Robert Kubica – who drove a blistering debut in Hungary earlier – has been disqualified from his seventh place finish after stewards found his BMW Sauber to be 2kg underweight. The news comes as a bitter...
Archive - August 2006
Button Finally Wins For Honda
The Hungarian Grand Prix has been won by Jenson Button, after a sensational wet race that saw great drives and great errors. From the start, the circuit in Budapest was going to produce an excellent race after Michael...
Hungary: Race Result
For a full race report, please click here. 1. Button – Honda 2. Heidfeld – BMW Sauber 3. De La Rosa – McLaren 4. Barrichello – Honda 5. Coulthard – Red Bull 6. R. Schumacher – Toyota...
Site Updates
In case you hadn’t noticed, I updated the Circuits and Calendar pages to include some nice images from Google Earth of Formula One tracks. And I have also added a Next Year page to show where drivers are...
Cristiano Da Matta Recovers After Brain Surgery
Former Toyota Formula One driver and ChampCar contender Cristiano Da Matta is making a slow recovery after having brain surgery at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, Wisconsin. His hospitalisation results from...
Raikkonen Takes Pole In Hectic Qualifying
Kimi Raikkonen took pole position at the Hungaroring from Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, and Pedro de la Rosa. In a session that saw penalties given to seven times champion Michael Schumacher and current reigning...
Hungary: Qualifying Result
1. Raikkonen – McLaren 2. Massa – Ferrari 3. Barrichello – Honda 4. De La Rosa – McLaren 5. Webber – Williams 6. R. Schumacher – Toyota 7. Fisichella – Renault 8. Trulli –...
Qualifying Opinions
Okay, so we have all filled in the FIA/AMD F1 Survey and voiced our opinion on Formula One. And those of us who have ignored it realise that fans play no part in the global economy of F1. Well, at least to the extent of...
Naughty Alonso Gets Qualifying Penalty
Championship leader Fernando Alonso has been given two penalties after an altercation in free practice in Hungary with Red Bull tester Robert Doornbos. Alonso will have two seconds added to each of his fastest laps (in...
Williams Opt For Wurz Over Webber
Seemingly not content with Renault, BMW, Ferrari and McLaren hogging the limelight with regards to driver changes for 2006 and 2007, Williams have announced that Mark Webber‘s services will not be retained for...