GERHARD BERGER TAKES OVER FROM HANS WERNER AUFRECHT AS ITR CHAIRMAN The world’s most popular touring-car series will be comprehensively enhanced ITR is being restructured for the future: Today, former Grand Prix winner, BMW Motorsport Director and Formula One team co-owner Gerhard Berger was confirmed as Chairman of ‘Internationalen Tourenwagen Rennen e.V’ (ITR). He takes […]
SAHARA FORCE INDIA DRIVERS AUSTRALIAN GP PREVIEW Sergio Perez revs up for the new season and one of his favourite races in the calendar. Sergio: “The first race of the year is always good fun. We’ve had a long winter to recharge the batteries, but now I just want to go racing again. Australia is […]
THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE 2017 DTM CARS: MORE POWER AND LESS DOWNFORCE REPRESENT A BIGGER CHALLENGE FOR THE DRIVING SKILLS THAN EVER To let the skills of the drivers gain even more importance, the technical regulations for the 2017 season were revised in crucial areas. So, the horsepower output of the new cars was increased […]
WILLIAMS APPOINTS PADDY LOWE AS CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC (Ticker: WGF1) is pleased to announce the appointment of Paddy Lowe as Chief Technical Officer for the Williams Group. Paddy will join Williams today, 16 March, and will take overall management responsibility for the engineering operation at Grove. Paddy will also join […]
A MAIDEN WIN AND HIGH HOPES Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle emerged victorious in Mexico to claim the Citroën C3 WRC’s first win. Secured on gravel – the surface on which the majority of the World Championship is contested – this result confirms the potential of the car developed by Yves Matton’s troops. The season […]
JOHN SURTEES PASSED AWAY MARCH 10, 2017 NASIR HAMEED ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND A CUP OF TEA WITH JOHN SURTEES IN THE SPRING OF 2016. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON PODCAST # 706 PART 1 AND PODCAST # 707 PART 2. F1W IS BRINGING BACK THE INTERVIEW IN IT’S ENTIRETY WITH PODCAST # […]