Archive for: February, 2010

“I’m back!” says Jacques

Does absence make the heart grow fonder? We haven’t seen Jacques Villeneuve behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car since 2006, but today it has been announced that he is having a ’seat fitting’ for… Stefan GP! Stumbling block No 1: Stefan GP don’t have a place on the grid for [...]

Happy Birthday Mario Andretti!

Happy Birthday to Mario Andretti, 1978 F1 World Champion, who’s 70 today! Mario was born in Montana, Italy on 28th February 1940. He later emigrated to America with his family in 1955, and raced pretty much everything -dirt track cars, stock cars, midgets, dragsters, sprint cars, sports cars, IndyCars, and eventually Formula 1 cars in [...]

Formula One’s new Safety Car

Just when you thought we’re done with the car launching season, Sutton Images have posted this via their Twitter feed – Mercedes’ new F1 Safety car.  Wow, it’s a far cry from the days of yesteryear….
Mercedes’ really are using the fact that they supply for safety car to their advantage – global advertising for their [...]

Grand Prix POP: Podium or Pits – Your Weekly News Review

It’s Thursday and here at Badger that means it’s time for Grand Prix POP – aka Podium or Pits – where we look at who’s having a good and bad time of it in the world of F1 this week.
Due to other commitments, our regular POPist is out of the office, so we’ve come up [...]

Ferrari Attack the New Teams, Bernie and Max.

An article posted by Ferrari on their official website today launched a series of quite brutal attacks on the new teams entering Formula One this season, as well as F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and former FIA president Max Mosley.
You’d think that having bagged double world champion Fernando Alonso, having Felipe Massa back to full fitness [...]

F1 Badger Becomes Part Of The Journey

Yesterday, F1 Badger was featured in a very special announcement; it became the first media partner for the Be Part Of The Journey programme.  BPOTJ is an independently-derived opportunity to launch the careers of young drivers graduating from karting.  It’s an exceptional idea not just because it aims to deliver a fully paid scholarship for [...]

Andy Soucek Signs with Virgin Racing

F1 Badger interviews the latest rising star of Formula 1 – The 2009 F2 Champion Andy Soucek

Team Preview: Red Bull Racing – The 2010 World Champions (?)

September 2004, Ford could no longer justify its brand involvement in Formula One. With budgets reaching the insane limits of £300m throughout the paddock, its star marque Jaguar was removed immediately and without apology from the glittering world of international motor sport. Enter the Bull.
Yet it wasn’t the Austrian energy drink giant’s first [...]

Stefan GP Tyred Out Already

It’s sad news that our most beloved of Serbian racing outfits has had to cancel its first test at the Portuguese circuit of Portimao. What reads as a disappointing headline, is compounded by the arguably astonishing fact that the Zoran Stefanovic-backed team has failed to secure a supply of tyres for its upcoming test [...]

Fantasy GP Update: Henri Lloyd Teams Up With F1 Badger

Here at the Sett, we’re very proud to announce that Henri Lloyd have joined us for the Fantasy Grand Prix game and are sponsoring the opening round of the competition.
This is very exciting news because now, as well as the much coveted F1 Badger trophy mug, the race winner will also receive a prize courtesy [...]

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