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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Testing for the 2007 GP2 season got underway at Paul Ricard yesterday but the day was shortened by bad weather. However, there were some upsets for traditional frontrunners ART, Arden and Minardi Piquet Sports - the fastest time from the triumverate was Lucas di Grassi’s 9th for ART.

F1 refugees Giorgio Pantano, Timo Glock and Antonio […]

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Scuderia Toro Rosso team boss Gerhard Berger was in defiant mood at the launch of the team’s 2007 car, the STR2, at Barcelona yesterday, insisting that it is ‘very different‘ from the Red Bull RB3, also designed by Adrian Newey.

With Williams and Spyker threatening court action over the legality of the car, team principal Franz […]

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Pedro de la Rosa topped the testing times for McLaren as F1 testing resumed at Catalunya. Robert Kubica was second quickest for BMW Sauber, with Fernando Alonso third. Spyker’s Adrian Sutil, having his first proper run in the new car, rounded out the times in 18th.
Champ Car testing also resumed at the MSR Houston road […]

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Lewis Hamilton topped the test times for McLaren-Mercedes on the final day of this week’s F1 test at Valencia. Kimi Raikkonen was second quickest for Ferrari, with Robert Kubica third quickest for BMW-Sauber. Hamilton and Raikkonen both covered over 100 laps.
The Denver Grand Prix has been taken off the Champ Car schedule for at least […]

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Lewis Hamilton escaped without injury from a major accident at Valencia today. His MP4-22 is however too badly damaged to repair at the Spanish circuit, cutting Hamilton’s test short. Teammate Fernando Alonso will run tomorrow in the sister car as McLaren investigate the cause of the crash.
Defending Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais topped the test […]

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Super Aguri’s SA07 has failed the mandatory FIA crash test and the team have been forced to delay the car’s official launch. The car is now unlikely to run until late February, assuming that it passes a second crash test once modifications have been made.
Scuderia Toro Rosso 2006 third driver, Neel Jani, has signed for […]

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F1 teams are busy launching their 2007 cars and, while some colour schemes cause little more than a ripple, others provoke a stronger reaction, for better or worse.

The 2007 Ferrari is unremarkable for all the right reasons - it’s red, just like a Ferrari should be.

The Renault R27 looks good, with navy blue replacing the […]

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Scott Speed insists he is “sure” to retain his drive at Toro Rosso, despite the team not yet having confirmed its 2007 drivers. Team boss Gerhard Berger has suggested that Speed and 2006 teammate Tonio Liuzzi are likely to keep their drives, however the delay in confirming them - and Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais‘ […]

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