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Bourdais Concerned At Lack Of Qualifying Pace
2008-03-02 17:25:00 Sebastien Bourdais has admitted he is concerned that he will not have very much pace in qualifying. The Frenchman, who is a multiple time ChampCar World champion, is making the move to Formula One this season. He will be driving for the Scuderia Toro Rosso team alongside young star Sebastian Vettel. He reckons that his race pace ... More About: News , Concerned , Qualifying , Pace
1 Year Of F1Fanatics!
2008-03-01 14:16:00 Happy Birthday F1Fanatics ! Yes this blog is 1 year old today. Back on March 1st 2007, I sat on my computer and joined a website known as wordpress.com . It then took me a few days to actually decide where i was going with this place, and after much deliberation I decided to make it ... More About: Year
Bernie Wants Paris GP In 2009
2008-02-29 19:04:00 Bernie Ecclestone has stated the desire to make the French Grand Prix continue in F1, but only as a GP in Paris . The ring-master of F1 wants the race to be held in the capital city from 2009 onwards. Space and design is the main problem at the moment, although one would assume that it could be ... More About: Bernie
McLaren Involving Home Office In Latest Spying Findings
2008-02-29 19:00:00 McLaren have announced that they are involving the Home Office (UK) in conjunction with the latest findings from the Spy-Gate investigation in Italy. During this week, McLaren were questionned and searched by Italian Police regarding the Spy-Gate saga which still seems to be rumbling along. The Police claim they have found evidence showing McLaren to be guilty ... More About: Home Office , Spying
Aguri Confirm They Will Be On Aussie Grid
2008-02-29 18:57:00 Super Aguri have confirmed that they will be present for the first race of the season in Australia less than a month away. The Japanese minnows have been missing from recent tests, and rumour was hotting up that the team, who only entered F1 in 2005, were going out of business. “The cancellation was because some parts ... More About: News , Business , Grid , Super Aguri , Aussie
Slick Tyre Tests Again In April
2008-02-28 19:38:00 Bridgestone have announced that Slick tyres will be available to the F1 teams at testing in April . The Japanese tyre firm, who are the sole supplier to F1, are making the tyres available for evaluative work as they look to rule changes in 2009 removing grooved dry tyres and replacing them with slicks. Tetsuro Kobayashi, Bridgestone’s technical ... More About: News , Technical , Testing , Rules
Alonso Tips Kimi For 2nd Title Win In ?08
2008-02-28 19:32:00 Fernando Alonso has tipped rival Kimi Raikkonen to win the title in 2008. He expects the Finn to take his impressive Ferrari to a 2nd title in 2 years. The Spaniard is no stranger to back-back title wins, grabbing the 2005 and 2006 titles with Renault. He reckons it will be close again between the 2 McLaren’s ... More About: News , Tips , Gossip , Title
Wurz Eyeing LMS Series Race Drives
2008-02-27 19:37:00 Alex Wurz , the Honda test driver and reserve driver for 2008 has admitted he is hoping for more drives with the Peugeot LMS team during the season before Le Mans. Austrian Wurz, is to be racing with the team at Le Mans 24hrs in 2008. He previously did well there in 1996 with the Joest Team. He ... More About: Series , Race , Alex Wurz
Sutil Impressed With Force India Car
2008-02-27 19:34:00 Adrian Sutil has declared himself very pleased with the new Force India VJM01 after this week saw its track debut. The team only launched the car in mid-February and used the final test to get around 900km out of it. Sutil admitted that his first impressions were very good. “The new car has improved, that is for sure,” ... More About: News , Adrian Sutil , Force India
Trulli Fastest On Final Testing Day Of Winter Season
2008-02-27 19:27:00 Jarno Trulli shot to the top of the timesheets on the final day of winter testing before the 2008 season begins. The Italian driver managed to break the lap record in the process on his storming final day, which saw some interesting results. Toyota appear to have made some progress, despite them languishing down the timesheets sometimes, ... More About: News , Honda , Winter , Ferrari
Ferrari Even Better For 2008 - Schuey
