Willi Weber protégé Nico Hülkenberg has been confirmed as 2008 test driver for the Williams F1 team.
The 20-year old German driver, who will race in the F3 Euroseries in 2008, tested for the team at Jerez last week alongside race drivers Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima.
Sam Michael, the Williams Technical Director said, “Nico has been […]

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Former Spyker F1 driver Christijan Albers is to test an Audi DTM car in Spain this week, and may return to the series in 2008 for the Audi-powered team Futurecom-TME, run by Spyker F1 boss Colin Kolles.
Newly announced Renault F1 test driver Romain Grosjean will race for ART in GP2 in 2008.
“Romain is the second […]

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The Renault F1 team have confirmed their 2008 line-up, with the return of double world champion Fernando Alonso and promotion of test driver Nelson Piquet Jr.
Speaking about the announcement Flavio Briatore said: “Fernando and Nelsinho will form one of the most exciting driver line up of 2008. We are delighted to be welcoming Fernando back […]

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Nico Rosberg has signed a new contract with the Williams F1 team for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, ending speculation that he was in line to replace Fernando Alonso at McLaren.
Martin Brundle, under fire from the FIA over an earlier column in The Sunday Times, has launched a robust counterblast in today’s column.
As a […]

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McLaren will have to wait until four weeks before the start of the 2008 F1 season to discover if their 2008 car is deemed legal, after the FIA decreed that other teams would be allowed to make representations at a further meeting on 14th February 2008.
Meanwhile, the FIA is to sue newspaper The Sunday Times […]

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Renault have been found guilty of being in possession of McLaren intellectual property at a hearing in Monaco today, however the team will not be penalised.
“An extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council was held in Monaco on December 6, 2007,” read the FIA statement.
“The World Council found Renault F1 to be in breach […]

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Renault are considering taking legal action against McLaren if they are cleared of spying charges in Monaco today.
Speaking to British newspaper The Daily Express, (Flavio) Briatore said: “A lot of very bad things have been said about us by McLaren in the last few weeks, very damaging.
“We will be cleared and once the verdict is […]

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Silly season has been rather muted this year with all the political shenanigans but now we’re into the winter it has resumed full force in relation to where Fernando Alonso is going to be in 2008 and who will be replacing him at McLaren. After being linked with RBR and former team Renault, Alonso is […]

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