Karthikeyan wants to race F1, despite limited spots
India’s Narain Karthikeyan has not given up hope of racing Formula One in 2012, despite a long list of rivals for the two clear vacancies.
India’s Narain Karthikeyan has not given up hope of racing Formula One in 2012, despite a long list of rivals for the two clear vacancies.
BMW Sauber has named Pedro de la Rosa as its second driver this season, joining Kamui Kobayashi.
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton, the victim of racial abuse from Spanish fans earlier this month, took top honours on Tuesday in Formula One pre-season testing in southern Spain. The McLaren driver was fastest among the 16 drivers on the Jerez de la Frontera circuit with a time of one minute 19,102 seconds, beating his previous best time on the same track.
Formula One’s spying scandal took a new twist on Thursday when Renault was accused by the sport’s governing body of possessing confidential information belonging to rival team McLaren. FIA summoned Renault officials to a hearing of the World Motor Sport Council in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on December 6.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has not been on speaking terms with Formula One champion Fernando Alonso since last month’s Hungarian Grand Prix, it emerged on Wednesday. In a transcript of a ‘spy hearing’ that last Thursday, Dennis revealed the extent of the rift with a driver he described as a ”remarkable recluse”.
Formula One’s governing body published emails between McLaren drivers on Friday that it said proved the team had made use of information leaked from title rivals Ferrari. McLaren were stripped of their 2007 constructors’ points on Thursday and fined a record -million after a hearing into a spying controversy.