Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/ Feed Me F1 en-us http://www.feedmef1.com/html/images/ http://www.feedmef1.com/html/ admin@feedmef1.com http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10867 Contrary to reports earlier this month, it now appears less likely that Michael Schumacher will return to the cockpit of Ferrari's 2008 car at the forthcoming Monza test.Press speculation in Germany said the retired seven time world champion's Monza outing was a reaction to the reliability and performance problems suffered by the Italian team in recent weeks.But Schumacher's spokeswoman Sabine Kehm subsequently would not confirm the news, and the usually reliable Swiss newspaper Blick is now reporting that the German will actually not be testing at the high-speed Italian venue next week.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10866 Formula one teams have approved the lighting system for the first ever night race, to be staged in Singapore late next month.Representatives of the teams inspected the circuit, located in the city-state's Marina Bay area, last month, the local Channel NewsAsia said.Work on fully installing the system, which provides brightness suitable for F1's high-definition broadcasts, is currently taking place.A total of 1500 projectors are to light up the 5km street layout, ensuring that the circuit is nearly four times brighter than a typical football stadium at night.The pan-Asian news channel is also reporting that 95 per cent of the tickets for the first Singapore grand prix have already been sold, therefore almost guaranteeing a sell-out on September 28.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:20:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10865 Former Ferrari champion Niki Lauda has counted the Italian team's reigning title winner out of the running for the 2008 crown.The great Austrian concedes that the 2008 championship is set to be a down-to-the-wire battle of Ferrari versus McLaren.But even though Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion, is narrowly leading the Italian team's points charge at present, Lauda thinks the Finn's teammate is a better bet against Lewis Hamilton."Up until now it has been (Felipe) Massa and Hamilton, because Raikkonen's performance has been going up and down all the time," the 59-year-old told the official F1 website.Lauda points out that while all the title contenders have a tendency to make mistakes, Brazil's Massa did a "perfect job" in Hungary until his engine failed."For the moment Massa has the edge over Raikkonen from the driver's point of view," he insists, adding that the Finn is presently "clearly not" in the hunt to defend his crown.Lauda won the drivers' championship for Ferrari in 1975 and 1977.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10864 Takuma Sato's manager has confirmed that he is fully concentrated on trying to bring the Japanese racer back to the formula one grid.It emerged recently that, following the demise of the Super Aguri team, 31-year-old Sato turned down offers to contest Le Mans and American series in order to focus on resurrecting his F1 career.The latest rumour is that Sato, who debuted in 2002 and has contested approaching 100 grands prix, is linked with one of the Toro Rosso race seats for 2009 -- a good fit, given Gerhard Berger's desire for an experienced hand, and sponsor Red Bull's efforts to crack the difficult Japanese drinks market.His manager Andrew Gilbert-Scott, a former race driver himself, confirmed to GPWeek that putting Sato back on the grid is his focus at present."Formula one is all we are thinking about," the Briton said."It's where Takuma deserves to be, and naturally we are talking to a number of people about 2009."Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:20:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10863 McLaren's 2008 car is now benefiting from the superior performance of its Mercedes-Benz engine, according to the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport.The report claims that recent chassis improvements, including the Honda and BMW Sauber-like nose wings that debuted in Hungary, are allowing the car to perform more efficiently through the air.Rival teams believe Mercedes' V8 engine is producing about 25 horse power more than any other 2.4 litre unit on the grid."If those numbers are right, then an advantage of 25 horse power with the same air resistance brings a benefit of four tenths (per lap)," BMW's technical chief Willy Rampf commented.McLaren's MP4-23 has won the last three grands prix.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:30:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10861 Not yet a week after announcing deepening financial losses, motor sport engineering company Mecachrome's involvement in formula one is said to be at an end.The Montreal based firm, involved in the preparation of Renault's F1 engines and also the chief supplier to GP2, last week said the engine freeze in formula one had contributed to its current struggle with losses.The Swiss publication Motorsport Aktuell now reports that, with Renault wanting to go completely alone in F1, Mecachrome is to move its main focus to an engine programme for Le Mans.Mecachrome was involved directly in F1 in the late 90s also in the Supertec and Playlife guises.