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Fernando Alonso set the quickest lap at the Monza test again, beating Felipe Massa by over a second who ended his running in fourth, behind Robert Kubica’s BMW and David Coulthard’s Red Bull. Rain fell all morning and limited the teams to only a few laps, but conditions improved after the lunch break and most drivers were then able to put in some decent lap times. Continue Reading…

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McLaren shared testing duties today at Monza between their two drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Hamilton took to the MP4-22 during the morning, while team mate Alonso went out after lunchtime. It was the Spaniard who managed to set the fastest lap around the historical circuit, and the pair were comfortably quicker than the BMW of Nick Heidfeld. Continue Reading…

Following the Turkish Grand Prix last weekend, Bridgestone have been working hard to work out exactly what happened to Lewis Hamilton’s front-right tyre that caused it to delaminate and essentially fail. Watching the race, it appeared to just go while under braking for turn nine, but the experts at Bridgestone have taken the tyre back to their headquarters to check it thoroughly. Continue Reading…

The pre-Italian Grand Prix test got underway today at the Monza circuit, located just North of Milan in one of Italy’s National Parks. With less than two weeks before the teams descend on the track en-masse, much time was spent on refining the set up of the cars. With the old Hockenheim no longer in use (and the new circuit not featuring on the 2007 calendar) Monza has become the fastest circuit which the cars will pound around this year. Indianapolis has it’s long final turn onto the main straight, and Spa has some fast sections, but overall, Monza pips them all for outright speed. Continue Reading…

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Felipe Massa has won his second Turkish Grand Prix in succession today, conquering the McLarens and beating his team mate in a fair and square fight that the young Brazilian dominated from the start through to the chequered flag. Converting his pole position yesterday, Felipe looked strong for the win, and the blunder Kimi Raikkonen made in qualifying, along with an under-performing Fernando Alonso and a tyre blow out for Lewis Hamilton, the Ferrari team took a one-two and some points away from the current title leaders. Continue Reading…

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Felipe Massa has conquered the Istanbul Park circuit to claim pole position for tomorrows race. In an exciting third session saw all four top drivers in with a real shout of grabbing the top spot, but a small error from Kimi Raikkonen and a bizarre decision from Fernando Alonso allowed Lewis Hamilton to initial claim pole before the final lap of Massa put everybody else in their places. Continue Reading…

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