Alex Zanardi Aiming To Make Future Indy 500 Debut
Former ChampCar and Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi has expressed a desire to partake in the Indianapolis 500 in the future, a race which the Italian driver failed to start during his once dominant era in America. However, Zanardi is confident he could one day make an appearance in what is unarguably America’s biggest motor race.
Alex Zanardi’s motorsport career came to a premature end in 2001, when the Italian driver lost his legs in a horrific incident at the 2001 American Memorial ChampCar race at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz. Zanardi spun whilst rejoining the track after making a pitstop, and collided with Alex Tagliani who was traveling at full racing speeds. However, this tragedy failed to deter Zanardi from racing, and he made a superlative return to the sport in 2005 when he competed in the WTCC for BMW.
Although Alex Zanardi is now preparing to compete in the London 2012 Paralympic Games, he still remains open to a return to motorsport. Ultimately IndyCar racing in America is where Zanardi made his name, with two Drivers’ Championships in 1997 and 1998, however he has also hinted at a interest in racing in the DTM Series in Germany.
“To be honest at the moment I’m totally focused on the handbike,” explained Alex Zanardi in an interview with Italian magazine AutoSprint. “Obviously, should I be offered a drive, perhaps in DTM, that would be super cool. I’m not sure about Touring Cars: maybe I’d accept immediately, after all I had some great times in the WTCC, but now it would seem like a step backwards. Now, this is just a theory, but should someone like Morris Nunn call me, it would be easier for me to do the Indy 500, as there isn’t too much braking or tight curves.”
Morris “Mo” Nunn was the founding member of Mo Nunn Racing, a ChampCar and IndyCar team which was founded back in 2000. Alex Zanardi raced for this team in 2001, when he was involved in the horrific accident in Germany. Mo Nunn has since returned to his previous role as Technical Adviser to the hugely competitive Chip Ganassi Racing, a team which Alex Zanardi won his two ChampCar titles with in the late nineties. Whether or not Zanardi does make a return to motor racing, his career is unquestionably one of pure inspiration after overcoming many obstacles to continue doing what he loves most…racing.
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Bruno Junqueira To Replace Josef Newgarden At Baltimore
Former-ChampCar driver, Bruno Junqueira, has been drafted in to replace Josef Newgarden at this weekend’s Grand Prix of Baltimore, after Newgarden broke his left index finger during a violent crash during the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma last weekend.
Josef Newgarden was collected on lap 63 by Sebastien Bourdais, who was rejoining the circuit after momentarily running wide. Newgarden then made violent contact with the retaining wall, in a incident with so much ferocity that it destroyed the tyre and concrete barriers. After undergoing surgery on Monday after the incident, the Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing team announced plans to see Newgarden return for the season finale at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.
“We look forward to a healthy and speedy recovery for Josef,” explained Sarah Fisher. “I know Josef is disappointed in the circumstances, as we all are, but this team is being built around him and his seat will be ready for him when he’s ready.”
With Josef Newgarden sidelined due to his injury, Sarah Fisher has called upon decorated ChampCar veteran Bruno Junqueira, who made his debut in the now defunct Series back in 2001 for Chip Ganassi Racing. Junqueira won eight races throughout his ChampCar career, and was runner-up in the Series for three seasons between 2002 and 2004. The Brazilian driver partook in his first full IZOD IndyCar season in 2008, racing for the Dale Coyne Racing outfit. However, he failed to enjoy similar success in comparison to his ChampCar career, and continued to only partake in the Indianapolis 500 on a yearly basis thereafter, just as he had done prior to the 2008 season.
“I am very happy to be back in IndyCar with SFHR for the Baltimore race weekend,” said Bruno Junqueira. “Sarah’s team is very organized and has been fast all season. They have done a great job with Josef and I hope to give them a good race weekend in Baltimore while Josef is healing.”
This weekend’s Grand Prix of Baltimore is the penultimate race of what has been a thrilling 2012 season, with Will Power entering the weekend in an extremely commanding Championship position after yet another competitive race finish at the Sonoma Raceway. Another competitive finish at Baltimore will set the Australian driver up perfectly to take his first ever IZOD IndyCar Series title when the season comes to its conclusion at Fontana in several weeks time.
