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Features for January 2005 31 January 2005 HEIDFELD BEATS PIZZONIA TO WILLIAMS DRIVE German Nick Heidfeld has been announced as the second driver for the Williams team in Valencia this morning. Click for Images TODT MEETS WITH MOSLEY Ferrari Team Manager Jean Todt and FIA President Max Mosley met for discussions on Friday. The meeting was boycotted by all other F1 Team Principals. Click for Images MARK SMITH LEAVING JORDAN Reports suggest that Technical Director Mark Smith has left his position at Jordan. Since the take over of the team by the Midland Group, it is expected that Gary Anderson will take over the position. Click for Images 28 January 2005 MONTOYA HIT AND RUN Juan Pablo Montoya hit two of his Mclaren pit crew in Barcelona today whilst practicing pit stops. Click for Images INTERIM FERRARI AT BARCELONA The car with which Ferrari will start the season, the Ferrari F2004M, has broken cover at Barcelona today. The most noticeable change is the front wing element. Click for Images FIRST MP4-20 RUN FOR MONTOYA Juan Pablo Montoya has had his maiden run in the new Mclaren MP4-20 at Barcelona. Click for Images WILLIAMS DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT DUE MONDAY Monday will finally bring an end to the wait as Williams announce their second race driver for 2005, Antonio Pizzonia or Nick Heidfeld. Click for Images PLA IN AT DPR Frenchman Olivier Pla will race for Dave Price Racing in the 2005 GP2 Championship, the team has announced. Click for Images DALLARA GP2 FIA CRASH TESTING The Dallara GP2 chassis has undergone stringent FIA crash testing before the series debut this year. Note to Editors: Please credit images GP2 Copyright Free For Editorial Use Only. Click for Images 27 January 2005 ROSBERG TO CONTEST GP2 Nico Rosberg, son of former F1 World Champion Keke Rosberg, is to compete in the GP2 championship with ART Grand Prix. Nicolas Todt, the son of Jean Todt, is CEO of ART Grand Prix. Click for Images GARCIA TO TEST TOYOTA 2004 Spanish Formula 3 champion Borja Garcia has been awarded a test for the Toyota F1 team at Paul Ricard in April as part of his prize for winning the title. Note to Editors: Please credit images Toyota Copyright Free For Editorial Use Only. Click for Images NO RETURN FOR MOUNT STUART CLASSIC The popular Mount Stuart classic car event has been cancelled for 2005 due to problems with transport links that could not be resolved. Organised by Former F1 driver Johnny Bute at his Scottish home on the Isle of Bute, the 2002 and 2003 events drew thousands of fans plus stars from the world of motor racing. Click for Images MIDLAND TO LAUNCH IN RUSSIA The new Midland Formula One team will launch their Jordan Toyota EJ15 in Red Square, Moscow, next month. Midland hope that Russian President Putin may attend. Renault have previously demonstrated an F1 car in Moscow in 2003. Click for Images PRIAULX TESTS FOR WILLIAMS European Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx has tested for Williams at Valencia today, a prize from BMW for his Championship success in 2004. Click for Images DA MATTA TO RETURN TO CART? 2002 CART champion Cristiano da Matta has expressed his desire in returning to the series this year, but not necessarily with the Newman-Haas team. In the meantime Da Matta will compete in the Rolex 24 hour event with Paul Newman, Sebastien Bourdais and Mike Brockman. Click for Images HEIDFELD OUT PACES PIZZONIA Nick Heidfeld and Antonio Pizzonia went head-to-head in a driver shoot-out yesterday to decide who will take the second seat at Williams. Heidfeld won the contest, finishing 0.3 second ahead of his rival. Williams will announce their driver line-up next Monday. Click for Images MANUFACTURERS UNANIMOUS ON THE FUTURE OF GP RACING F1 manufacturers BMW, Renault, Honda, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota met with their associated teams yesterday to discuss their views regarding the future of GP motor racing beyond 2007. All the