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:12:02 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10860 Following the second consecutive week with no testing or grands prix on the schedule, F1 drivers will now be gearing up to return to their cockpits at the new Valencia city circuit this weekend.The grid's twenty race drivers enjoyed the so-called August break in a range of different ways -- from lying on a luxury yacht, to simply swapping their normal single seater for a different form of motor racing.Fresh from his debut podium in Hungary, for example, Toyota's Timo Glock travelled to the famous Laguna Seca circuit in California, where he won the 'Race of Legends' at the wheel of a Toyota Scion against famous names including Johnny Herbert, Patrick Tambay and 1980 world champion Alan Jones.F1 veteran David Coulthard simply took in the atmosphere from the Brno paddock for the Czech round of MotoGP.At the other end of the scale, championship leader Lewis Hamilton has been recharging his batteries by jetting around the world with his pop-star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger.The pararazzi first snapped them, along with the other Pussycat Dolls, at Los Angeles airport, and subsequently out and about in London and Spain.At the latter location, the McLaren driver's summer break ended on a low when thieves snatched one of his bags as he checked out of a five-star hotel.Hamilton's teammate Heikki Kovalainen had an altogether quieter August off the back of his Budapest breakthrough; organising a fun kart race but also just catching up with his family in his Finnish home town of Suomussalmi."It was my first time back in Finland for quite a long time," he said.Ferrari's Felipe Massa similarly headed home, to Sao Paulo, while Force India racer Giancarlo Fisichella put his feet up on his yacht with his family.Williams' Nico Rosberg, meanwhile, was training hard in the Swiss Alps.On a typical day, he would spend hours ascending on a mountain bike before swimming in an alpine lake. "I am really enjoying it," he insisted to Germany's Bild newspaper.Thoughts have also been spared for the weekend's Valencia circuit; the first F1 race ever on the streets of the Spanish port city."I think the whole of formula one is very excited about going to Valencia," said Honda driver Jenson Button.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! Visit FeedMeSportsCars.com for the Web's Best Sports Car news, rumors and race information!Click here now! --->FeedMeSportsCars.com Visit FeedMeHeadlines.com for the Web's Newest Headline service! Webmasters get in on the ground floor! Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:10:51 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10859 David Coulthard is enjoying the last weekend of F1's so-called August break trackside at the MotoGP race.The Brazilian publication Grande Premio reports that the Scot, who races for Red Bull Racing, has been spotted at the Brno circuit, scene of the Czech Republic grand prix.It is not the first time Coulthard, who is set to retire at the end of the 2008 season, has attended a round of another premier motor racing category this year.At the end of May, he visited the world of NASCAR as the American stock cars raced at Delaware.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:20:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10858 Narain Karthikeyan, who three years ago became the first Indian to race in formula one, has declined to answer speculation he may soon be on his way back to the grid.Force India supremo Vijay Mallya has hinted the Silverstone based team will not move away from its current lineup, featuring Giancarlo Fisichella alongside Adrian Sutil, ahead of the 2009 season.But there is still a theoretical chance that Indian billionaire Mallya will still honour has promise last year that - by 2009 - Force India is "certain" to house a countryman.31-year-old Karthikeyan, who races for India in the A1GP series and was recently a Williams test driver, and GP2 competitor Karun Chandhok, would presumably be in pole position for a Force India vacancy.But when asked by the Newsindpress on Sunday about his chances, he said: "In Indian owning an F1 team is no ordinary feat. Vijay Mallya has done a great job. And only he can answer the question."Mallya told F1's official website last week that he is "quite happy" with his team's current lineup.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! Visit FeedMeSportsCars.com for the Web's Best Sports Car news, rumors and race information!Click here now! --->FeedMeSportsCars.com Visit FeedMeHeadlines.com for the Web's Newest Headline service! Webmasters get in on the ground floor! Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10857 Nelson Piquet Jr must wait until the end of September to learn if he will be retained by Renault in 2009, the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport claims.According to the report published on Friday, the French team recently decided against simply taking up an option on the Brazilian rookie's current contract.Instead, Renault and the 23-year-old driver's management have agreed to extend the option deadline date from August to the end of September.Former double world champion Fernando Alonso, Piquet's current teammate, has said he will only decide which team to race for next year in the autumn.Auto Motor und Sport claims that, should Alonso switch camps, Renault's French-Swiss test driver Romain Grosjean is first in line to replace him.If the Spaniard opts to stay at Renault in 2009, however, 22-year-old Grosjean reportedly may still make his grand prix debut next season, at Piquet's expense.