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Alex Zanardi Preparing For London Paralympics
Former ChampCar and Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi is preparing to compete in the London Paralympics, which gets underway on the 29th August. The 45-year-old Italian will compete in the Paracycling event at Brands Hatch, a circuit renowned for its colorful history in motor sport.
Alex Zanardi’s motor sport career saw him become ChampCar Champion twice in 1997 and 1998, whilst racing for the hugely successful Target Chip Ganassi Racing team. Throughout his ChampCar career, the Italian driver took 15 career victories at iconic tracks such as Laguna Seca and Long Beach. Between racing in ChampCar, Zanardi also experimented in Formula 1 with Jordan, Minardi, Lotus and Williams.
Alex Zanardi made 41 starts in F1, between 1991-94 & 1999.
Unlike ChampCar, Alex Zanardi was unable to enjoy huge successes in F1. The Italian could only score 1 point throughout his entire F1 career, with 6th at the 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix. Alex Zanardi’s last season in Formula 1 was 1999, when he teamed up with Ralf Schumacher at Williams. Whereas Schumacher scored 35 points throughout the season, Zanardi failed to score at all.
After a relatively uncompetitive season in Formula 1, Zanardi found himself back racing in ChampCar for the 2001 season. This time the Italian was racing for Mo Nunn Racing, a relatively new outfit in the ChampCar Series. This led to some uncompetitive results at the start of the season, but soon enough Zanardi began finishing in the points once again. However, disaster struck at the 2001 American Memorial race around the EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany.
Upon exiting the pit lane on lap 142, Zanardi apparently accelerated too early, and subsequently spun through the grass which separated the pit-exit and the high-speed track. Patrick Carpentier narrowly missed the spinning Zanardi, however Alex Tagliani failed to do so and slammed into his car at an estimated 200mph. This split Zanardi’s car in two, and after extensive medical care at a local hospital had his legs amputated due to the severity of his injuries.
Several years after his accident, and Alex Zanardi made a return to motor racing, albeit in a heavily modified BMW 3 Series in the European Touring Car Championship at Monza. This Series then became a World Championship [WTCC], and saw Zanardi compete until 2009 taking 4 victories along the way.
Since then, however, Alex Zanardi has been heavily involved in marathons and time trials in the handbike class, and declared an ambition earlier in the year to compete in the London 2012 Paralympics. However, Zanardi has also stated that his Olympic career could well begin and end with his participation in the London games.
“I enjoy what I do and I am not in a hurry to complete this great adventure,” explained Zanardi in an interview with AutoSport back in March. “Actually, I believe that when the Games will be over, it will be a sad time for me because this chapter of my life will be over. I can carry on competing in the same sport, but I cannot imagine staying in shape for another four years to participate in the Brazilian edition of the Games. Never say never, but right now this is the glass of wine I am enjoying and I am taking every sip very, very slowly, not rushing to get to the bottom of the glass.”
The London 2012 Paralympics will officially get underway on the 29th August, and will end on the 9th September. Alex Zanardi has enjoyed a highly successful motor sport career, and an Olympic medal would be yet another memorable chapter in Zanardi’s inspiring career.
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Dragon Racing To Field A Second Car For Sonoma
It has been confirmed that Dragon Racing will field a second car for the next race at the Sonoma Raceway, which will see former ChampCar and DTM driver Katherine Legge return behind the wheel of her Chevrolet powered machine alongside Sebastien Bourdais.
Sebastien Bourdais has alternated his seat with Katherine Legge lately.
Since the Indianapolis 500, Dragon Racing have only been able to field one car due to a switch in engine supplier. After initially starting the season with Lotus engines, team owner Jay Penske made the decision to switch to Chevrolet power. However, only one Chevrolet engine could be obtained, and therefore it was decided that Legge would race the ovals and former ChampCar Champion Sebastien Bourdais would race on the street and road courses.
