Author Archive for Chris Hayes

FIA presidential candidate Ari Vatanen says that Renault should not be thrown out of Formula One for their involvement in the race-fixing scandal.

Renault’s future will be decided by the FIA on Monday at a World Motorsport Council hearing in Paris. The French team will not challenge the allegations made by Nelson Piquet Jnr. that they ordered him to crash his car deliberately in last year’s Singapore Grand Prix to help Fernando Alonso win.  Read more... (532 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

Round fourteen of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship sees the Formula One circus return to the venue at the centre of the race-fixing row currently engulfing Formula One.  Read more... (1046 words, 7 images, estimated 4:11 mins reading time)

McLaren will introduce its last major upgrade package of the season ahead of next week’s Singapore Grand Prix, team principal Martin Whitmarsh confirms.

The Woking squad found themselves entrenched in a midfield battle at the start of the season after going the wrong way with the development of the MP4-24 in pre-season testing.  Read more... (321 words, 1 image, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)

BMW Sauber drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld will go into the final four flyaway races of the season – starting with next week’s Singapore Grand Prix – with only one new engine at their disposal after both their power plants caved in during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.  Read more... (306 words, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)

Nelson Piquet Sr. says he first told the FIA about his son’s claims of race fixing in the Singapore Grand Prix as early as last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix, but no action was taken since the allegations had to come from Piquet Jnr. himself.  Read more... (228 words, estimated 55 secs reading time)

Sebastian Vettel is refusing to give up on this year’s drivers’ championship despite going into the final four races of the season with a 26 point deficit to championship leader Jenson Button.  Read more... (289 words, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

This is the leaked transcript of the interview between the FIA and Pat Symonds that took place on the weekend of the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps.

The transcript was published in The Times and in it Symonds refused to deny that the team had instructed Nelson Piquet Jnr. to crash his car in the Singapore Grand Prix to help Fernando Alonso win.  Read more... (280 words, estimated 1:07 mins reading time)

This is the leaked transcript of the radio communication between Flavio Briatore, Pat Symonds, Nelson Piquet Jr, Fernando Alonso and team engineers during last year’s Singapore Grand Prix. The transcript was published in the Daily Mail.

Engineer: “Still don’t have, I don’t have any laps or gaps in position, nothing.  Read more... (3516 words, estimated 14:04 mins reading time)

Barrichello makes it a two horse title race with victory in Monza;

Red Bull’s title hopes take a hit as Brawn return to the fold;

Hamilton crashes out on final lap.  Read more... (1428 words, 1 image, estimated 5:43 mins reading time)

Rubens Barrichello says he is looking forward to a “good healthy fight” with Jenson Button for the world championship after heading a Brawn 1-2 in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

The Brazilian veteran had the measure of his Brawn teammate throughout the race as the two drivers used a one-stop race strategy to leapfrog Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Adrian Sutil, and secure the team’s fourth 1-2 finish of the season.  Read more... (516 words, 1 image, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)