Reports in Australia suggest Tonio could swap his F1 car for a V8 supercar at the end of October, when he takes part in the Gold Coast 600, an V8 supercar endurance event around the streets of Surfers Paradise. Tonio would team up with Tony D’Alberto Racing, team of regular V8 driver and 2007 Fujitsu [...]

Tonio, Renault’s third driver Bruno Senna and former Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld are the three drivers that Renault is considering as the replacement for Robert Kubica this season, team boss Eric Boullier has said. The injuries that Kubica picked up in his rally crash in Italy last weekend look set to keep him out for [...]

After his dramatic rally accident yesterday and the long operation on his hand and leg, Robert Kubica got numerous visits from his Formula 1 friends today at the Santa Corona hospital in Pietra Ligure, Italy. After Flavio Briatore, Fernando Alonso and Pastor Maldonado, it was Tonio’s turn to go to hospital to see his unfortunate [...]

Despite the fact that Tonio has a valid contract until the end of 2011 to race for Force India, they did not announce him as one of their drivers for 2011. This is quite remarkable since Tonio has done a decent job for the team, has always been loyal and never criticised them openly. He [...]

Tonio says his place at Force India is ‘safe’ for next season, despite speculation suggesting that he will have to move aside for either Hulkenberg or test driver Paul di Resta. The Italian already has a contract in place with the team for 2011, but there has been much talk in recent weeks that the [...]

In an interview with Italian magazine Autosprint Tonio admits that he dreams about driving for McLaren one day. Although he has a contract with Force India till the end of 2011, he says a seat at the prestigious English team is his ultimate goal. He takes Mark Webber as an example: “Who would have said [...]

After days of speculation it was finally confirmed today that Giancarlo Fisichella will replace Luca Badoer at Ferrari. The big question is: who will replace him at Force India? The most logical step would be to promote Tonio to race driver, because he’s familiar with the car, the team’s mechanics and engineers and he’s enormously [...]

After Felipe Massa’s big shunt during the qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix, there was a lot of speculation about his replacement. According to Speed.tv, Tonio was one of them to fill the seat. A few days later it was announced that Luca Badoer, and not Michael Schumacher, would replace Massa at the European [...]

Tonio today indicated he may soon be able to announce his return to the Formula One grid in 2010. The 27-year-old Italian, who has spent the last two seasons as Force India’s test and reserve driver, seems to have a deal with the Silverstone based squad guarantees a race seat next year. Tonio, already with [...]

During an interview Tonio has spoken out about the 2009 F1 season and his racing opportunities for this year. After the current Speedcar Series season is finished, there could be an opportunity for him to take part in the Le Mans 24h race. According to GrandPrix.com, Tonio could enter this famous race with a Pescarolo-run [...]