Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets at Jerez yesterday as F1 testing got underway at the Spanish circuit. The Toro Rosso driver was quickest ahead of McLaren’s Gary Paffett, Ferrari’s Luca Badoer and Williams’s Nico Hülkenberg.
BMW, who were running test driver Christian Klien, halted early after a mechanic received an electric shock after coming into contact […]

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Mattias Ekström beat Michael Schumacher in the final of the Race of Champions at Wembley yesterday to take his second victory at the annual event. Earlier, Schumacher and teammate Sebastien Vettel won the Nations Cup for Germany.
When interviewed at the event Schumacher insisted that he would not be making a return to racing, but would […]

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Toyota continued their domination of the Silverstone F1 test yesterday as Jarno Trulli picked up where Ralf Schumacher had left off on Tuesday. Kimi Raikkonen was second quickest for Ferrari, with Alex Wurz third for Williams.
Andreas Zuber was quickest in both sessions of the second day of the GP2 midseason test yesterday. Luca […]

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A couple of weeks ago we were in Paris for the 2006 Race of Champions at the Stade de France, and I thought I’d finally get round to posting some photos from the event. Next year RoC will be held at Wembley and I have to say I’m disappointed because there’s something very special about […]

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Now on the way home from the Race of Champions (online thanks to the wonders of GNER onboard wifi). Another great event, although I thought the crowd was much reduced from last year. A real shame that Scott Speed couldn’t attend in the end but Travis Pastrana drove superbly on his own, which we were […]

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Scott Speed and James Thompson have replaced the injured Jimmie Johnson and Jenson Button in the US and English teams respectively for this year’s Race of Champions at the Stade de France in Paris.
I’m currently in Paris for RoC and I’m really pleased Scott will be driving - things were looking a bit thin on […]

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Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais is to test for Toro Rosso at Jerez de la Frontera this week, despite declaring earlier this year that his chances of an F1 drive were minimal. Toro Rosso have yet to confirm 2006 incumbents Tonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed, and team boss Gerhard Berger […]

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