During the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio race weekend, it was confirmed that Jay Penske had secured a second Chevrolet engine, and that Briton Katherine Legge would be able to join her team-mate at the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. Katherine Legge will get her first taste of the Sonoma Raceway prior to the race weekend in a test session.
“I am extremely grateful to Chevrolet for making this second engine available so we can return to a full team effort in Sonoma.” Explained Team Owner, Jay Penske, “When we began the season in St. Pete it was our plan to run a full season with both the No. 6 and No. 7 TrueCar Dragon Racing entries, but due to circumstances beyond our control we had to reduce the effort to one car with the driving duties being shared among Katherine [Legge] and Sebastien [Bourdais]. With the team back to full strength we are all really looking forward to competing in Sonoma, the home track for our sponsors and partners, McAfee, Microsoft, and TrueCar.”
Katherine Legge is understandably thrilled to be back behind the wheel at Sonoma, and is itching to make what will be her 9th IndyCar start. The 32-year-old Briton currently sits 26th in the Drivers’ Championship, with 103 points scored.
“Obviously I’m thrilled to get back behind the wheel of my TrueCar Chevrolet in Sonoma and also to get the opportunity to test there prior to the race.” Said Katherine Legge, “We’re all racers and anytime you have to sit out a race its tough, but we’ve been doing the best with the situation and hopefully we will be able to get the results we know we’re capable of in Sonoma.”
Dragon Racing will once again return to fielding only one car for the Baltimore Grand Prix after Sonoma, which will see Sebastien Bourdais become the sole Dragon Racing driver in the field. Katherine Legge is scheduled to make her return in the Series at the season finale at Fontana in September.
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Will Power Wins Incident Filled Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Will Power has won a highly eventful and incident filled Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the 38th running of the event, even though Power suffered a grid penalty for an engine change after qualifying and started 12th.
With the Target Chip Ganassi of Dario Franchitti starting from pole alongside rookie Josef Newgarden, the start was an eventful one as the rookie tried to go around the outside of the reigning Champion. This unfortunately ended in tears as Newgarden got tagged by Franchitti and found himself embedded in the tyre barriers after only the first turn. This subsequently brought out a full course caution, with the cars barely getting up to racing speeds.
As the race returned to green flag conditions, Franchitti once again found himself under pressure as former F1 driver Justin Wilson overtook him heading into turn 1. Unlike Newgarden, Wilson was able to make the pass stick and streaked off into the distance opening up a considerable lead. As if Franchitti’s race hadn’t already got off to a miserable start, the Scot was then passed by the rookie of Simon Pagenaud, before both Takuma Sato and team-mate Scott Dixon got around the 4-time IndyCar Champion.
On lap 20 the second full course caution was caused as former ChampCar Champion Sebastien Bourdais lost control of his Lotus powered IndyCar and ended up in the wall. As soon as the caution came out, the majority of the field dived into the pits almost immediately.
On the restart, Dario Franchitti suffered a torrid getaway and lost several places heading into turn 1. Before any of the drivers’ could return to full racing speeds, Alex Tagliani was seen limping down an escape road with right rear tyre damage after a collision with E.J. Viso. All attention was then diverted elsewhere as Marco Andretti suffered a violent incident flying into the tyre barriers at high speeds. As Andretti’s crash was shown again, it became apparent the American driver was very lucky to come out of the incident unscathed after making contact with Graham Rahal and getting launched into the air, narrowly missing collecting Scott Dixon in mid air. Graham Rahal was also forced to retire, after loosing the majority of his rear-wing during the collision with Andretti.
With the Safety Car out on track for the third time in 24 laps, Katherine Legge was also seen in the wall, whereas Mike Conway was seen slowing down on track after getting a tap from behind from Rubens Barrichello. Upon making it back to the pits, Conway had the rear of his car dismantled as his mechanics set to fixing the issue.
As the field prepared to go racing once again, they were forced to wait an extra couple of laps after Scott Dixon came to a sudden halt in the middle of the track, and subsequently retired from the race. This added delay forced Sato to pit from the lead, and therefore handed the lead to Ryan Hunter-Reay. However, before green flag racing was resumed, both Ryan Hunter-Reay and James Hinchcliffe also decided to pit, with Ryan Briscoe assuming the lead with Franchitti 2nd.
