Auto123.com - Helping you drive happy

Short motorsport news of the day

|
Obtain the best financial rate for your car loan at Automobile En DirectTecnic
Khatir Soltani
Here are the main short motorsport news of this day, Tuesday October 20, 2009.

FIA: The Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris has set November 24 as the date to hear Flavio Briatore's case against the FIA.

Formula 1 team Toyota boss John Howett said Jarno Trulli might stay at Toyota and Kamui Kobayashi possible for race seat in 2010.

GP3: Bild reports that Ralf Schumacher will be involved with running Mucke's team in the new GP3 championship next year.

Formula 1: Red Bull Racing’s Christian Horner has played down rumours that Mark Webber is set to be pushed aside to Toro Rosso for 2010.

IndyCar: Dany Bahar, new CEO of the Lotus Group has revealed Lotus investigate participation in IndyCar, GT and Le Mans racing.

Formula 1: British magazine Autosport says Bruno Senna could test for Renault F1 Team later this season.

Formula 1: Margaux Matrix says Virgin coverage worth $60m with Brawn through nearly 9 hours of international television coverage.

Formula 1: Things are looking up for a big crowd at F1's finale in Abu Dhabi, and it has emerged that occupancy of the on-site Yas Hotel will be 100%.

FIA: Presidential candidate Ari Vatanen agreed to end legal action against the FIA ahead of this Friday's elections.

Formula 1: Negotiations with Kimi Raikkonen being more complex than expected, McLaren could replace Heikki Kovalainen by Nick Heidfeld.


photo:WRI2
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
Automotive expert
  • Over 8 years experience as a car reviewer
  • Over 50 test drives in the last year
  • Involved in discussions with virtually every auto manufacturer in Canada