Archive: February, 2007
Massa Continues To Reign In Bahrain
The second day of running in the second test session at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit saw Felipe Massa again dominate the proceedings by going fastest and beating Lewis Hamilton of McLaren by a whopping 0.5s. A country mile in Formula One terms. Felipe was running with a new aerodynamic package on his F2007, and Massa [...]
Ferrari Rule As Others Fall Apart
Ferrari ruled day one of the final pre-season test at Bahrain today, with Felipe Massa going fastest and beating his team mate Kimi Raikkonen by 0.3s. Raikkonen ended his day in second going a further 0.3s faster than reigning champion Fernando Alonso in the McLaren. The Ferrari’s completed 197 laps between them, each [...]
Yes, This Is Honda’s New Livery
Honda launched their new livery this morning at London’s Natural History Museum (something that caused a bit of humour among the paddock last week), and as suggested yesterday, the car will be adorned with an Earth graphic. The team have chosen to move away from the now traditional trend of flooding the car with [...]
Is This Honda’s New Livery?
Honda’s 2007 livery is due to be unveiled at London’s Natural History Museum on Monday, but a sharp-eyed person has discovered this photo in Honda’s gallery on their website – it is apparently yet to be published. It shows the RA107 painted in imagery from Google Earth, and aside from Honda and Bridestone logos, [...]
McLaren Return To The Top
The Sakhir circuit in Bahrain again saw action yesterday as the majority of Formula One teams tested again. McLaren returned their cars to the top of the list as Fernando Alonso posted the fastest lap of the day, 0.1s faster than his 2007 team mate Lewis Hamilton. Alonso managed 73 laps on his [...]
Scott Speed Retained By STR
Scuderia Toro Rosso have ended months of speculation regarding its 2007 driver lieup by announcing the re-signing of 2006 racer and American-born Scott Speed. The news comes after team boss Gerhard Berger said that Speed was in the lead for the seat, but minor complications arose while negotiating his new contract with the Red [...]
Heidfeld Dominates While Ferrari Suffer
The second day of testing at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit saw Nick Heidfeld climb to the top of the time sheets, beating reigning champion Fernando Alonso by 0.8s. This is the second time Heidfeld has ended a testing day this year at the top, and the BMW is certainly looking like a strong car for [...]
Massa Dominates Bahrain Day One
As the teams descended on the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain for the first time during the off-season, it was Felipe Massa in the Ferrari who dominated, followed by his team mate Kimi Raikkonen in the sister car. Massa completed 86 laps of the circuit while Kimi managed 41 to finish just 0.2s shy of his [...]