On the restart, Franchitti suffered yet another blow as he made contact with Briscoe, slightly damaging his nose. Four laps later, Dario finally pitted for a new nose, as both Castroneves and Briscoe pitted as well. After rejoining the race, Mike Conway’s Honda powered car finally gave up on lap 48, with a mechanical issue prematurely ending the Brits race.
With rookie Simon Pagenaud leading the race, the Frenchman was forced to pit on lap 48, thus handing the lead to Takuma Sato as Will Power began a charge as he passed Justin Wilson for 2nd. On lap 55, Power pitted for the alternate red sticker tyres, and a lap later Takuma Sato pitted. With the majority of the front running drivers’ all pitting within close proximity of each other, Ryan Hunter-Reay returned to the lead. However his lead was short lived as on lap 59 both he and Hinchcliffe pitted, therefore returning rookie Pagenaud to the lead.
Will Power continued his surge to the top as he scythed passed Takuma Sato for 2nd and turned his attention to catching Simon Pagenaud for the lead. With Rubens Barrichello making up ground going from 6th to 4th, Simon Pagenaud eventually pitted once again. This handed Will Power the lead and left Pagenaud in 4th behind Barrichello. The Frenchman made light work of Rubens, and eventually caught and passed Sato for 2nd much to the adoration of the crowd.
As the 38th running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach came to a close, Simon Pagenaud closed the gap to Power from nearly six seconds to just under a second but to no avail, as the Australian took his second consecutive win of the season.
Further behind there was carnage on the final lap as Hunter-Reay and Sato came together and Castroneves and Barrichello also came together at the final corner, blocking the entire track! With Hunter-Reay being issued a time penalty for the collision with Sato, James Hinchcliffe came home 3rd in an unbelievably hectic final lap.
Results - 85 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Will Power Penske DW12-Chevy
2. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt DW12-Honda + 0.8675s
3. James Hinchcliffe Andretti DW12-Chevy + 13.2719s
4. Tony Kanaan KV DW12-Chevy + 18.1951s
5. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevy + 22.9947s
6. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti DW12-Chevy + 42.5631
7. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevy + 1m40.1271s
8. Takuma Sato Rahal DW12-Honda + 1 lap
9. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevy + 1 lap
10. Justin Wilson Coyne DW12-Honda + 1 lap
11. James Jakes Coyne DW12-Honda + 1 lap
12. EJ Viso KV DW12-Chevy + 1 lap
13. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevy + 1 lap
14. Ed Carpenter Carpenter DW12-Chevy + 2 laps
15. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda + 3 laps
16. Oriol Servia Dreyer & Reinbold DW12-Lotus + 3 laps
17. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon DW12-Lotus + 3 laps
18. Charlie Kimball Ganassi DW12-Honda + 5 laps
19. Katherine Legge Dragon DW12-Lotus + 5 laps
Retirements:
Simona de Silvestro HVM DW12-Lotus 74 laps
Alex Tagliani BHA DW12-Lotus 46 laps
Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 41 laps
Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda 27 laps
Graham Rahal Ganassi DW12-Honda 23 laps
Marco Andretti Andretti DW12-Chevy 22 laps
Josef Newgarden Fisher DW12-Honda 0 laps
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Female F1 Drivers’ Within A Decade Says Christian Horner
Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, is confident that female drivers’ will enter Formula 1 within a decade. With other forms of motor sport, most notably America’s IndyCar, fielding a strong female contingent it’s naturally only a matter of time before F1 sees its first female driver since Italy’s Giovanna Amati in 1992.
In America, the IndyCar and the now defunct ChampCar World Series Championship played host to many female drivers’. Ranging from previous race winner Danica Patrick to the likes of Milka Duno, female drivers’ have become the norm in American motor sport.
However, in Formula 1 female drivers’ have remained a rarity. Only five females have raced in F1, and only one of them scored any points in Lella Lombardi who finished 6th in the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix for March-Ford. With statistics such as this, it’s hard to imagine how successful female drivers’ have become in America in comparison to the worlds highest tier of motor sport.
