With Abu Dhabi set to close the 2009 F1 season, a local online newspaper has taken the opportunity to reveal a highly guarded secret: F1 drivers' salaries.
Ferrari ace Felipe Massa has called for the result of 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to be scrapped from the records, claiming that Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr deliberately crashed, “robbed” him of glory and changed the outcome of the championship.
Renault's driver Fernando Alonso will replace Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari next season. The Spaniard, who has signed a three-year deal, will partner Brazil's Felipe Massa. Raikkonen has been linked in the media with a return to McLaren.
Ferrari has reached an agreement with Force India allowing Italian driver Giancarlo Fisichella to fill Felipe Massa's seat for this season's five remaining Grand Prix. Fisichella said he was "in seventh heaven" at the news.
Finland's Kimi Raikkonen escaped a pile-up on the first lap to win the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), as Ferrari claimed its first victory in what has been a frustrating season so far.
Seven-times Formula One champion Michael Schumacher will not be driving a Ferrari this season, the Italian team has announced, putting an end to speculation that the German champion might replace injured driver Felipe Massa.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has declared on his website that he will not return to Formula One after failing to recover in time from a neck injury. Veteran reserve Luca Badoer will take his place at the European Grand Prix.
The 28-year-old Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, who survived a violent accident during the qualifiers for the Hungarian Grand Prix, left a Budapest hospital on Monday, to board a private jet home to Brazil.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who survived a violent accident during the qualifiers for the Hungarian Grand Prix, told the British tabloid 'News Of The World' on Sunday that he was 'lucky to be alive', but that he intends to race again.
Retired Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is set to fill in for injured Felipe Massa at the European Grand Prix, according to Ferrari. The seven-time world champion will first have to undergo a medical however.
