Tests begins at Jerez and Bahrain

Tuesday saw the latest pre-season tests begin with Toyota, Ferrari and BMW moving to Bahrain in the hope to avoid rain, and Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Williams, McLaren and Renault sticking in Spain. Sebastien Buemi added to his huge amount of mileage in last year’s Toro Rosso, and finished top at Jerez with his 3 [...]

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Toyota TF109 launched online

Toyota revealed their 2009 car, the TF109, for the first time on Thursday. The car was launched online with a short movie made in the style of a film trailer which featured drivers Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock and Kamui Kobayashi. Along with the rest of the 2009 cars, the TF109 looks strikingly different to last [...]

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Toyota remain commited to F1 despite first loss

Japanese car manufacturer Toyota is expecting to record it’s first ever loss at the end of the financial year in March. Following on from the initial prediction of a $6.7 billion profit, the corporation is now forecasting a loss of $1.7 billion in the wake of the global financial crisis which has hit the car [...]

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Ferrari threats over engine homogenization

Ferrari have threatened to pull out of Formula 1 if the plan to standardise engines after 2009 goes ahead. They are the second team to make such a threat after Toyota warned the standard engines would leave the manufacturers with little interest in the sport. A statement released by Ferrari said “The Ferrari Board of [...]

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Glock on top for second practice at Fuji

Timo Glock has topped the time sheets for the second practice session at the Fuji Speedway. His best lap for Toyota was a 1:18.383, putting him ahead of Singapore Grand Prix winner, Fernando Alonso, who went just 0.04 seconds slower for Renault as lap times noticeably improved from the first session. The top two finished [...]

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Glock tops final wet practice at Monza

Timo Glock set the fastest time in an hour of difficult conditions, which saw parts of the track underwater. The real front-runners left it too late to set notable times, so Glock and Toyota were on P1 for most of the session, a time of 1:35.464, a full 0.6 seconds faster than Toro Rosso’s Sebastian [...]

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