McLaren - and Ron Dennis - have received an apology from Radovan Novak, head of the Czech Automobile Association over suggestions that they could have been involved in the revelations surrounding Max Mosley.
“McLaren is pleased to be able to confirm that it has been contacted by Mr Radovan Novak to explain the background that led […]

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Giorgio Pantano took pole for tomorrow’s GP2 feature race in Istanbul, ahead of Andi Zuber and series veteran Adam Carroll, who qualified third on the grid despite only having been called up by FMS at the last minute to replace Adrian Valles. Romain Grosjean starts alongside Carroll.
The session was cut short by Durango’s Davide Valsecchi’s […]

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Super Aguri have withdrawn from the 2008 F1 world championship with immediate effect.
“In order to realise my dream to become an owner of a Formula One team, I applied for a grid position in the FIA Formula One World Championship in November 2005,” said team principal Aguri Suzuki in a statement issued by the team. […]

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The 2008 GP2 Series kicked off in Barcelona this weekend, with Alvaro Parente taking his first GP2 victory in the feature race from Bruno Senna and Andi Zuber. Kamui Kobayashi took the sprint race win, after dominant leader Romain Grosjean threw away an almost-certain victory with an ill-considered defensive move on Kobayashi that led to […]

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Within 30 seconds of the commentary team for ITV4’s Gp2 coverage kicking in, I was nostalgic for Martin Haven and Gareth Rees at Eurosport. 19 laps in, I’m composing an email to ITV.
ITV4’s coverage doesn’t feel like much of an improvement over Eurosport. With the extra build-up time I was hoping for some features and/or […]

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Newly-crowned GP2 Asia champion Romain Grosjean took another victory in the series in Dubai yesterday, after early leader Bruno Senna suffered a disastrous pit stop. The Arden due of Sébastien Buemi and Yelmer Buurman finished second and third.
Qualifying for the first round of the 2008 F3 Euroseries at Hockenheim was rained off yesterday and will […]

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Robert Kubica will start tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position after the BMW Sauber driver just edged out Ferrari’s Felipe Massa in qualifying today. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton starts third, with Kimi Raikkonen fourth.
Honda had a good qualifying, with Jenson Button lining up ninth ahead of Fernando Alonso, and Rubens Barrichello in twelfth.
Romain Grosjean took […]

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Kimi Raikkonen bounced back from a lacklustre display at the Australian GP last weekend to take a resounding victory at Sepang today. BMW’s Robert Kubica was second, ahead of McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen. Raikkonen’s Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa exited into the scenery after starting from pole position. Jarno Trulli took a superb fourth for Toyota, ahead […]

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Felipe Massa took pole position today for tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, while teammate Kimi Raikkonen made it an all-Ferrari front row. McLaren drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton were third and fourth but have been summoned to the stewards after Nick Heidfeld and Fernando Alonso complained of being blocked on their flying laps. […]

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iSport driver Karun Chandhok set the pace in the first day of GP2 testing at the Paul Ricard circuit today, edging out ART’s Romain Grosjean and FMS’s Andy Soucek in the morning session. Pastor Maldonado went fastest in the afternoon session for Piquet Sports, ahead of Racing Engineering’s Javi Villa, but he failed to beat […]

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