manufacturers agreed upon a set of principle technical, sporting and commercial objectives. Click for Images 26 January 2005 GP2 FOR BRUNI IN 2005 2004 Minardi F1 driver Gianmaria Bruni has announced he will drive for Coloni in the GP2 Series for the coming season. Click for Images THREE SEATER FOR FERRARI Jean Todt has suggested that Ferrari will build a 3-seater F1 car in the future for corporate entertainment. The now defunct Arrows team are the only previous constructor to build such a car. Click for Images 25 January 2005 FIRST F1 TEAM MEETING FOR HORNER & KOLLES Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing) and Dr Colin Kolles (Midland/Jordan) are attending their first meeting as representatives of their F1 teams today at the Hilton Hotel, Heathrow. Click for Images 24 January 2005 JORDAN AND MIDLAND GROUP SIGN CONTRACT Jordan Grand Prix and the Midland Group have signed a contract concerning the takeover of the F1 team. Under contract terms the team will compete in 2005 as Jordan Grand Prix and will race Jordan Toyota EJ15's. The Midland Group will announce further details shortly. Click for Images MCLAREN INVESTIGATE RAIKKONEN ALLEGATIONS Reports in a British Sunday tabloid newspaper that Kimi Raikkonen was thrown out of a London nightclub for alleged bad behaviour are being investigated by McLaren. McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has admitted to speaking to Raikkonen about the reported incident. Click for Images JORDAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY A career history of Jordan Grand Prix from 1991 to the present day, charting the successes and disappointments of the charismatic team. Click for Images JAMES SUTTON TO COMPETE IN FORMULA RENAULT UK CHAMPIONSHIP Sutton Motorsport Images supported James Sutton has signed a deal to compete in the 2005 Formula Renault UK Championship with Fortec Motorsport. Click for Images Click for press release 21 January 2005 NICOLAS KIESA TO TAKE SECOND SEAT AT MINARDI? Danish driver Nicolas Kiesa is reportedly poised to grab the vacant second seat at Minardi alongside Christijan Albers. Kiesa raced for Minardi in the second half of the 2003 season. Click for Images RED BULL PULLS OUT OF A1-RING DEVELOPMENT Red Bull have pulled out of developing the A1-Ring after complaints from local residents. "Project Spielberg" would have seen the creation of a motorsport centre of excellence but the circuit is currently in a demolished state. Click for Images 20 January 2005 PROFESSOR SID WATKINS TO STEP DOWN FIA Formula One Medical Delegate Professor Sid Watkins is to step down after 26 years in the role. He has been appointed President of the FIA Institute For Motor Sport Safety. Gary Hartstein MD, who has assisted Professor Watkins since 1997, has been appointed as his replacement. Click for Images 19 January 2005 FERRARI SIGN UP UNTIL 2012 The Ferrari team have agreed to extend the current Concorde Agreement which will see them stay in F1 until at least 2012. With all teams now agreed to the new deal the threat of a rival Grand Prix World Championship (GPWC) has been removed. Click for Images NEWEY BACK TO WILLIAMS? McLaren Technical Director Adrian Newey is believed to be considering a return to his old team Williams when his current contract with McLaren comes to an end. Click for Images KOLLES AND GEISTDOERFER JOIN MIDLAND Midland F1 have appointed Dr. Colin Kolles and Christian Geistdoerfer as Managing Director and Marketing Director respectively. Click for Images PICCIONE AND MONFARDINI FOR GP2 British F3 frontrunner Clivio Piccione and F3000 driver Ferdinando Monfardini are believed to be close to a deal with the Durango GP2 Team for this season. Click for Images 18 January 2005 FORMULA SUPERFUND DELAYED The new-for-2005 Formula Superfund Series has been delayed for further R&D time with the new car. The series was due to kick-off at Brno on the 1st May. Click for Images ENGE TO PANTHER F3000 veteran Tomas Enge has been confirmed in the Panther Racing team in this