Kimi Raikkonen comfortably took the first Ferrari pole position of the post-Michael Schumacher era (to use that increasingly tiresome phrase) in Melbourne, ahead of McLaren’s Fernando Alonso and Nick Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber. Lewis Hamilton qualified fourth on his F1 debut, ahead of Robert Kubica in the second BMW Sauber.
Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson […]

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And yes, I know, practice has started in Australia: it just doesn’t feel like the start of the season yet.
Reading the print version of Autosport yesterday, it seemed to me that most of the pre-season chatter has focused on a) Lewis Hamilton, b) whether rows over customer cars will mire us in a year of […]

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Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in first practice in Melbourne, ahead of Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. Sebastian Vettel, driving Robert Kubica’s BMW Sauber, set the third fastest time, while rookie Lewis Hamilton was fourth. Fellow rookie Heikki Kovalainen was eighth fastest, despite two brief excursions.
iSport’s Andreas Zuber topped the times at the final […]

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Prodrive boss David Richards has been busily denying that his purchase of Aston Martin has anything to do with his fledgling F1 team.
“There’s a long way to go before an involvement in F1 could benefit the Aston Martin brand,” Richards told the BBC. “Our route to be competitive in F1 is to partner an existing […]

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As rumoured yesterday, legendary marque Aston Martin has been bought by a consortium led by David Richards of Prodrive and backed by Kuwaiti investors. It is reported that Richards has invested in a personal capacity … but, come on, the PR value of using that name in F1!
Jarno Trulli pulled out of a Toyota event […]

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Reigning Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais topped the timesheets on the second day of testing at Laguna Seca, setting a new lap record in the process and earning a surprise $5,000 cheque from series owner Kevin Kalkhoven. Will Power was second quickest for Team Australia, with Neel Jani third for PKV Racing.
The lap record was […]

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Agreement over the use of customer cars in F1 looks unlikely in the run up to the opening race of the season in Melbourne next weekend, with Williams and Spyker not ruling out legal action to challenge the legality of Scuderia Toro Rosso and Super Aguri’s 2007 cars.
“I cannot tell you what will happen for […]

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F1 refugee Antonio Pizzonia set the fastest time of the day on the first day of this week’s GP2 test at Barcelona. The Brazilian, driving for FMS International in 2007, just pipped iSport’s Timo Glock at the top of the timesheets. Kazuki Nakajima, driving for DAMS, was the only other driver to lap under 1′28:000.
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Former GP2 and A1GP driver Alexandre Prémat will drive for Audi in DTM in 2007. The French driver, who recently tested for the Conquest Champ Car team following a largely unsuccessful season in GP2 in 2006, joins Lucas Luhr, Mike Rockenfeller, Tom Kristensen, Timo Scheider, Vanina Ickx and Mattias Ekstrom as Audi drivers.
Racing Engineering have […]

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