2008-02-26 19:59:00 Motorsport legend Michael Schumacher believes that Ferrari are even better prepared with staff and equipment (i.e. the F2008 ) for the forthcoming season than they ever have been before. The German, now 39, was speaking about the team and car after his first test with the F2008 yesterday at Barcelona. The Italian team are using Schumacher’s experience and expertise ... More About: News
DC Injured, Vettel Tries New Red Bull
2008-02-26 19:56:00 David Coulthard has trapped a nerve in his neck, and was unable to test today, Red Bull Racing have informed us. The Scotsman felt his neck badly in testing on Monday, and was instructed by doctors not to test today, but will return to the set tomorrow. “Unfortunately David suffered a trapped nerve in his neck yesterday, ... More About: News , Testing , Red Bull , Scuderia Toro Rosso
McLaren?s On Top In Barcelona
2008-02-26 19:50:00 McLaren were once again fastest on the second day of the final testing week in Barcelona . Lewis Hamilton ledt team mate Heikki Kovalainen ahead of the Ferrari’s for a second day. Hamilton set a fastest lap time of 1.21.234, Kovalainen just 2 tenths slower. Felipe Massa was in 3rd place for Ferrari and was around half a second ...
Hamilton Fastest In Barcelona
2008-02-25 18:41:00 Lewis Hamilton was fastest on the first day of the final week of testing before the new season begins. The day started off damp, but cleared as final designs, setups and parts are tested before the Australian Grand Prix. The British driver powered his McLaren to a fastest time of 1.22.276 World champion Kimi Raikkonen was just a ... More About: Barcelona
Silverstone Cuts Losses
2008-02-24 20:23:00 Silverstone Circuit has announced its latest figures from 2005/2006, showing a significant decrease in the losses it has made. The circuit lost just £2.7million over 2005/2006, much better than in previous years. Silverstone?s latest accounts, which cover both the ?05 and ?06 grands prix, show turnover hit £52.6m and the circuit’s owner, the BRDC, has built up ... More About: News , Business , Tracks , Losses , Silverstone
Rosberg Confident For 2008
2008-02-24 20:00:00 Nico Rosberg has declared himself confident for the forthcoming season after a successful week of tests. The German driver is going into his 3rd season, and his 3rd with Williams . He is now looking for podiums, and believes the FW30 is the car to do it in. “We’ve had plenty of running in the wet this week ... More About: News , Testing , Nico Rosberg
Alonso Reckons Racists Were An Isolated Case
2008-02-23 12:52:00 Fernando Alonso has joined the bandwagon condemming the racists at the recent Barcelona testing, but admitted that he felt it was an isolated case. The Spaniard is echoing the comments made earlier on by Bernie Ecclestone, who also believes it was a one-off by people with no interest for motorsports. “I don’t think Spain is a racist ... More About: News , Case , Fernando Alonso
Schumacher To Test F2008
2008-02-22 21:25:00 Michael Schumacher is to test the Ferrari F2008 on Monday at the Catalunya Circuit. The German will be taking his first opportunity to drive the team’s new car, and is said to be “relishing the prospect”. It will be the first time he has tested since December when he helped Ferrari with development work on the standardised ... More About: News , Testing , Test
Ferrari Finish Barcelona Tests
2008-02-22 21:21:00 Scuderia Ferrari completed the week of testing at the Catalunya Circuit near Barcelona today. The team had exclusive use of the track, as no other team was to use it. Felipe Massa and test driver Luca Badoer were the ones on duty for the team today. They completed “Race Weekend” style events. They simulated practice sessions, qualifying ... More About: News , Testing , Tests
Nakajima Fastest In Barcelona
2008-02-21 19:19:00 Kazuki Nakajima stormed to the top of the timesheets right at the end of the session in Barcelona today. The Japanese driver set the fastest lap time on his final lap of a 3 “hot” lap stint. He had only taken over from the team’s tester, Hulkenberg who was in last position, in the afternoon. Rosberg, ... More About: News , Toyota , Ferrari , Renault
Mutua Madrilena Returns To Sponsor Renault
