Archive: November, 2006
Hakkinen Returns For McLaren Test
Five years ago, double world champion Mika Hakkinen turned his back on Formula One and returned to his native Finland to spend time with his young family, relax and enjoy life away from the pressure and pain of racing. And although Mika has since driven competitively, he hasn’t piloted a Formula One car since [...]
Massa Tops Time Sheets Again
As winter testing continues at Circuit de Catalunya in Spain today, Felipe Massa again set the fastest time of 1m16.403s, shaving 0.7s from his yesterdays best. Main test driver for Ferrari – Luca Badoer managed third quickest in a session that was interrupted by rain. Nick Heidfeld impressed in the BMW managing a [...]
Massa Continues Pace Into The Winter
As most teams begin the change to Bridgestone tyres today – testing at Spain’s Circuit de Catalunya – Felipe Massa continued his form from Brazil and posted the fastest lap of the day in his Ferrari. Massa set a lap time of 1m17.162s, and beat Pedro De La Rosa’s McLaren by 0.4s.
Lewis Hamilton was also [...]
Winter Testing Kicks Off
Barcelona hosted the first test session since the teams signed off in Brazil last month, with most teams expected to run cars over the next few days. With a lot of shuffling around, there were some new faces in new cars, and rumours have already started to circulate about the pace of next years [...]
Lewis Hamilton to Partner Fernando Alonso in 2007
McLaren have annouced today that Lewis Hamilton will partner world champion Fernando Alonso next year. The announcement came after a lot of speculation that started before the season ended last October. With three drivers immediately available to Ron Dennis, I’m sure the decision was difficult. Gary Paffett has been impressive in what [...]
Is Formula One Killing The Planet, Or Does It Show Human Spirit At Its Finest?
Keith at F1Fanatic has found an article written for the Observer Sport Monthly that criticises motorsport for failing the planet regarding climate change and global warming. Keith’s rebuttal on his site reflects my views precisely, and the short post is succint and well written. Head on over and take a read…
And in other [...]
Juan Pablo Montoya Crashes On Debut
Ex Williams and McLaren Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya has crashed out of his proper debut race in NASCAR’s Nextel Cup Series. After running for 252 laps at Miami-Homestead Oval in America, Montoya was tagged from behind by Ryan Newman and spun, going backwards into the wall. Juan Pablo’s Dodge erupted in [...]
Anthony Davidson Gets Super Aguri Drive
Aguri Suzuki today announced that British driver Anthony Davidson will partner Takuma Sato at Super Aguri. This news comes after Davidson’s six year stint as BAR’s/Honda’s test driver, and although it was widely expected, the news has been welcomed by both Aguri and Honda.
Anthony has been impressing team chiefs up and down the pit [...]
