Archive for July, 2006

Farewell Juan Pablo

When writing an earlier article about Juan Pablo Montoya moving to NASCAR next season, I cheekily titled it Montoya Leaves Formula One.. It was a spin on words to get people thinking he left immediately. Unfortunately, today’s news reports confirm this is in fact true!   Pedro de la Rosa will replace Juan Pablo Montoya […]

Microsoft ECUs for all F1 cars in 2008

There’s been a lot of talk about Microsoft winning the tender to supply all teams with a standard ECU in 2008. Many jokes have been flying about, however the group is actually Microsoft MES, which is a joint venture between Microsoft and McLaren. Siemens are also involved in the project.
The MES stands for McLaren Electronic […]

Montoya Leaves Formula One

Juan Pablo Montoya will leave Formula One for NASCAR at the end of the year. He will be reunited with his old boss Chip Ganassi. While everyone is talking it up, it’s sad to see the Columbian without a drive in Formula One next year. Rumours of reuniting with Williams, moving to Red Bull Racing […]

Jennifer Lopez Drives F1 Car??

I noticed in a recent testing timesheet from Jerez there was someone driving for the Renault F1 Team called J Lopez. Unfortunately it wasn’t the pop diva. It was in fact Jose Maria Lopez from Argentina. Damn!
If J Lo was in F1 though, what team would she drive for? Probably McLaren Mercedes I’d say […]

Jacques Villeneuve on MySpace with New Song Video

Jacques Villeneuve has his own MySpace page which has part of his new song’s video clip. The way he gets involved on the net is very impressive. You can tell why this guy has a lot of fans out there. I’m glad he’s finally doing well in F1 again
Jacques Villeneuve’s Official MySpace Page