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Sunday, January 11, 2009
12:00:14 PM

Sebastien Buemi to drive for Torro Rosso
Sebastien Buemi has been confirmed as the new driver for Torro Rosso during the 2009 season. . . . Read More

Sunday, January 11, 2009
12:00:08 PM

Sebastien Buemi to drive for Torro Rosso
Sebastien Buemi has been confirmed as the new driver for Torro Rosso during the 2009 season. . . . Read More

Sunday, January 04, 2009
11:36:44 AM

Formula One 2009 Calendar

AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 27 - 29 Mar

MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 03 - 05 Apr

CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) 17 - 19 Apr

BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir) 24 - 26 Apr

SPANISH GRAND PRIX (Catalunya) 08 - 10 May

MONACO . . . Read More

Sunday, January 04, 2009
11:30:57 AM

2009 Formula One Rules
Credit crunch, no more Honda, KERS - 2009 looks to be a very different year to 2008 in Formula One.

Here is a summary of the rules changes:

Tyres - Back to slicks

Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) - teams can optionally use a KERS system to store braking ene . . . Read More

Friday, January 11, 2008
7:31:38 AM

Toyota TF108 Launches
Toyota must be preying that their latest Formula One car, the TF108, gives them a much needed boost for the 2008 season.

The car is a radical departure from their previous models and includes, for the first time, a seamless shift gearbox as well as various new aerodynamic enhancements and a . . . Read More

Tuesday, January 08, 2008
7:33:12 AM

McLaren MP4-23 Launched at Mercedes-Benz's Motorsport Museum
The 2008 McLaren MP4-23 has been launched at Mercedes-Benz's motorsport museum in Stuttgart.

Heikki "Kovy" Kovalainen and test driver Pedro de la Rosa will get the first drives in the car on Wednesday in Jerez, Spain with Lewis Hamilton getting his turn on Thursday.

The car looks very . . . Read More

Monday, January 07, 2008
7:35:46 AM

Ferrari F2008 Launched
The all new Ferarri F2008 is the first of the 2008 F1 cars to be launched. The internally named 659 encorporates the new regulations - standard ECUs and gearboxes that must last four races.

It is the second car overseen by Ferrari's technical director Aldo Costa and is built from the groud up . . . Read More

Thursday, October 18, 2007
5:17:51 PM

Silverstone Formula One Masterplan including Two Hotels
Draft proposals for the redevelopment of the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire have been released.

The redevelopment is required to allow Silverstone to continue hosting the British Formula One World Championship Grand Prix.
In order to satisfy Bernie Ecclestone the main changes are . . . Read More

Monday, September 17, 2007
11:31:22 AM

McLaren SpyGate - Alonso, Hamilton, Ron Dennis, Ferrari and Jenson Button
A record $100m fine for McLaren after the hearing in Paris but Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton were allowed to race at the legendary Spa in Belgium and into the future.
So was the fine fair? Max Mosley's argument is that it is proportionate to the funding that McLaren has available and if it w . . . Read More

Tuesday, August 07, 2007
6:45:37 AM

Hamilton and Alonso Rivalry Reaches Boiling Point
During qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton was held up by Fernando Alonso when entering the pits for his final tyre change. Alonso claims he was told to wait by his race engineer however the FIA, after interviewing Alonso, Hamilton and Ron Dennis (McLaren boss) and after also look . . . Read More

Sunday, July 22, 2007
8:16:14 AM

Hamilton Crashes in Germany but Escapes Unhurt
Lewis Hamilton escaped completely unscathed from a high speed crash caused by a loose wheel nut.

The 2007 Formula One world championship leader went straight on at a flat our corner hitting the tyre w . . . Read More

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
4:06:41 PM

Nigel Mansell to Drive a Ferrari 430 in the Silverstone challenge
Scuderia Ecosse has announced that the ex-F1 World Champion Nigel Mansell will drive a Ferrari 430 at the Silverstone round of . . . Read More

Tuesday, March 06, 2007
1:58:36 PM

Honda RA107 to get major upgrade for Malaysia
Even before the first race Honda have announced that they are to supply a major upgrade to their 2007 RA107 car.

Jenson Button and other member's of the Honda team are aware that they have some way to go to be in contention with the front runners and whilst they are not going to have a car to . . . Read More

Friday, March 02, 2007
1:01:40 PM

Super Aguri SA07 Launch Delayed
Super Aguri's 2007 challenger, the Super Aguri SA07 will now be launched at the opening race in Melbourne, Australia.

Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson will unveil the Honda engined Formula One car in the p . . . Read More

Monday, February 26, 2007
3:22:41 PM

Honda RA107 Launches with Striking Earth Paintjob
Honda have taken the wraps of the promised "green" livery and it features a picture of the earth wrapping it's way round the entire car. Expect a diecast model of the Honda RA107 to follow later in the year. Now you . . . Read More

Saturday, February 24, 2007
7:24:45 PM

Scott Speed to Drive for Toro Rosso in 2007
The Red Bull "junior" team, Toro Rosso, announced on Saturday that they will keep the American driver Scott Speed for the 2007 season.
After a dubious 2006 season the team left the decision until this week s . . . Read More

Friday, February 16, 2007
6:08:18 AM

Formula One Night Races
Hermann Tilke (Formula One track designer) has suggested that the technology now exists to enable night time racing in Formula One.
This is great news for us Europeans as it would enable us to watch the Far East races at a sensible time!
There is now serious thought being given to hosting nigh . . . Read More

Saturday, February 10, 2007
6:17:13 PM

Michael Schumacher Career Diecast
A new presentation featuring a 1/18th diecast replica of the Ferrari 248, Michael's last ever Formula One car is now available.
This Michael Schumacher Career . . . Read More

Sunday, January 28, 2007
5:48:38 PM

Minichamps announces Honda RA106 Jenson Button 1st Win Hungary 2006
Minichamps are to make a limited edition 1/18 scale diecast model of the Honda RA106 driven by Jenson Button during his first Form . . . Read More

Thursday, January 25, 2007
5:27:29 PM

Lewis Hamilton Crashes McLaren
Lewis Hamilton has experienced his first Formula One crash after completing just 33 laps on the second day of his first outing in the MP4-22 at Valencia.

Lewis is unhurt but the car was badly damaged . . . Read More

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
11:30:00 AM

Formula One Car Launches 2007
It's getting exciting now!

After a winter of Formula One withdrawal it's always great to see the teams start to launch their contenders for the new season. At last we can start to fantasise about more British victories and hopefully plenty of podiums from our 4 drivers!

Renault, Ferrar . . . Read More

Sunday, January 07, 2007
9:55:28 AM

2007 - Raikkonen's Year?
With only a few weeks to go until the start of the 2007 Formula One season Kimi Raikkonen is going into the season opener as favourite.

With Renault now down to a dubious Fisichella as team leader you can't really see them taking the championship and the only other team that ended the 2006 se . . . Read More

Thursday, December 07, 2006
3:26:09 PM

Lewis Hamilton vs. Jenson Button
Murray Walker recently stated that he believed Lewis Hamilton has the potential to be the next big British Formula One star and World Champion.
So we are likely to see a battle of the Brits starting next year but Jenson Button must also be thinking that 2007 is his biggest chance to be consistent . . . Read More

Friday, November 24, 2006
10:50:35 AM

Lewis Hamilton to be a McLaren Driver
McLaren have announced that GP2 Champion Lewis Hamilton will partner Fernando Alonso and drive for their Forumla One team during the 2007 season.
Hamilton will be the first black Formul . . . Read More

Monday, November 13, 2006
11:16:00 AM

Formula One Theme Parks
Bernie Ecclestone has signed a deal with a property investor to start building Formula One theme parks around the world.
The first will be built in Dubai and is due to be completed in 2009.
The building process of the Dubai park starts in December 2006 and will include a hotel, conference room . . . Read More

Monday, November 13, 2006
11:07:52 AM

Michael Schumacher to be a Ferrari Super Assistant?
It is rumoured that Michael Schumacher is likely to become a Super Assistant to the Ferrari team.
Kimi Raikkonen has been quoted as saying he would welcome the move as Schumacher could help him integrate with the Ferrari team more quickly.
Raikkonen has a 3 year contract with Ferrari and has h . . . Read More

Tuesday, October 31, 2006
2:28:41 PM

Latest F1 Collector Pieces

Micheal Shumacher Final Race Car Diecast

A new model of the last ever Formula One car that Michael drove competitively at the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2006 has been released.
The beautiful presentation comes with a plaque detailing Michael's fantastic achievements during his . . . Read More

Monday, October 23, 2006
6:16:29 AM

Formula One 2007 End of Season
What a final race!

With problems in qualifying for both Michael Shumacher and Jenson Button meaning they both started 10th and 14th respectively and final positions of 3rd and 4th (just 19 and 24 seconds behind the leader) you have to say they were the 2 outstanding drives of the race.
Add . . . Read More

Thursday, October 19, 2006
9:31:11 AM

Formula One Regulation Changes
The FIA have announced changes to the 2007 regulations to increase track time on the Friday of a Grand Prix weekend and to improve safety and competitiveness during deployment of the safety car.

In terms of the safety car periods they will become more like their US counter-parts with the fiel . . . Read More

Sunday, October 15, 2006
2:40:21 PM

Schumacher Fastest at Jerez
In his final day of testing a formula one car Michael Schumacher has finished were he likes to be, at the top of the time sheets.

With a 1m15.684s he finished just in front of the next great British hope, Lewis Hamilton, who managed a respectable 1m16.804s in his Maclaren. . . . Read More

Wednesday, October 11, 2006
10:05:26 PM

f1collectors.co.uk Launches
Welcome to our new website for collectors of formula 1 merchandise and memorabilia.

We will be bringing you news about new collectors models and other memorabilia as well as details of exsting items that may be of interest.

As well as signed photos and diecat models we will also featur . . . Read More