Mar 23, 2005
PROVO, Utah--March 23, 2005--Raser (OTCBB:RSTG) will demonstrate its advanced motor and controller technology in a Formula Lightning car driven on the Grand Prix race course in Monaco as part of the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS-21) held this year in Monaco April 2-6, 2005. Monaco is the home of the world-famous "Gra ... Continue reading
Mar 20, 2005
B.A.R Honda Press Information Sunday 20 March 2005 MISFORTUNE IN MALAYSIA Drama for B.A.R Honda in Kuala Lumpur ------------------------------------------------ Two engine failures early in the Malaysian Grand Prix ended the races of Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda drivers Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson. Both failures wer ... Continue reading
2005 Malaysian GP Practice and First Qualifying
Mar 19, 2005
B.A.R Honda Press Information Saturday 19 March 2005 SATO STANDS DOWN Virus forces Takuma Sato out for the remainder of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend ------------------------------------------------ The biggest news story from Sepang involves Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda driver Takuma Sato, who has been forced to stand ... Continue reading
2005 Malaysian GP Friday Practice
Mar 18, 2005
B.A.R Honda Press Information Friday 18 March 2005 RAISING THE B.A.R A promising first day of practice for B.A.R Honda bodes well for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. ------------------------------------------------ Jenson Button and Takuma Sato got the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend off to a promising start for Luck ... Continue reading
Letter from Europe - Old Friends in Geneva; Test Drives Odessey Honda ; Hyundai Tucson
Mar 17, 2005
By Andrew Frankl, European Bureau Chief Geneva 2005 It was snowing in Nice and it was snowing in Geneva. The line for taxis in sub zero temperatures was long and when I eventually got into something I can only describe as Eurotrash the driver nearly spun into the Lake, Michael Schumacher he most certainly was not! Stil ... Continue reading
Australian GP: Montoya Sixth, Räikkönen Eighth
Mar 6, 2005
Melbourne, Mar 06, 2005 The start: Juan Pablo and Kimi were side-by-side on the fifth row of the starting grid in ninth and tenth positions. Their qualifying performance was adversely affected by poor circuit conditions following heavy rain which caught them out on Saturday. The Finn stalled his MP4-20 on the starting ... Continue reading
Banks Seek to Strip Ecclestone of a Formula One Stake
Mar 5, 2005
March. 4, 2005 Bloomberg reported that three banks which own 75 percent of the commercial rights to Formula One racing are asking a London court to remove Bernie Ecclestone as a shareholder of one of the sport's managing companies. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bayerische Landesbank and JPMorgan Chase & Co. claim that ... Continue reading
PUMA Hosts Launch Event for New Ferrari Product Range
Mar 4, 2005
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 4 -- - Michael Schumacher Among Special Guests of Honor Today PUMA(R) unveils the Ferrari motorsport product range at the PUMA Concept Store in the heart of Melbourne, just in time to kick-off the Formula 1 race season. The evening will be hosted by Australian TV personality Chloe Maxwell. S ... Continue reading
BMW BARCELONA TEST - February 15th - 17th, 2005
Feb 19, 2005
02/18/2005 Summary: In preparation for the 2005 season opener in Melbourne in just under three weeks, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team has spent the past three days in Barcelona developing the Williams BMW FW27. The team's drivers, Mark Webber, Nick Heidfeld and Antonio Pizzonia, were all present at the Spanish track to underta ... Continue reading
DENSO Develops New Alternator for F1
Feb 3, 2005
Toyota's new F1 car, 'TF105,' to use the alternator TOKYO, Feb. 3 -- DENSO Corporation, parent company of Southfield, Mich.-based DENSO International America, Inc., today announced that it has developed a new alternator for Formula 1 (F1) racing. This alternator will be installed in the new "TF105" F1 racecar of the Pa ... Continue reading
Formula One Manufacturers Hold Out Against Ecclestone (Update1)
Jan 28, 2005
Jan. 26, 2005; Bloomberg reportesd that Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. have given support to three other Formula One manufacturers who are threatening to stage a rival motor-racing series, a week after Ferrari SpA's decision to tie itself to rights holder Bernie Ecclestone until 2012. Honda, Toyota, DaimlerChry ... Continue reading
Formula 1 Team Selects MTS for New Engine Dynamometer System
Jan 27, 2005
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 26 -- MTS Systems Corporation today announced that a leading Formula 1 team has selected the Company to provide a new high performance engine dynamometer system. This represents an order of over $3M. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020430/MTSCLOGO ) "We are pleased to continue our ... Continue reading
Jacobs Receives B-A-R Honda Contract
Jan 26, 2005
TULLAHOMA, Tenn.--Jan. 26, 2005--Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that a subsidiary company received a contract from the B-A-R Honda Formula One team to design and construct a new aerodynamic wind tunnel at the team's technical center in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. Officials did not disclose the c ... Continue reading
F-1 Honda and BAT New Joint Venture Company Acquires B.A.R
Jan 16, 2005
Tokyo, Japan, Jan 11, 2005 - JCN Newswire reported that Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced today that it has established a new joint venture company, BARH Limited, with British American Tobacco (BAT). With this development, investment for the Honda 45% capital investment ratio (BAT 55%) announced last year has been comple ... Continue reading
Formula One on PEED Again This Season
Jan 14, 2005
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Jan. 14, 2005--SPEED Channel kicks off its 10th consecutive year of coverage of Formula One Grand Prix racing with live coverage of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 5 at 9:30 p.m. ET. SPEED will broadcast 15 of the series' 19 events live, including live coverage of qualifying for all 1 ... Continue reading
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