the powers that be of Formula One of their united stand as the racing teams led by the two rivals formed a group that shall look after the teams' interests. The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) was set up to represent the teams in negotiations with the governing FIA (International Automobile Federation) and commercial head honcho Bernie Ecclestone. Fota are headed by Ferrari president and Ecclestone critic Luca de Montezemelo.
McLaren top executive Ron Dennis decribed the two teams ties as profound and admitted that he did not foresee the rivals eventually joining hands. Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni visited McLaren's Woking factory to meet the staff and Dennis. I guess with this newly...
Posted : January 05, 2010 | Comments : 0 | Tag Formula 1
Author: David Ansell An Introduction to Tag Heuer
Before we look at the Formula 1 watch and the long history Tag Heuer has with Forumla 1, we must first learn a little bit about Tag Heuer. Tag Heuer, or Tag as it is sometimes known, was created in Switzerland nearly 150 years ago in 1860. The man that created Tag Heuer was called Edouard Heuer. His main ambition was to advance the measurement of time. Early on in his career he patented the first crown-winding mechanism for pocket watches in 1869. However, it wasn’t until 1916 that he achieved his initial ambition of advancing the measurement of time. He did this by creating the Micrograph stopwatch which was accurate to 1/100th of a second.
More recent times
Tag Heuer has moved on a long way since then and in 2004 the accuracy that helped shaped Tag Heuer’s history was improved sign...
Posted : January 05, 2010 | Comments : 0 | The Comeback of Michael Schumacher
Author: Dirk Gibson Ferrari has been forced with the prospects of finding a driver smack dab in the middle of the 2009 Formula One season. After looking around at the available drivers, the team has looked inward and settled on the iconic Michael Schumacher.
Posted : January 05, 2010 | Comments : 1 | Schumacher signs new deal with team Mercedes
Author: Audrey Nolan
Three years after announcing his retirement, Michael Schumacher decided to comeback to do what he loves the best: race. He signed a deal with the Mercedes GP squad for the 2010 season to be the number 1 driver in this promissory team. Some media writers speculate that the German driver signed with Mercedes a contracted valued in €10 million for just one year. Mercedes GP and Schumacher himself have stated that they want continuation on the process they are going to start for next season, so the deal may extend to a three years. Mercedes GP has also signed some other top drivers like Nico Rosberg, since the Britt Jenson button left the team to join McLaren for the next season. The deal with Schumacher has already guaranteed Mercedes to have a top team for next season. Schumacher accepted the deal because it will make h...
Posted : January 05, 2010 | Comments : 0 | Brawn GP Makes Debut and Win in Australia
Author: Stephen Lars Surrounded by emotions, it began the Formula One World Championship 2009 season, and Australia was in charge of hosting the opening race of a year that comes full of very big changes that have caused that both, the teams and the pilots, get adjusted to a new system of competition based on the modification of many rules. As well, new racing cars have been introduced to the competition because, in order to met the new requirements, manufacturers had to do much more than only making a few changes on their old cars; they actually had to redesign and reconstruct them with a new vision and the intention to make them more competitive and more efficient. Among the most notable changes for this year, the Honda Racing team ultimately decided to withdraw its participation in the Formula One World Championship b...
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Lotus no longer title sponsor of Lotus ...
Published: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:18:16 -0700
LONDON (Reuters) - A title sponsorship agreement between loss-making Malaysian-owned sports car maker Group Lotus and Lotus F1 has been cancelled but the team will race on as Lotu......
Proton holds rights to buy 10 percent o...
Published: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:32:00 -0700
Group Lotus owner Proton loaned Lotus F1 $47.71 million and retains the rights to purchase 10 percent of the Formula One team despite the end of a title sponsorship agreement, the......
Motor racing-Lotus no longer title spon...
Published: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:01:31 -0700
LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - A title sponsorship agreementbetween loss-making Malaysian-owned sportscar maker Group Lotusand Lotus F1 has been cancelled but the team will race on a......
Motor racing-Proton holds rights to buy...
Published: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:32:07 -0700
April 11 (Reuters) - Group Lotus owner Proton loaned LotusF1 $47.71 million and retains the rights to purchase 10 percentof the Formula One team despite the end of a title sponsor......
Lotus protests Mercedes wing...
Published: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:08:38 -0700
The Lotus F1 team has officially lodged a protest against the controversial rear wing and DRS system used by Mercedes.......
The true value of Lotus F1...
Published: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:30:12 -0700
A recent article on the Lotus F1 team may have left some readers a little confused. Therefore, to clear up any misconceptions, Chris Sylt - with the aid of a few pdfs - sets the r......
Published: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:18:16 -0700
LONDON (Reuters) - A title sponsorship agreement between loss-making Malaysian-owned sports car maker Group Lotus and Lotus F1 has been cancelled but the team will race on as Lotu......
Proton holds rights to buy 10 percent o...
Published: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:32:00 -0700
Group Lotus owner Proton loaned Lotus F1 $47.71 million and retains the rights to purchase 10 percent of the Formula One team despite the end of a title sponsorship agreement, the......
Motor racing-Lotus no longer title spon...
Published: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:01:31 -0700
LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - A title sponsorship agreementbetween loss-making Malaysian-owned sportscar maker Group Lotusand Lotus F1 has been cancelled but the team will race on a......
Motor racing-Proton holds rights to buy...
Published: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:32:07 -0700
April 11 (Reuters) - Group Lotus owner Proton loaned LotusF1 $47.71 million and retains the rights to purchase 10 percentof the Formula One team despite the end of a title sponsor......
Lotus protests Mercedes wing...
Published: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:08:38 -0700
The Lotus F1 team has officially lodged a protest against the controversial rear wing and DRS system used by Mercedes.......
The true value of Lotus F1...
Published: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:30:12 -0700
A recent article on the Lotus F1 team may have left some readers a little confused. Therefore, to clear up any misconceptions, Chris Sylt - with the aid of a few pdfs - sets the r......
