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Since the test at Silverstone last week, McLaren have looked strong. Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen appeared to have a small margin over their long-term rivals Ferrari, and given that BMW fell off the wagon at the last race in France, the Woking-squad were naturally buoyant going into the race weekend. Ferrari, on the other hand, remained cautious but optimistic, but it soon started to go wrong for them and as they say in life, bad things come in threes… Continue Reading

On a day when news appears to be coming at me from all quarters, it is nice to report on some racing for once, or at least, almost racing. This morning saw the Formula One teams go about their free practice sessions, and after the first 90 minute run in the morning, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was the fastest. The Brazilian surprisingly managed to achieve this despite crashing after just eight laps. However, Heikki Kovalainen couldn’t quite beat the time and came in a close second. Continue Reading

It would appear that Felipe Massa has caught the silly injury bug from Juan Pablo Montoya as well as a proper bug which will require him to rest prior to the British Grand Prix next weekend. Over the French Grand Prix weekend last week, it became known that Massa was carrying a small injury to his neck, and now the poor chap has the flu. Still, at least the Brazilian driver managed a win at Magny Cours and tested well on Tuesday at Silverstone. Continue Reading

The three day pre-British Grand Prix test got underway today at Silverstone with Felipe Massa setting the benchmark lap time for the others. Completing 71 laps of the Northamptonshire circuit, Massa ended his day 0.3s clear of Heikki Kovalainen in the McLaren. The only non-full time drivers present were Kamui Kobayashi for Toyota and Vitantonio Liuzzi for Force India, the Italian touring the track 108 times and racking up the mileage for the team. Continue Reading

Felipe Massa has won the French Grand Prix for Ferrari, leading home his team mate Kimi Raikkonen in a fairly eventful race at Magny Cours. Raikkonen had led from pole position, but a damaged exhaust slowed his pace and Massa eventually passed and led for the remainder of the event. Raikkonen drove admirably to bring his F2008 home, while Jarno Trulli completed the podium with a great drive in his Toyota to honour the passing of former team boss, Ove Andersson. Continue Reading

Felipe Massa has won the French Grand Prix after team mate Kimi Raikkonen nursed his Ferrari home with a damaged right exhaust. The problem with Kimi’s car almost certainly cost him the race victory but the Finn did well to bring the car home in second. Jarno Trulli took a pleasing podium for third, honouring Ove Andersson who passed away last week in a rallying accident. Heikki Kovalainen poushed Trulli right to the chequered flag, but couldn’t pass the Italian. Continue Reading

Felipe Massa has gone fastest around Magny Cours in this morning’s practice session, the Brazilian driver setting a lap time 0.7s faster than Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren. Less than 0.05s behind Hamilton was team mate Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen went fourth in the sister Ferrari. Robert Kubica continued to do a solid job for BMW while Fernando Alonso pleased fans with a sixth place position, only 0.4s down on the McLaren’s. Although his engine went pop just before the scheduled break for lunch. Continue Reading

In an important qualifying session that saw many drivers show their worth by setting fast laps, it was Felipe Massa who eventually got the last laugh with an impressive tour of Monaco that enabled him to pip his team mate and claim the pole for tomorrow’s race. Speaking in the press conference after a stunning qualifying session, the diminuative Brazilian was visibly happy, relaxed and even a little surprised by his own performance. Conversely, Kimi Raikkonen didn’t look to pleased with P2 on the grid, the Finn clearly aiming for the pole all day. Continue Reading

Felipe Massa has taken pole position for tomorrow’s Monaco Grand Prix with a last-gasp fast lap. In a thrilling session that saw quick laps from a variety of drivers, it was Ferrari who came away on top with Kimi Raikkonen taking the over front-row slot next to his team mate. McLaren lost out to the Scuderia with Lewis Hamilton in third and Heikki Kovalainen in fourth. BMW only had one driver in Q3 has Nick Heidfeld lost out earlier in Q2, but Robert Kubica managed fifth ahead of Nico Rosberg and Fernando Alonso. Continue Reading

The silly season has already been in full swing for a while now, and with deals being signed more than the usual 6 months in advance, it is perfectly possible that Fernando Alonso has signed his future away to Ferrari already. The latest installment of this rumour comes from Grandprix.com, who today posted that they believe the Spaniard has put pen to paper for Maranello. However, given the driver current line-up and their contracts, combined with the remarks made by Ferrari’s president about having two world champions in the team, is it a little too far fetched? Continue Reading