Niki Lauda has backed Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo's recent claim that the Italian team would be unwise to tinker with its driver lineup for the 2009 season.Rumours recently have linked former double world champion Fernando Alonso with a Ferrari
The failed formula one team Super Aguri has been placed into administration.The British accountants and business advisors PKF, who also handled the administration of Arrows in 2002, confirmed in a statement that it is seeking to sell the Leafield based
Rubens Barrichello will race a special '257' car livery and helmet design in Turkey this weekend, as his team Honda helps him mark his record-breaking 257th grand prix.The Japanese team has already begun celebrating the 35-year-old Brazilian's forthcoming feat, with
An interesting candidate to possibly replace FIA president Max Mosley in 2009 has emerged.The French daily morning newspaper Le Figaro, citing an unnamed minister, reports that it is current Prime Minister Francois Fillon's "dream" to lead the governing body of
McLaren reserve driver Pedro de la Rosa on Thursday morning said he did not yet know if he will be stepping into Heikki Kovalainen's race cockpit for the Turkish grand prix."I have no idea whether I will or not," the
The British tabloid News of the World has rejected suggestions that agents working on behalf of the McLaren team were involved in the investigation that triggered the Max Mosley sex scandal.Including by the Czech motoring chief Radovan Novak, it has
Honda reserve and test driver Alex Wurz will skip the Turkish grand prix.The Austrian will instead be racing a Peugeot 908 sports car at the 1000 kilometre Le Mans Series event at Spa-Francorchamps.
Takuma Sato has ruled out immediately retiring from formula one, despite the collapse of the Super Aguri team.The Leafield based outfit was set up with the key support of Honda ahead of 2006, partly to keep the immensely popular Sato
McLaren has finally got to the bottom of the cause of Heikki Kovalainen's huge crash during the Spanish grand prix two weeks ago.Engine partner Mercedes-Benz's racing chief Norbert Haug has told German publications that the left front wheel rim broke
A controversy has erupted in Germany following the inauguration of a state-sponsored sports Hall of Fame that fails to mention three of the country's most famous sporting names.Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in formula one history, and tennis' Boris
Felipe Massa has set his sights on winning a third consecutive Turkish grand prix at the Istanbul Park venue this weekend.On both of his previous visits to the Otodrom as a Ferrari driver, the Brazilian set pole and won; in
German F1 driver Adrian Sutil enlisted the help of police after the owner of his old computer tried to blackmail him for 10,000 euros.The magazine Auto Bild Motorsport will reveal in its Friday edition that a person from the German
At a mandatory FIA medical examination at Istanbul Park on Thursday, McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen was declared fit to contest the Turkish grand prix following his massive crash and hospitalisation at Barcelona two weeks ago."I feel 100 per cent, and
By now, you all should have seen the movie Anchorman . And if you haven't, if you go do so now, no one will get hurt. But if you're all familiar with the scene where someone plays with the teleprompter
Anthony Rieber reports that Kei Igawa will start Friday and will get at least two starts, according to manager Joe Girardi.Igawa has not pitched in the majors since September 25 of last year, when he held the Devil Rays scoreless
Jeez, how light's out can a pitcher be? After last night's 3-0 victory for the Inidians over the Yankees, Cliff Lee is now 6-0 with a miniscule E.R.A. of 0.81. We might have to sprinkle some kryptonite on the mound
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Geneva is very well connected, and can be reached by air, car, rail or sea. Most European airlines and some airlines from overseas fly to Geneva. AirThe budget airline EasyJet also flies to Geneva from a wide variety of European
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