Formula One News — October 2006

Although Paul Stoddart still owns the rights to the name Minardi F1, Giancarlo Minardi is moving back up the motor racing ladder and has just merged its Euro 3000 operation with the Piquet Sports GP2 team.

Tonio Liuzzi was a great kart racer in his day, winning the World Super A Championship in 2001 - beating none other than Michael Schumacher in the final race of the year at Schumacher's own home track at Kerpen.

We hear that Dan Wheldon is still looking for a way to break into Formula 1 and could be seen testing for one of the F1 teams in the course of the winter months.

Ferrari team boss Jean Todt always like to appear to be the controlling force in whatever he does but that is not always the case. The current negotiations between Ferrari and Red Bull over engines for 2007 are a good example of this.

Chinese GP - Race Report

Anthony Davidson is expected to be confirmed later this week in Tokyo as one of the drivers of Super Aguri F1 for 2007. The 27-year-old British driver has been a test driver with BAR since 2001.

The Chase to the NASCAR Nextel Cup continued on Sunday at Kansas Speedway where Tony Stewart, who is not in the running for the title, won the race, crossing the finish line at reduced pace as he eked out the last vapours in his fuel tank after a risky fuel strategy.

As we reported last week, Bernie Ecclestone flew off to South Korea after the Chinese Grand Prix and on Monday was in Seoul to sign a seven-year contract for there to be a Formula 1 Grand Prix at the planned "Korean International Circuit" in the south western province of South Cholla.

The karting clans gathered at the weekend at Angerville in France for the CIK-FIA Karting World Championship and victory in the Formula A category went to Vortex team's Francesco Antonucci in a Tony Kart ahead of a similar machine run by the Tony Kart team for veteran Davide Fore.

A total ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship came into force in Australia on October 1. With immediate effect the Australian Health Minister no longer has the discretion to grant international and cultural sporting events an exemption from the country's tobacco advertising prohibition laws.

Our loyal readers across the world will have noticed that for the last 18 hours we have been unable to bring you our usual service news and views. This was not due to sabotage from unhappy racing people who do not like to hear too much of the truth - although there are a few suspects who might have considered the idea.

Chinese GP - Race Notes

Chinese GP - Sunday Photos

Chinese GP - Sunday Press Conference

Chinese GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Chinese GP - Race Incidents

Chinese GP - Race Results