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The poor performance of the F1.09 chassis contributed to BMW's withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the season. Although BMW Sauber targeted the 2009 season as the year they would challenge for the title, their start to the season was a disappointment.
The first game of the series, F1 2009, was released on the Wii, PlayStation Portable and iOS, with the Wii version supporting the Wii Wheel for motion-controlled steering. Subsequent annual sequels were released on non- Nintendo consoles and personal computers, with F1 2011 also being available on eighth-generation handhelds and F1 2016 also ...
Montoya left CGR with Ganassi's approval and debuted in F1 with Williams in its FW23-BMW car in the 2001 season after signing a two-year contract in mid-2000 to replace Jenson Button. [ 19 ] [ 53 ] He began losing weight to appease senior Williams officials and to become more race ready, [ 54 ] and became acquainted with tracks he had not raced ...
BMW pilots used the sporty pre-war BMW 328 model as the basis for early post-war efforts in the Formula Two series, a stepping stone to Formula One; the 328 occasionally participated in F1 races. BMW ran its own team, but other smaller teams such as Veritas , AFM , Jicey and even East Germany -based EMW also used cars derived from the 328 or ...
2001 was the final season featuring the Benetton name, as the team was fully re-branded as the Renault F1 Team for the 2002 season. The Renault F1 Team would go on to win the drivers' and constructors' championships in both 2005 and 2006 with Fernando Alonso. The team was sold off and became Lotus F1 Team in 2012.
President and chief executive officer of Formula 1 owner Liberty Media, Greg Maffei, is to step down from his role at the end of the year.
The Grenadier sports respectable street cred, pairing a 3.0-liter six-cylinder engine from BMW with an eight-speed ZF gearbox. (Ratcliffe sourced the powertrain prior to forming the F1 partnership ...
BMW’s success with EVs amid weakening demand could be a result of its two-pronged EV strategy, Frank Weber, the company's global CTO and board member, told Yahoo Finance at a briefing with ...