Driver Transfer News Bandon23 takes over at Williams Bandon23 has taken over as Williams boss following the sudden departure of Macca25. Souces suggest that he will also keep his stake in the Jordan team for now, World champion makes Ferrari switch Kimi Raikkonen will move from Williams to Ferrari for the 2006 season in a deal costing the Italian team a whopping £36m following a biddby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
2005 French Grand Prix Ferrari's Juan-Pablo Montoya took pole position yesterday with his best performance of the season but can he take his first win of the season? Let's find out. Lap 70/70 It's lights out and away we go. Montoya retains the lead but Kimi Raikkonen is up to 2nd with Barrichello dropping to 3rd. Lap 69/70 A look at the order after lap 1.by JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
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Very sad news. There's not a lot that can be said which will help in this tough time but you are in all our thoughts and we are here if you need someone to speak toby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Driver Transfer News Trulli signs for Jaguar Jaguar have announced that Jarno Trulli will replace Anthony Davidson for the rest of the 2005 season, costing the team £6m.by JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Williams manager wanted If there's anyone who would like to trade their current team for Williams, let me knowby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Toyota A very positive result for ourselves in a very uninteresting race. Hopefully we can keep up our form next week in Franceby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Driver Transfer News Red Bull to take over Minardi Minardi have announced that Red Bull will be taking over the team from the 2006 season with 15m being pumped into their coffers for the 2006 season. Fauzy joins Renault Current Arrows test driver Fairuz Fauzy will make a switch to Renault for 2006, who have paid 100k for his services. Ferrari sign Bob Bell Ferrari have parted wiby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
2005 United States Grand Prix Hello and welcome to the 2005 United States Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen took pole for Williams yesterday but can he convert it to a race win? Let's find out. Lap 73/73 It's lights out and away we go! Raikkonen maintains the lead but Massa has had a great start! He's up to 2nd. His teammate has had a woeful start is down in 9th.by JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Parachki Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jops Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Delighted that we have strengthened our > connection > > with Honda, its true we tried a marquee signing > in > > Alonso but he didn't buy in to the vision. > Still > > one thing we are certby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Toyota Yes Jenson yes! A quality drive and showing exactly why it was a good idea to bring him in. Felipe on the other hand, poor. He needs a result when we go to the USA.by JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Latest News Jordan, Sauber and BAR announce takeovers Jordan, Sauber, and BAR have announced that they will both be taken over for the start of the 2006 season with Jordan becoming Spyker, Sauber becoming BMW, and BAR becoming Honda. The takeovers see 15m added to their budget for the 2006 season. Alonso makes Renault return Renault have announced that they have resigned Fernando Aloby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
2005 Canadian Grand Prix Hello and welcome to the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix. Yesterday the weather played havoc in qualifying and Toyota's Jenson Button took a surprise pole position. It's still pouring down in Montreal but how much will the weather have an effect? Let's find out. Lap 70/70 It's lights out and away we go. Button keeps the lead through the firsby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Toyota An absolute mega lap from Jenson in the rain. He really is one of the best in the wet. A good performance from Felipe aswell. Fingers crossed we can convert this into a good result in the race tomorrow.by JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
*Wet Weather Qualifyingby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Toyota A great race from Jenson but disappointing to see Felipe out of the points.by JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Latest News Kovalainen replaces Petrov at Jordan The Jordan team have announced that Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen will replace Vitaly Petrov in the race seat for the remainder of the season. Signing after next race Available drivers (name, salary, age) Fernando Alonso £18,000,000 23 Dario Franchetti £4,000,000 31 Mathias Lauda £3,000,000 24 Sam Hornish £2,000,000 25 Jeromby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
2005 European Grand Prix Hello and welcome to the European Grand Prix. Yesterday Ferrari's Takuma Sato took pole, can he convert that into a race win? How will Jenson Button and Mark Webber do on their debuts for their new teams? Let's find out. Lap 60/60 It's lights out and away we go. Barrichello gets away like a rocket ship and takes the lead. Sato fightby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Toyota A very solid start to the weekend. Looking good for a good points haul here. Jops Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How much have Satos stats improved to become this > dominant force of nature? Is it worth sticking > with a driver and hoping a few good results will > see them develop? > He was quite high on the original driverby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
2005 Mid Season Test #1 The first mid-season test of the season in Austria saw 10 of the 11 teams decide to take part. Teams running the soft tyres or running race simulations made the most gains during the session. Kimi Raikkonen was the fastest on track as Williams solidified their status as the team to beat. Webber joins Mclaren The main talking point of the session though was thby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Toyota Disappointing to see Hamilton crash out but a good result for Felipe. The form of Alonso is a worry in the fight for 3rd place but we're hoping the experience of Jenson will help us bridge the gap and we thank Lewis for being so understanding in regards to stepping back into the test driver seat. He will be back in the race seat eventually.by JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Driver Transfer News Toyota has signed former BAR driver Jenson Button for the rest of the season in place of Nico Hulkenberg. Lewis Hamilton will drop into the test driver seat with Button racing alongside Felipe Massa. The deal is said to have cost Toyota a total of £9m. Rumours around the paddock suggest the move was triggered by Hamilton's failure to score points in Monaco and thby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
2005 Monaco Grand Prix Kimi Raikkonen made it a hat-trick of pole positions in qualifying yesterday but can the Finn make it two wins in a row? Can Montoya take his first win of the season? Let's find out. Lap 78/78 It's lights out and away we go in Monaco. Raikkonen retains the lead heading into the 1st corner, Alonso is up to 2nd, Sato 4th. Lap 77/78 Hereby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Macca25 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks guys, great to be apart of the fun. > > One question, how do I find out how much money my > team has? > > Thanks I've PMed you Thanks for all of your responses regarding testing so far. I'll be running the session later today so the deadline for choice responses is midday Gby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
Latest News Some news from the Williams garage! DonChristian has left his role as team principal and has been replaced by Macca25. He will be looking to get his new team into the top spot in the Constructors Championship currently occupied by Ferrari.by JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
shep34 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @ Nathan > You do know this is just a game, don’t you?by JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4
2005 Spanish Grand Prix Yesterday's qualifying saw Williams secure a front-row lockout, can they convert that into a 1-2 finish here in Catalunya, or can anyone else take the fight to them? Let's find out. Lap 66/66 It's lights out and away we go. A great start for Sato! He's into 2nd. Sato takes the lead!! It's not been a good start for hisby JohnWarrington - Grand Prix 4