Archive: July, 2007
Sebastian Vettel Joins STR Early
Okay, so the title is a little presumptuous, but today BMW allowed their test driver and US Grand Prix point scorer Sebastian Vettel to join Scuderia Toro Rosso for the remainder of the season. Following an altercation between Scott Speed and Franz Tost at the recent European Grand Prix, Speed said he would not [...]
Provisional 2008 Formula One Calendar
The FIA have released a provisional calendar for the 2008 Formula One season. It was announced a while back that Valencia had made it into the campaign with their street circuit, and although Abu Dhabi would have to wait until 2009, Singapore was announced as a possible venue for a night race. America was recently [...]
News Round-up: Post Nurburgring
As expected on Sunday last weekend, there was a lot of news flying around the Formula One paddock this week. Scott Speed talked about his altercation with team boss Franz Tost, Spyker have announced who will drive their second car for the remainder of the season, and McLaren received the verdict from the FIA regarding [...]
Speed Sounds Off Against Bosses
Californian racer Scott Speed has opened his mouth again, and that can only mean one thing: He’s annoyed at somebody or something and wants to have a moan about it. This happens probably once or twice a year and the Scuderia Toro Rosso driver has developed a bit of spoiled child reputation among the paddock [...]
Narain Karthikeyan Eats At Subway
While waiting to hear from Spyker regarding his possible future drive with the Dutch team, Williams test driver Narain Karthikeyan has kept himself busy away from the race track this week. Self-titled “the fastest Indian in the world”, Narain visited his home city – Coimbatore – recently to help promote the opening of a Subway [...]
Nurburgring: Initial Reaction
Following what was a chaotic race that saw emotions run high, the initial reactions to various incidents will no doubt deepen previous wounds and cause a few choice words be shared in the paddock. There was the altercation between Ralf Schumacher and Nick Heidfeld at the final corner, and of course that overtaking move by [...]
Alonso Surges To Nurburgring Win
The 2007 European Grand Prix had it all. Good weather, bad weather, overtaking, crashes, aquaplaning, clever strategies, bad decisions. Somehow, the German circuit separated the men from the boys, and while some drivers performed well to keep everything together, others drove superbly. We saw debutant Markus Winkelhock lead the race in his Spyker, a great [...]
Nurburgring: Race Result
1.
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
10pts
2.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
8pts
3.
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing
6pts
4.
Alex Wurz
Williams
5pts
5.
David Coulthard
Red Bull Racing
4pts
6.
Nick Heidfeld
BMW
3pts
7.
Robert Kubica
BMW
2pts
8.
Heikki Kovalainen
Renault
1pt
