With more and more factory backed teams preparing to make a break from Formula One in 2010 due to conflicts regarding rule regulations and budget disagreements, it’s a welcome relief that there are a host of new entires for next season, like the USF1 effort, or a champion of the past like Lotus.

Last seen in 1994, Lotus is potentially seeking a comeback in Formula One to recapture some of that old glory it had back in its heyday when it won a total of seven world championships and boasted a field of Hall of Fame drivers that included world class drivers like Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti.

The principal behind Lotus’ re-entry into Formula 1 is no other than Mike Gascoyne, the venerable F1 veteran who is now part of the Litespeed Formula 3 team that was able to secure the rights to use the Lotus brand in its bid to re-enter the prestigious world of F1.

Continued after the jump.

Lotus nears return to Formula One in 2010 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 16 June 2009 12:00 EST.

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If you’re strolling the streets of New York, by now you should expect that anything can happen at any given time. Apparently, the people in Times Square didn’t seem to get the memo as they witnessed a NASCAR team conducting an actual pit stop right smack dab in he middle of the world famous landmark.

We’re guessing that the Red Bull Racing Team, which included driver Brian Vickers and a full assembly of the Red Bull mechanics and pit crew, didn’t get lost on its way to Michigan for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race so we’re venturing to say that this is some form of guerilla marketing destined for the internet, it lends a little support to Red Bull in the process. Judging from the stunned and baffled looks on the faces of the crowd while watching the team perform an actual tire change outside of the McDonald’s in Time Square, it’s safe to assume that they didn’t know what the heck was going on. Either way, advertising – be it or good or confusing – is still advertising, and the 20.6 second pitstop certainly made all those people in the area stand up and take notice. Whether that translates to more TV viewers in the New York area is an entirely different matter.

But what the heck, it worked didn’t it? How else do you explain the thousands of hits it has garnered on YouTube.

Red Bull Racing conducts NASCAR pit stop in Times Square originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 15 June 2009 13:00 EST.

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The winner of the title last year and one of the three championship leaders, Kimi Raikkonen, pushed last sunday, before the race, a well respected photographer, that has been taking pictures on the Formula 1 for the last decades.

Here is what he posted on his webpage:

Following the incident involving Kimi Raikkonen and Paul-Henri Cahier on the starting grid of the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, that saw the finnish driver assault the photographer, we decided that it was necessary to clarify a few points.

There never was any contact between the two men, nor did Paul-Henri ever touch Kimi’s equipment. Furthermore, the distance at which Paul-Henri Cahier was taking a picture, although close, was completely standard. The photographers who take pictures at Grand Prix races are all professionnals who have been accredited by the FIA, and as the dozen other photographers who were standing next to Paul-Henri Cahier prove, there was nothing unusual or unethical about this situation.

Finally, Paul-Henri Cahier has been an F1 photographer for almost fourty years and has been close to the greatest champions, but none of them has ever behaved in such a rude manner. It is understandable that drivers might get irritable because of the pressure they undergo, but Kimi Raikkonen never even attempted to express his discontent in a non violent way. Paul-Henri Cahier luckily did not suffer any injury, and so does not intend to take any action, but he regrets the arrogance with which Kimi Raikkonen treated someone who was merely doing his job.

If you want to see the video of the incident, click here.

Kimi Raikkonen pushed photographer Paul-Henri Cahier originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:20 EST.

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Panasonic Toyota Racing today unveiled the TF108, its entry for the 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship and the car it expects to challenge at the front next season.

Toyota TF108 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 10 January 2008 17:00 EST.

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Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Daimler Board, and Ron Dennis, Chairman and CEO of the McLaren Group, welcomed all the guests to the official presentation, with Lewis Hamilton, who celebrates his 23rd birthday today, and Heikki Kovalainen joined on stage by Pedro de la Rosa and fellow test driver Gary Paffett to unveil the MP4-23.

McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 7 January 2008 14:29 EST.

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The F2008 is the fifty fourth single-seater built by Ferrari specifically to take part in the Formula 1 World Championship.

Ferrari F2008 F1 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 7 January 2008 09:22 EST.

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Dakar Rally organisers have said the future of the event is not in danger following the official cancellation of this year’s edition. The organisers were forced to call the event off this year amid safety fears in Mauritania, where the rally would have spent eight days.

Rally Lisboa-Dakar cancelled over terrorist fears originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 4 January 2008 08:53 EST.

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McLaren won the Racing Car of the Year Award originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 3 December 2007 18:00 EST.

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Hamilton wins Autosport awards originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 3 December 2007 17:00 EST.

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2008 World Rally Championship calendar originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 3 December 2007 14:00 EST.

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Jimmie Johnson originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 30 November 2007 17:00 EST.

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Fisichella responds to Ecclestone's “advice” originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 30 November 2007 13:00 EST.

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Bernie Ecclestone advises Fisichella and Schumacher to quit F1 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 28 November 2007 16:00 EST.

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Fisichella, Montagny and Schumacher will test for Force India in Jerez originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 28 November 2007 14:00 EST.

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2008 NASCAR schedule originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 27 November 2007 15:00 EST.

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