Posted in August 1st, 2008
Ferrari scored a one-two in this morning’s free practice at the Hungaroring, with Felipe Massa easing out Kimi Raikkonen by less than four tenths of a second. Third and fourth were the McLarens of Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton, with Fernando Alonso fifth for Renault and Timo Glock sixth for Toyota.
Renault have confirmed that a […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2008
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Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
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Felipe Massa
Ferrari
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Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
4
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
5
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
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Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren-Mercedes
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Jarno Trulli
Toyota
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Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
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Fernando Alonso
Renault
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Rubens Barrichello
Honda
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Nelsinho Piquet
Renault
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Nico Rosberg
Williams-Toyota
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Posted in July 22nd, 2008
After the drama of the rainsoaked Silverstone all eyes were on Lewis Hamilton at Hockenheim to see if he could repeat his spectacular victory -and he did, despite McLaren saddling him with a poor choice of strategy. Anyone who watched Lewis in GP2 will have recognised the inevitability of his charge back to the front […]
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Posted in March 15th, 2008
Lewis Hamilton took pole position for tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix ahead of BMW’s Robert Kubica in a dramatic qualifying session for the first race of the 2008 season. Hamilton’s McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen was third.
Pre-season favourite Kimi Raikkonen will start 16th after fuel pressure problems put him out of the session during the first qualifying […]
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Posted in December 15th, 2007
Former Renault F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen has been confirmed as a McLaren driver for 2008, ending Pedro de la Rosa’s hopes of a return to a race drive.
McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh said: “We had a number of options open to us and as always we want to make sure that we have the most […]
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Posted in December 12th, 2007
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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Posted in December 10th, 2007
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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Posted in December 6th, 2007
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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Posted in November 16th, 2007
2008 entry list
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
1. Kimi Raikkonen
2. Felipe Massa
BMW Sauber F1 Team
3. Nick Heidfeld
4. Robert Kubica
ING Renault F1 Team
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Nelson Piquet
AT&T Williams
7. Nico Rosberg
8. Kazuki Nakajima
Red Bull Racing
9. David Coulthard
10. Mark Webber
Panasonic Toyota Racing
11. Jarno Trulli
12. Timo Glock
Scuderia Toro Rosso
14. Sebastien Bourdais
15. Sebastian Vettel
Honda Racing F1 Team
16. Jenson Button
17. Rubens Barrichello
Super Aguri F1 […]
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Posted in November 10th, 2007
Since at least 15 engineers at Renault, including the head of vehicle performance and R&D, deputy technical director, deputy chief designer and chief designer Tim Densham, knew about the McLaren technical information that is at the centre of the latest spy investigation, we can only wait with baited breath to see what the FIA are […]
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