Archive: January, 2007
Alonso Conquers Another Test Session
Day two of the Valencia test session kicked off this morning, although the weather wasn’t much better than we had seen yesterday, with rain falling and preventing teams from getting in some serious mileage. McLaren chose to field two drivers, running Fernando Alonso again, and seating fellow Spaniard Pedro De La Rosa in the [...]
Interview: Jeremy Washington from MarkWebberBlog
Taking this weeks hot-seat is Jeremy Washington, aka LoudHoward, who is regular visitor and commenter here at BlogF1. Based in Adelaide, Australia, Jeremy has followed Formula One since about the time I started to get hooked myself, and blogs regularly over at MarkWebberBlog. While the bias should be fairly obvious by now, Jeremy [...]
First Full Test Goes To Alonso
The first test with several teams present occured today at Valencia as McLaren, Ferrari, Renault, Toyota, BMW, Honda, Super Aguri, Williams and Red Bull took to the circuit to see what their new cars are made of. Previously, the teams had tested in relative privacy, Ferrari sticking to Mugello and Vallelunga and McLaren in [...]
Are B-Teams Good For Formula One?
McLaren have been talking about it for years, Ferrari almost had it with Sauber, Honda are blatantly exploiting it right now with Super Aguri, and recently Red Bull and Toro Rosso have done it. But are team partnerships good for Formula One, or are they just a waste of money and distract from the [...]
Coffee & Cigarettes For Ferrari
Philip Morris, the owners of the Marlboro cigarette brand have apparently come up with a contingency plan in case their subliminal branding on the Ferrari car is deemed illegal, Paddock Talk have reported.
With tobacco being outlawed, a lot of teams have spent the last couple of years finding other sponsors to fund their teams, with [...]
Red Bull Launch RB3
The first Adrian Newey designed Red Bull was launched earlier today with much anticipation. Launched at Spain’s main testing circuit and host of their Grand Prix – Circuit de Catalunya – the RB3 has been designed from a blank sheet of paper by the man responsible for countless victories and championships with Williams and [...]
Honda Launch RA107
Honda have unveiled their 2007 contender – named the RA107 – in Spain at the popular winter testing track Circuit de Catalunya. Although the teams new livery will not be ready for another month, the new car was dressed in the teams testing colour of black. Finishing in an improved 4th place in the 2006 [...]
Hail Stops Play At Vallelunga
After changing the testing schedule through fears of bad weather hitting Mugello, Ferrari had to call their test at Vallelunga short today when rain and hail descended on the circuit. It was hoped that Felipe Massa would be able to continue developing the new F2007, while Kimi Raikkonen got more practice in driving the [...]