With Danica Patrick now competing in the Nascar Nationwide Series, IndyCar still has two females set to race in the coming 2012 season in British driver Katherine Legge and Swiss driver Simona de Silvestro.
With up and coming female drivers’ in the UK such as Alice Powell, who became the Formula Renault BARC Champion last year, climbing their way up the motor sport ladder, Christian Horner is right in believing female drivers’ will soon be racing in Formula 1 once again.
For the first time ever, the GP3 Series will have a female driver contesting the season in 2012. Italian driver Vicky Piria is set to race for Trident Racing, and is one of many female drivers’ aiming for success European motor sport.
As Christian Horner rightfully said in an interview with MSN Sport, the sport cannot remain the preserve of men for much longer. Whether females will be as successful as the likes of Danica Patrick in IndyCar when they finally break into Formula 1, time will tell.
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Damon Hill Becomes Sky Sports F1 Pundit
1996 Formula 1 World Champion, Damon Hill, has become the latest pundit for the new dedicated Sky Sports F1 HD channel which launches on 9th March. Hill joins fellow F1 drivers’ Martin Brundle and Anthony Davidson both of whom have switched from the BBC.
Damon Hill began his F1 career with Brabham in 1992 and quickly become a household name in the mid-90s when he joined Williams and fought alongside Michael Schumacher, creating some of the most memorable moments of the 1990s. Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher had numerous comings together, most notably at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix where many believed Schumacher turned in on the Brit, causing himself to become Champion by default.
In 1996 Hill was joined at Williams by reigning ChampCar Champion, Jacques Villeneuve, as the two became locked in a season-long Championship battle which ended at the Japanese Grand Prix when Villeneuve lost his right-rear wheel and Hill won the race. Damon Hill ended his career in 1999 with Jordan, and has commentated on numerous occasions for ITV’s coverage of F1 when Martin Brundle was absent as well as working on the F1 Digital+ channel 10 years ago.
Damon Hill will appear only at 10 of the 20 races of the 2012 season for Sky, those being the races in Australia, Bahrain, Monaco, Britain, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, India, USA and Brazil. With this announcement coming as a surprise from Sky, it is no question that their Sky Sports F1 team is getting stronger and stronger.
Hamilton Will Return Stronger Says Zanardi
Former F1 and ChampCar driver, Alex Zanardi, has spoken out about Lewis Hamilton stating that the British star, who has suffered a troubled 2011 season, will bounce back stronger in 2012.
Alex Zanardi has overcome his own hurdles throughout his career in Motor Sport after the Italian suffered a life threatening accident during a ChampCar race at the EuroSpeedway in Lausitz, Germany in 2001. He spun whilst exiting the pit lane and made contact with Alex Tagliani who was traveling at an estimated 200mph, with the resulting crash ending up with Zanardi having both legs amputated in a three hour long operation after the race.
“I agree with what you said [about Lewis having a frustrating year],” he said in an interview with The Telegraph’s Tom Cary, “The only thing I can add is that 99 per cent of the people that I know, and this is without considering the talent question because Lewis Hamilton is the most talented driver I have ever seen or ever met, in my view, but even from a maturity point of view 99 per cent of the people I’ve met in my life are not even close to Lewis Hamilton. What is happening to him this year simply means that he’s human. Even Lewis Hamilton is vulnerable.
“Lewis Hamilton is a very wise guy. I had the privilege of interviewing him once for an Italian magazine and I really discovered a guy who is very, very mature for his age. So this tells me that basically he put one foot out of step but I’m sure next year he will have learned his lesson. In fact, I’m sure he has already learned his lesson. And he will be able to perform again in the way in which he is capable, in spite of the huge pressure he gets being in England, being Lewis Hamilton.”
With McLaren set to launch their car on February 1st, Lewis Hamilton will be hoping to take advantage of the pre-season testing period before hopefully bouncing back at the Australian Grand Prix in March in an attempt to catch team-mate Jenson Button.