year's IRL. Enge competed in selected IRL events at the end of 2004. Click for Images BRISCOE CONFIRMS IRL SWITCH Toyota test driver Ryan Briscoe has confirmed that he is to enter the IRL IndyCar Series with Ganassi Racing this year. Ganassi Racing is powered by Toyota and Briscoe will partner current drivers Scott Dixon and Darren Manning. Click for Images 17 January 2005 NO GRIP AND WEEPERS The first day of this weeks Barcelona testing has been cancelled due to the newly laid track surface being exceptionally slippery and the presence of "weepers" allowing moisture to seep through the track surface. Click for Images GARY ANDERSON TO JOIN MIDLAND? Former Jordan Technical Director Gary Anderson is is rumoured to be lined up for the vacant position should the mooted Midland F1 Team join the grid. Click for Images NEWLY LIVERIED RED BULL TRANSPORTERS The Red Bull Racing Transporters are sporting their new livery in Barcelona this week. Click for Images 16 January 2005 BAR HONDA 007 DETAIL Detailed images of the newly launched BAR Honda 007. Click for Images BAR HONDA DRIVERS & TEAM PERSONNEL Portraits of the drivers and key BAR Honda personnel from todays launch. Click for Images GIRLS AT THE AUTOSPORT SHOW All the glamour from Autosport International. Click for Images VIP'S AT AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL David Coulthard, Tonio Liuzzi, Alan McNish, Justin Wilson and Mark Webber were among many VIP's visiting the 2005 Autosport International Show. Click for Images JORDAN AGREES TO TEAM SALE Eddie Jordan has agreed to sell his F1 team to Russian businessman Alex Shnaider, boss of the new Midland F1 team, according to Autosport.com. An announcement is due next Sunday and will bring to an end Jordan's role as team principal after fourteen years. Click for Images 15 January 2005 LIUZZI VISITS AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL Sutton Motorsport Images supported Red Bull Racing driver Vitantonio Liuzzi has visited Autosport International today. Click for Images ARTIST JILL BRADLEY VISITS AUTOSPORT Vitantonio Liuzzi, David Coulthard, Ross Brawn and Mark Blundell posed for artist Jill Bradley at the Autosport Show. Jill is currently working on a series of portraits of motorsport personalities to be auctioned for charity. Click for Images 14 January 2005 SAUBER C24 FIRST RUN The new Sauber C24 has hit the track for the first time at Valencia today. Click for Images SAUBER C24 RADICAL FRONT WING The Sauber C24 is sporting a radical front wing element at Valencia today. Click for Images FORD UNVEIL 2005 WRC CHALLENGE Ford WRC drivers Toni Gardemeister and Roman Kresta have posed with the new livery for the Ford Focus WRC at Autosport International. The car displayed will be the 2006 challenger. Click for Images SEAT EXPAND TO THREE FOR BTCC SEAT will run three cars in the British Touring Car Championship, with Jason Plato and James Pickford being joined by Luke Hines. Click for Images 13 January 2005 MONTOYA IN MCLAREN COLOURS FOR FIRST TIME Juan Pablo Montoya has appeared in full Mclaren livery for the first time this morning at Jerez. Click for Images BRANDS TO HOST INAUGURAL A1 GP RACE The A1 Grand Prix Series have announced Brands Hatch as the venue for the first round of the 2005/06 Championship. Click for Images STEINER BACK TO MILTON KEYNES? Former Jaguar Technical Director Guenther Steiner has been confirmed as the new Technical Director at Red Bull Racing, and will therefore return to the Milton Keynes based squad. Click for Images TRULLI DEBUTS IN TF105 Jarno Trulli has taken to the track in the new Toyota TF105 for the first time at Jerez today. Click for Images MONTOYA TEAMS UP WITH TAG HEUER Juan Pablo Montoya is sporting TAG Heuer on his wrist at Jerez today, signifying his new role as an ambassador for the company. Click for Images AT&T JOIN MCLAREN Global Communications Comapny AT&T have joined Mclaren as exclusive Corporate Partner for voice and data networking services. Click for Images DAVIDSON TO TIE THE