Bernie’s challenge to A1GP - the GP2 Asia Series - has been announced in Monaco. The winter series will run in what is currently the off season. No calendar or venues have been confirmed.
It’s been a day of crashes in Monaco, as Lewis Hamilton, Anthony Davidson and (predictably) Ralf Schumacher all put their cars in […]

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Michael Ammermüller will not race in Monaco after doctors decided that his wrist has not recovered sufficiently from his crash in Bahrain. ART will replace him with F3 Euroseries frontrunner Sebastien Buemi. Meanwhile, Christian Bakkerud is recovering well from the back injury he suffered in Barcelona and is expected to race this weekend. […]

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Lewis Hamilton’s second place in Barcelona was enough to put him into the lead of the World Championship, becoming the youngest driver to do so since Bruce McLaren. However, perhaps of more interest was how Felipe Massa’s win - and his effusive thanks to Michael Schumacher in the process - will affect team politics at […]

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Timo Glock won this morning’s GP2 sprint race after a dominating drive from seventh on the grid. Polesitter Javi Villa finished second, his first GP2 podium finish, while Lucas di Grassi held off a charging Bruno Senna to take third. Star of the race, however, was Giorgio Pantano, who started twenty-first and finished sixth.
Barcelona will […]

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Ferrari’s Felipe Massa took pole position for tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona ahead of local hero Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton. Jarno Trulli was an impressive sixth, while Renault had an encouraging qualifying, with Heikki Kovalainen eighth and Giancarlo Fisichella tenth.
Bruno Senna took his first GP2 win in Barcelona today in an […]

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Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets in Barcelona this morning, with Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen third fastest and Robert Kubica fourth for BMW Sauber.
BMW Sauber team boss Mario Theissen has proposed a four-day GP weekend format, to allow teams to run third cars for young drivers.
“Laps at a race weekend are no more expensive […]

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F1 will race in Valencia from next season after a seven-year deal was agreed with Bernie Ecclestone. The street circuit race will inherit the title of European Grand Prix as the Circuit de Catalunya is contracted to host the Spanish Grand Prix until 2011.
Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella has bemoaned the team’s dismal start to 2007 […]

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BMW Sauber have dropped their plans to run Sebastien Vettel in Friday practice in order to give the race drivers more time in the car. Running restrictions this year have made it impractical for teams to run a third driver, which begs the question of how exactly young drivers are meant to show what they […]

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Following Renault boss Flavio Briatore’s criticism of F1 recently, FIA President Max Mosley says it’s all under control.
“We’ve got four of the top teams working together to see if they can improve the situation,” Mosley is quoted as saying by the Bridgestone Motorsport website.
“It remains to be seen whether they’ll succeed, but if they don’t […]

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Renault boss Flavio Briatore says F1 races are ‘boring’, and that recent changes have not improved matters.
“A one hour 30 minute race is too long because the last 30 minutes - 90% of the time - is really boring,” he said.
“Every time there’s excitement it’s because something’s happened outside or because it’s […]

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