Dan Wheldon Investigation Concludes
The investigation into how British IndyCar star, Dan Wheldon, died during the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship finale at Las Vegas earlier in the year concluded today with the official report citing he died due to an impact with a vertical post as his car turned upside down, thus resulting in an incident which ripped off the roll hoop atop the car and ended with Wheldon’s head making contact with the post resulting in a non-survivable blunt force trauma.
In a press conference held by IndyCar officials Randy Bernard and Brian Barnhart earlier today, many questions were asked as to where IndyCar was headed after such a traumatic ending to what had been a highly exciting 2011 season.
When asked if IndyCar would ever return to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Randy Bernard quickly replied stating he would only see IndyCar return if safety measures were improved after it was discovered Dan Wheldon was killed due to a collision with a vertical post which lined the circuit. Some circuits, like the hugely popular Indianapolis Motor Speedway, have the posts in question lining the circuit behind the retaining wall facing the crowd, whereas the Las Vegas Motor Speedway have the posts lining the track facing the cars, something which IndyCar officials will naturally be looking to change in the future.
Next season IndyCar will see a new chassis enter the sport in the DW12 (named after Dan Wheldon), which has been developed by Dallara. When asked during todays press conference whether the new chassis will get easily airborne during incidents reminiscent of the one where Dan Wheldon was killed, it was admitted there is no degree of certainty that the DW12 won’t get airborne and that IndyCar officials are still searching for ways to stop such incidents occurring.
It was also asked whether Dan Wheldon would have survived the crash had the posts been on the other side of the wall. However IndyCar officials still believe the outcome would have been the same and that Dan Wheldon would have still received serious unsurvivable head injuries. Even so, with this in mind it has become preference for ovals to have such vertical posts behind the walls, just like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
With the future of oval racing in IndyCar in doubt over the last few months, the official race schedule looks set to be released either today or tomorrow and is hinted at having only four ovals at Indianapolis, Texas, Iowa and Fontana. The latter returning to the IndyCar series after the series stopped visiting the venue after the 2005 race. Incidentally it was at Fontana in 1999 during a CART (ChampCar) race when Canadian driver Greg Moore lost his life in a horrific incident which saw the car collide with an unprotected concrete wall upside down and at horrendously high speeds.
Dan Wheldon’s death at Las Vegas will make the next oval race, the 96th Indianapolis 500, a very sombre occasion with the hope that the new chassis in his name will help prevent such traumatic occasions not just in IndyCar, but open-wheel motor sport in general.
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Ben Edwards Becomes BBC F1 Lead Commentator
Ben Edwards today announced on the social networking site Twitter that he will become the new BBC F1 Commentator, replacing Martin Brundle to commentate alongside David Coulthard in 2012. This comes after Martin Brundle switched to Sky for next season to front their commentary team alongside fellow ex-BBC commentators Anthony Davidson and David Croft.
Ben Edwards has recently been the British Touring Car Championship commentator for ITV and has also previously fronted EuroSport’s Formula 1 coverage alongside former F1 driver John Watson throughout the 1990s. Once EuroSport lost the rights to broadcast F1 at the end of 1996 he began commentating on ChampCar (CART) for EuroSport and ESPN International and had undeniably his finest moment during the final laps for the 2000 Michigan 500 where Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael Andretti crossed the line side-by-side with Ben Edwards literally screaming in both delight and shock at such an exciting and close finish.
In 2002 Ben became the Lead Commentator for Bernie Ecclestone’s F1 Digital+ channel which was pay-per-view through Sky TV and was partnered by former colleague from EuroSport John Watson. However due to an unsuccessful 2002 season, F1 Digital+ ceased to exist and three years later Ben Edwards became the Lead Commentator for the new A1 Grand Prix Series launched in 2005.
Although there has been no official statement from the BBC pertaining to Ben Edwards joining the team, he did say this on Twitter: “So, it looks as though it’s really happening. I will be the BBC F1 commentator in 2012 and I can’t wait! It took a while for things to be sorted, and thanks to ITV for being so understanding. Really looking forward to working with the crew.”
With both Sky and the BBC signing two superb commentators it’s going to be difficult to decide which channel to watch next seasons races on.