2008-02-21 19:12:00 Mutua Madrilena, the Spanish Insurance company has returned to sponsor the Renault F1 team for 2 seasons, starting in 2008. The company, which started sponsoring in F1 back in 2005 with Renault; moved with Fernando Alonso to sponsor McLaren in 2007. When he left, they left. And have subsequently now returned to Renault with Alonso. This is ... More About: News , Sponsor , Sponsorship
Brawn Reckons The RA108 Has Plenty To Give
2008-02-21 19:07:00 Ross Brawn, Honda ’s new team principal believes that the 2008 car has plenty of potential left to show the crowds before the season. The new car has so far been uninspiring, leaving drivers Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button and Alex Wurz at the bottom of the timesheets. However, Barrichello and Button who were drivers with the Japanese team ... More About: News , Technical , Give , Plenty
Massa Fastest On Another Rain Sodden Barcelona Test
2008-02-20 19:01:00 Felipe Massa put his Ferrari to the top of the timesheets on another day of testing in Barcelona which was heavily hampered by torrential rain. The rain came mostly in the morning, with the remaining teams testing mostly in the afternoon’s. The wet weather is really hampering the testing plans. Mark Webber was in 2nd for Red ... More About: News , Toyota , Renault
KERS To Primitive Says Toyota Chief
2008-02-20 18:52:00 Toyota’s engine chief Luca Marmorini has said that the KERS system, which is to be implemented next season is primitive and outdated. He also said that it was a poor effort at trying to get F1 to go green. They should go all of the way or not bother at all were his sentiments in the interview with ... More About: News , Toyota , Technical , Chief , Green
Fuji Making Changes After Fans Complaints
2008-02-20 18:48:00 Fuji Speedway, who hosted the Japanese Grand Prix in 2007 are making moves to change some of the things the fans addressed as problems ahead of the F1 return. There were problems in transport to the circuit for the fans, and once they were there they had problems with their seats. There was also a lack ... More About: News , Fans , Tracks , Fuji
Schuey Not Getting Moto GP Wildcard
2008-02-19 19:50:00 Formula One’s most successful driver of all time, Michael Schumacher , has been linked with a potential wildcard for the Italian Moto GP race this season. The German, has undertaken testing with the Ducati team before, and most recently he was not much slower than World Champion Casey Stoner. However, the rumours of this wildcard have been rubbished ... More About: Wildcard
Rosberg Leads Times In Rain Sodden Barcelona Test
2008-02-19 19:44:00 Nico Rosberg kept his Williams going throughout the rain sodden session in Barcelona today to top the timesheets. The German driver undertook testing of the new FW30, completing over 70 laps of the track. The rain caused many teams to decide to not run at all, or do very little if they did. Williams were the only ... More About: News , Toyota , Renault , Testing
Aguri To Miss This Week?s Tests
2008-02-18 19:31:00 Super Aguri have confirmed that they will be absent from this week’s testing, but have not confirmed why. The Japanese team meerly said that it was because of circumstances beyond their control. The team also recently put back the launch of their new car, the SA08. Recently they have been embroiled in money problems because of major sponsors ... More About: News , Testing , Miss , Week , Tests
Ralf Confirms DTM Switch
2008-02-18 19:28:00 Former F1 driver, and Grand Prix winner Ralf Schumacher has confirmed that he is making the switch to the German Touring car series DTM. He will be racing in a Mercedes Benz. Ralf started in F1 at the Australian Grand Prix in 1997. He drove for 2 years with Jordan. In 1999 he made the switch to ... More About: Switch
Racism Thugs A One Off - Ecclestone
More articles from this author:2008-02-17 16:37:00 Bernie Ecclestone shrugged off reports that the racism row of recent weeks in Spain where Lewis Hamilton was a victim of abuse, as a one-off. The supremo of Formula 1 believes that the racism was done by a group of trouble-making thugs who also cause problems at Spanish football grounds. Ecclestone believes that they were not interested ... More About: Racism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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