Buzzin F1 – Formula One Blog

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will not renew it’s sponsorship deals with F1 and in particular the Williams F1 team, when the current contract expires in 2010. The bank which announced the worst ever corporate loss today, have been under fire for their excessive spending on sponsorship including that of former world champion Sir Jackie [...]

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The proposed night race at the Malaysian Sepang International circuit, the second race of the season, has been changed to a ‘twilight’ race after organisers decided that lighting up the track was too costly.
An agreement between the organisers and Bernie Ecclestone has been reached whereby the Malaysian Grand Prix will take place at 17.00hrs local [...]

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Richard Branson’s Virgin Group have emerged as the mystery ‘global brand’ bidder for the Honda Racing Formula One team, the Japanese car maker has confirmed today. The F1 news from Honda says that they “are negotiating with several buyers and one of these parties is the Virgin Group.”
Honda announced that it would pull out of [...]

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With many of the agreed cost cutting regulations now in place within F1, it is interesting to note that despite efforts to standardise engines, gearboxes and running gear on future Formula one cars, it is still not allowable for two or more teams to use the same designed chassis.
Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz says that [...]

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Renault’s title sponsor ING have revealed that they will not be renewing their contract with the F1 team when it expires at the end of this coming season. A three year deal agreed in 2007, had been in place with the manufacturer as well as other trackside advertising, all of which will be terminated at [...]

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