Driving It Like He’s Stolen It

David Coulthard entertains the crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. The Red Bull team were there for all three days, and will also head to Moscow later in the month to join Williams and McLaren for an F1 demonstration in Moscow.

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04-Jul-09: Campos Sure Lack of Budget Caps No Problem

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Welcome to F1 Minute, it’s the 4th July 2009.

Yesterday we heard that Manor GP may be getting some extra sponsorship funding, and today, Campos Racing have confirmed that the lack of a budget cap may not affect them too much either.

FOTA are adamant that they can introduce regulations that will help the new teams remain within the sport, and Adrian Campos is hopeful that next year’s rules can be signed off very soon. He says: “The important thing is that everyone agrees everything. I think in the future we will be in a good situation, but the important thing for me is that we now have some rules.”

Meanwhile, as the Goodwood Festival of Speed continues in the UK, we find out that McLaren will be sending Heikki Kovalainen to Moscow later in the months for the City Racing event. A temporary street circuit will be built for the MP4-23 to navigate, and Heikki will be joined by representatives from Williams and Red Bull.

That’s all for now, I’ll be back tomorrow with more from F1 Minute.

02-Jul-09: Bulgaria Hope to Host Grand Prix in 2011

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This is F1 Minute for the 2nd July 2009.

Bulgaria look set to be another new addition to a future F1 calendar, as the head of the Bulgarian Motorcycling Federation has been invited to the German Grand Prix as a guest of Bernie Ecclestone. They are already on the MotoGP calendar for 2012 and would like to host an F1 race in 2011, although there are no confirmed circuit details yet. Apparently their plans are under consideration by FOM.

Elsewhere today, Nelson Piquet has admitted that he thinks it unlikely Renault will be able to pull out some wins like they did towards the end of the season last year. He said as it is a development race at the moment, the budgets are really dictating who is doing well, but realistically, Piquet thinks they are fighting for the top five positions, rather than for wins.

And finally, the Goodwood Festival of Speed kicks off in the UK tomorrow with six F1 teams going to be represented there.

That’s all for now, see you again tomorrow for another F1 Minute.

Sir Frank Williams’ 40 Year Involvement in Motorsport to be Celebrated at the 2009 Festival of Speed

With the 2009 Festival of Speed now just days away (3-5 July), excitement is growing as Goodwood puts the finishing touches to what promises to be the largest motoring extravaganza in the world this year.

Part of Goodwood’s celebrations includes a tribute to one of the stalwarts of Formula One racing – Sir Frank Williams – who marks 40 years involvement in Grand Prix racing this year.

Throughout the Festival weekend a number of significant Williams Grand Prix cars and ex-team drivers will be present, culminating on Sunday 5th with a gathering of all of the cars and drivers in the Goodwood F1 Paddock Assembly Area as tribute to Frank.

Formula One favourite Murray Walker will say a few words about Frank’s remarkable career in motor sport with the main man present.  Also in attendance will be a number of former Williams team drivers, including Damon Hill, Alan Jones, David Coulthard and Jacques Laffite.

A gathering of 13 important Williams F1 cars will be at the Festival, ranging from the 1970 De Tomaso-Cosworth Tipo 505, right through to the recent Williams-Toyota FW29. The 1980 F1 World Championship-winning Williams-Cosworth FW08 of Alan Jones and Damon Hill’s successful 1996 Williams-Renault FW18 will also be present and can be seen in action on the challenging 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb over the Festival weekend.

Commenting on his visit to Goodwood, Sir Frank Williams said, “It will be great for me, and for all of the people that have been a part of Williams, or supported the team over the years, to be there to see a broad selection of our cars, past and present.”

AT&T Williams race driver Nico Rosberg, who drove at the 2008 Festival for the team, added, “The Festival of Speed is a very special event for us. It has a great atmosphere and I really encourage people to go along and witness one of the greatest motor sport spectacles of the year!”