KNOT Reports suggest that Anthony Davidson will marry his fiancee Carrie Bond in 2005. Carrie is the Press Officer at Red Bull Racing. Click for Images ARDEN ANNOUNCE GP2 LINE UP Heikki Kovalainen and Nicolas Lapierre have been announced as Arden's drivers in the 2005 GP2 Championship. Click for Images 12 January 2005 BADOER GETS TWO MORE YEARS Ferrari Test Driver Luca Badoer has extended his contract for a further two years. He will continue to pound the tracks of Europe until the end of 2006. Click for Images 11 January 2005 TOYOTA TF105 FIRST TEST The recently launched Toyota TF105 has made it's debut test in Jerez in the hands of new lead driver Ralf Schumacher. Click for Images 10 January 2005 HONDA CONFIRMS BAR BUY-IN Honda have announced that they have completed a deal with British American Tobacco that will make them joint owners of the BAR F1 team. The agreement gives Honda a 45% stake in the team. Click for Images SHARP TO ENTER GP2 David Price Racing have signed 25-year old Scot Ryan Sharp to spearhead their attack in the GP2 Championship. Sharp finished as runner-up in the 2004 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup. Click for Images SUBARU TEST HANS DEVICE The Subaru WRC team have been testing the HANS Device, compulsory for the first time in the WRC this year, during Testing in Sweden this week. Click for Images TOYOTA OPEN UP The Toyota F1 Team will be holding an open day at their factory on 23 January in aid of the victims of the Asian Tsunami. All proceeds will be given to the Red Cross. Click for Images 8 January 2005 TOYOTA TF105 DETAIL Detail shots of the new Toyota TF105 Click for Images LAUNCH PORTRAITS Toyota Team Personnel images form the launch of the Toyota TF105. Click for Images 2005 TOYOTA DRIVERS HELMETS Click for Images TOYOTA TF105 TECHNICAL DETAIL Click for Images 7 January 2005 HOLLAND'S F1 DRIVER DREAM With Dutchman Christijan Albers already signed at Minardi for 2005, there is speculation that his fellow countryman, Robert Doornbos, will take a race seat at Jordan. Doornbos tested on Friday's for Jordan in the latter half of 2004. Click for Images HORNER TO HEAD RED BULL RACING Arden Formula 3000 Boss Christian Horner has been confirmed as the new Sporting Director of Red Bull Racing. Click for Images Click for press release PURNELL AND PITCHFORTH LEAVE RED BULL RACING David Pitchforth and Tony Purnell are understood to have left Red Bull Racing following the appointment of Christian Horner. Click for Images 6 January 2005 ISPORT GET MORE SPEED ISport International have signed American Red Bull driver Scott Speed for this year's GP2 Series. Click for Images 5 January 2005 LIUZZI AND KLIEN SIGN FOR RED BULL RACING Reports suggest Sutton Motorsport Images supported driver Vitantonio Liuzzi and Christian Klien and have both been signed by Red Bull Racing for 2005. The definitive roles for each driver have not been announced. Click for Images WILLIAMS AND ORIS ORIS Watches and Williams have announced an upgrade of their sponsorship deal which will see the ORIS name on the cars in 2005. ORIS have supported Williams since the start of 2003. Click for Images SAUBER KL LAUNCH CANCELLED Sauber's planned launch in Kuala Lumpur has been cancelled out of a mark of respect to the many people in the region affected by the recent tsunami. The launch was to celebrate the continuing relationship between Sauber and Petronas. Click for Images 4 January 2005 CHRISTIJAN ALBERS CAREER HISTORY The early F3, DTM and F1 career of new Minardi signing Christijan Albers. Click for Images WEDDING BELLS FOR TODT Ferrari General Manager Jean Todt has announced his engagement to the actress Michelle Yeoh. The announcement was made on the 28th December in Kuala Lumpur. Click for Images BUTTON SPLITS WITH MANAGER Jenson Button has split with former Manager John Byfield. Click for Images RICHARDS AWARDED CBE Prodrive boss and former BAR team principal David Richards has been awarded the CBE in the 2005 New Years Honours list. Click for Images