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:40:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10856 Reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen has hit back at claims he has lost the will to win.Amid rising speculation that the Ferrari driver plans to retire soon, it is suggested a loss of motivation is at the core of his current performance slump.Raikkonen, 28, told Germany's Bild newspaper his target is still success in formula one."I am still the same guy," he is quoted as saying."If I am in a race, then I want to win it," Raikkonen insists. "It is never great fun to be fifth or sixth -- even third place doesn't feel so great to me any more. I only want to win."Despite his aloof exterior, Raikkonen says those who believe he is now happy to rest on his 2007 laurels are wrong."Of course I want more," he said. "Whoever thinks I am content or tired are completely wrong."If we do not get both championship titles at the end of the season, then we will be disappointed," Raikkonen explained.Raikkonen lies second in the 2008 drivers' standings; 3 points ahead of his teammate Felipe Massa, and 5 behind McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! Visit FeedMeSportsCars.com for the Web's Best Sports Car news, rumors and race information!Click here now! --->FeedMeSportsCars.com Visit FeedMeHeadlines.com for the Web's Newest Headline service! Webmasters get in on the ground floor! Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:20:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10855 Paul di Resta, a Scottish driver who currently races in Germany's DTM series, believes he deserves Sebastian Vettel's spot on the formula one grid.At 22, di Resta is slightly older than Vettel, the highly-rated German driver who last year debuted for Toro Rosso and is already confirmed to move up to the senior team Red Bull in 2009.Di Resta actually beat Vettel to the prestigious F3 Euroseries crown two years ago, but is now spending a second season in DTM, where this year he is driving for Mercedes-Benz's premier effort."I am not surprised Sebastian has been given an opening in F1, but he shouldn't have gotten there before me," he told the Scottish newspaper The Herald.Di Resta bemoans F1's notorious politics, and the fact that - despite having high-profile racer Dario Franchitti as a cousin - being Scottish is less of an asset than being German like Vettel."You can't ignore the fact that there are a lot of politics in this business. I am still young, but, to be honest, I can't hang around if I want to earn a place in formula one."If I haven't gotten there by the time I am 25, then I'm realistic enough to accept I'll be snookered," he said.Di Resta insists, however, that he is happy to keep working hard to fulfil his F1 dream."There are hundreds of youngsters doing their best to scale the heights, so you can't afford to wait for anybody to gift you hand-outs," he said."I have to win the DTM and there is no reason not to think that I can do it."Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! Visit FeedMeSportsCars.com for the Web's Best Sports Car news, rumors and race information!Click here now! --->FeedMeSportsCars.com Visit FeedMeHeadlines.com for the Web's Newest Headline service! Webmasters get in on the ground floor! Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10854 F1 veteran David Coulthard is planning a dream present for his son's twentieth birthday -- a Ferrari contract!The 37-year-old Scot, who will hang up his grand prix racing helmet at the end of the year, revealed that his pregnant fiancee Karen is expecting a boy.Red Bull racer Coulthard joked to The Sun: "He'll be signed up for Ferrari in 2028!"Coulthard, however, insists that his decision to retire after nearly 250 races and 13 wins has nothing to do with his impending fatherhood."The baby's due after the end of the season so things have worked out perfectly," he added.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:20:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10853 Damon Hill has sobering news for those who doubt the British grand prix will move from Silverstone after next year's race.When it was announced that Donington Park is taking over the contract from 2010, some believed the news was just the latest political twist in the skirmish between Bernie Ecclestone and Silverstone's circuit owners, the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC).Indeed, the BRDC vowed to plough ahead with its plans to redevelop the historic Northamptonshire venue, and the latest rumour is that the entire saga may be a precursor to Ecclestone simply taking over Silverstone and securing the grand prix there himself.But the official line this week from BRDC president Hill, the 1996 world champion, is that he believes Donington's plans are indeed both real and on track.Moreover, the British newspaper The Guardian cites sources in reporting that the Donington redevelopment's necessary planning permission, set to be lodged with the local council in the next few weeks, will almost certainly be approved.Hill said: "As far as we are concerned the British grand prix is moving to Donington in 2010."What we now have to do is knuckle down and work to ensure that Silverstone remains a centre of excellence for British motor sport."Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10851 1993 McLaren driver Michael Andretti has been inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.The 45-year-old, who had a frustrating part-season in formula one as Ayrton Senna's teammate before returning to American open-wheelers, was among 6 others honoured at a ceremony in Detroit.1991 CART champion Andretti is the son of 1978 world champion Mario Andretti, and the father of 21-year-old Marco, who has tested for the F1 team Honda.He also owns a team in the Indy Racing League."You do your job, and you never really think about ever being in the Hall. It ranks right up there with other things I achieved -- but it's a different kind of thing -- it's an honour-type thing and it's very special," said Andretti.Mario Andretti was inducted in 1990.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! Visit FeedMeSportsCars.com for the Web's Best Sports Car news, rumors and race information!Click here now! --->FeedMeSportsCars.com Visit FeedMeHeadlines.com for the Web's Newest Headline service! Webmasters get in on the ground floor! Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:20:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10852 Giancarlo Fisichella says he is happy to keep racing for Force India beyond 2008.Team supremo Vijay Mallya this week said he is "happy" with both Fisichella, the Roman veteran of more than 200 grands prix, and his German teammate Adrian Sutil.It is believed both Sutil and Fisichella, who is 35, are already under contract for the 2009 season."I am very happy with what Vijay said about his drivers," Fisichella, currently holidaying with his family on his yacht, told F1's official website."I think that Adrian and I show strength and great team spirit. As I said before, I am very happy with Force India, I have a contract for 2009 and never saw myself out of it," he added.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:20:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10850 Budapest police are investigating incidents involving the exploitation of tourists at the recent Hungarian grand prix.A police spokesman confirmed the investigation to borsonline.hu, following reports that taxi drivers ferried foreign race fans to establishments where they were then ripped off.In one case, stop.hu said, three Swedish tourists - who caught a taxi from the Hungaroring and asked to be taken to their hotel - were forced to pay an exorbitant bill at a topless nightclub.The scam allegedly also involves the topless waitresses, who entice the tourists to order overly-expensive drinks. If the tourists refuse to pay, physical assaults can take place.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10849 The recent F3 and GT races held on the new Valencia street circuit identified minor problems that "are now being solved" ahead of the inaugural grand prix in the Spanish port city in ten days.That was the information of Spanish motor federation president Carlos Gracia, as he made his final inspection of the venue prior to the European grand prix between August 22-24.He told the newspaper Diario AS that the recent trial race weekend identified "certain technical problems" with the circuit that are being addressed."Realistically, there are problems with such a new circuit but the same would be so even for a permanent facility," Gracia said."The important thing is that there was the will to address the problems and we knew how to do it," he added.Gracia acknowledged that one of the problems was with newly-laid asphalt, but it will also be addressed prior to the first formula one action next Friday.Another Spanish racing official said F1 teams will begin fitting out their garages in the pitlane on Sunday, before the circuit is closed to the public on Monday.A race-day crowd of 100,000 is expected.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:20:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10848 Gerhard Berger predicts a shining formula one career for Sebastian Vettel.Toro Rosso co-owner Berger, the winner of ten grands prix in the 80s and 90s, will lose the 21-year-old to senior team Red Bull in 2009.But even though his Faenza based outfit must plot its future without Vettel, Austrian Berger is not short on praise for the German youngster."Quite simply, he is far above the level that he should be at for his level of experience," the 48-year-old told Sport Bild."There is nothing he cannot do even now. I am absolutely sure that Vettel will be world champion one day," Berger said.Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso has potentially two race seats available at the end of this season, and Berger makes no secret that - given a free driver market - another German would be atop his wish list.Referring to Williams' Nico Rosberg, Berger said: "At the moment we are not seeing his full value."The progress of Williams cannot keep up with the progress of Rosberg," he insisted. "He is ready for the next step."Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! Visit FeedMeSportsCars.com for the Web's Best Sports Car news, rumors and race information!Click here now! --->FeedMeSportsCars.com Visit FeedMeHeadlines.com for the Web's Newest Headline service! Webmasters get in on the ground floor! Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10847 Scott Speed this week declared himself happy with his abortive formula one career.The 25-year-old failed to score a point in his 28 grands prix for Toro Rosso, before he fell out spectacularly with the team's management last year and was replaced mid-season by Sebastian Vettel.Still with Red Bull backing, Speed moved on to the lower tiers of American stock car racing, and his impressive run to date indicates he may soon graduate to the premier NASCAR ranks.He looks back on his time on the F1 grid with fondness."Formula one was always my dream, always way above NASCAR," Speed is quoted as saying by USA Today."In my mind, I have accomplished what I'm going to in my life," he added.Speed said he views simply reaching formula one as his real achievement, and now trying to conquer NASCAR as a bonus."I did absolutely nothing in F1, but I'm 1000 per cent satisfied," he explained. "It's like going to college of the world."I never went to college, but I know a lot because I had the opportunity to live in Europe and travel the world."Speed was regarded by some seasoned F1 observers as uncouth, so he smiles at his new image among the stock car community."Now I get to come back and I'm the cultured one. There is a lot of money in NASCAR, but everyone is still pretty simple," he said.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! Visit FeedMeSportsCars.com for the Web's Best Sports Car news, rumors and race information!Click here now! --->FeedMeSportsCars.com Visit FeedMeHeadlines.com for the Web's Newest Headline service! Webmasters get in on the ground floor! Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:40:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10846 World champion Kimi Raikkonen is to be immortalised with a new Finnish stamp set.Also featured in the new series by Finland's postal service is the famous Finnish author Mika Waltari.A sheet of the stamps will be presented to the Finnish formula one driver in person at Spa-Francorchamps, scene of the Belgian grand prix, next month, just prior to the release of the stamps.Raikkonen, 28, won the drivers' world championship for Ferrari in 2007.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:20:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10845 BMW-Sauber should step up its efforts to replace Nick Heidfeld with former double world champion Fernando Alonso in 2009.That is the opinion of Hans-Joachim Stuck, a famous German driver who contested grands prix in the 70s and now heads up Volkswagen's racing division.Stuck, who prior to his VW appointment was long associated with BMW, believes the German marque should strive for a long-term contract with Alonso to partner Robert Kubica."It's nothing against Nick, but unlike Kubica he is not a driver who can win a world championship," Stuck plainly told Sport Bild.Heidfeld, the 31-year-old veteran with nearly 150 grands prix to his name, has struggled alongside Kubica with the F1.08 car this year.Stuck said Alonso is the ideal alternative."If you can secure an Alonso for the long term, then you must," he insisted.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! 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Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10844 Dino Toso, the former aerodynamics boss at Renault's formula one team, passed away at home on Wednesday morning.Team chief Flavio Briatore revealed in 2006 that Italian countryman Toso, reported to have first fallen ill two years earlier, was battling with cancer.Earlier this year, Toso - who joined from Jordan in 2001 - stepped down as Renault's director of aerodynamic technology.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! Visit FeedMeSportsCars.com for the Web's Best Sports Car news, rumors and race information!Click here now! --->FeedMeSportsCars.com Visit FeedMeHeadlines.com for the Web's Newest Headline service! Webmasters get in on the ground floor! Submit your RSS XML Atom Newsfeed!Click here now! --->FeedMeHeadlines.com Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:30:00 -0500 http://www.feedmef1.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10843 Gerhard Berger, who at the beginning of the season tipped reigning champion Kimi Raikkonen to defend his title, has now changed his mind."Now I would put my bets on Lewis Hamilton," the Austrian former grand prix winner, who co-owns the Toro Rosso team, told Germany's Sport Bild magazine.Berger points not only to Raikkonen's recent struggle with his Ferrari over a qualifying lap, but also rumours that the Finn is battling with waning motivation."I must admit, he has disappointed me," Berger explained. "I don't think he has enough now to beat Hamilton."Berger, a Ferrari driver over two tenures in the 80s and again in the 90s, does not even think Raikkonen would benefit from the advice of former team boss Cesare Fiorio, who believes Maranello's current chiefs should appoint a number one driver for the remaining races of the season."You have to specify the hierarchy from the beginning of the season, not in the middle," he said.Berger believes Hamilton, clearly the prominent driver at McLaren at the moment, has an advantage also for this reason.Join the thousands who already recieve FeedMeF1's Hot News Notification service! The email delivers the latest and greatest F1 News right to your Inbox! Click here and subscribe today!! ---> Free Subscription! Fast Service! Visit FeedMeSportsCars.com for the Web's Best Sports Car news, rumors and race information!Click here now! --->FeedMeSportsCars.com Visit FeedMeHeadlines.com for the Web's Newest Headline service! 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