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On 14/03, 18:46
Just over a week ago, the Honda team was still testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain, and now they are faced with all the teams present in this 2008 season. Fearing this confrontation, Honda managed to hold their ground by staying in the middle of the pack. Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello are optimistic […]
On 14/03, 18:29
Scuderia Ferrari led the way today by dominating the first practice session of the 2008 season. On the Albert Park circuit, Kimi Räikkönen, who is defending his title today, quickly showed his performance potential and set the best time of the day, despite Hamilton’s time in the second session. Räikkönen, not entirely satisfied, then focused […]
On 14/03, 18:04
The Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes team began its 2008 Formula 1 season at Albert Park in Melbourne with very good performances. The drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen finished first and fourth respectively in the second testing session with times of 1’26”559 and 1’27”605. They were previously second and fourth at the end of the first session […]
On 14/03, 17:28
The promising Force India team put in a very strong performance for the start of the free practice sessions in Melbourne, Australia. Giancarlo Fisichella is far ahead of his teammate Adrian Sutil. The Italian posted the 12th best time in the first session, just two-tenths off the top 10, and the 9th fastest time in […]
On 14/03, 16:59
The Scuderia Toro Rosso had a first day of free practice without any real surprises, although some small details give hope for a spot in the middle of the grid rather than at the back. And for good reason, the morning session proved productive for both drivers, Vettel and Bourdais. It was the German who […]
On 14/03, 16:39
De la Rosa was elected today as president of the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers Association), replacing its former president Ralf Schumacher, who left Formula 1 last year. The test driver at McLaren was the preferred candidate of both vote organizers, Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso, and was unanimously voted during the meeting at the Albert […]
On 14/03, 16:28
Judging by these initial tests in Melbourne, it seems that Red Bull Racing has come a long way… And the direction taken turns out to be the right one. The Austrian team is the sensation of the day, and all eyes are on them tonight! The native of the country in the person of Marc […]
On 14/03, 16:06
Super-Aguri began its 2008 season today with the very first outing of the SA08A at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne. For this first day of testing, which experienced warm and windy weather, the team opted for simulation system checks on both Sato and Davidson’s cars. The British driver’s performance was cut short in the […]
On 14/03, 12:56
Williams is not satisfied with its first day of the year 2008. On this Friday, the English team experienced major mechanical and logistical problems that prevented both FW30 cars of Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima from running during the first free practice session. The situation improved during the second session, although Rosberg was not able […]
On 14/03, 12:36
Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet focused on tuning their car and conducting an initial assessment of the tires available to them for the opening day of this first 2008 Grand Prix. Fernando was able to execute his technical program without difficulty and saw the balance of his car improve over the 59 laps he managed […]
On 14/03, 05:59
After the first free practice session, marked by a significant performance gap between the top teams and the rest of the 2008 field, the gaps narrowed during the second session of the day in Melbourne, Australia. Ahead of the first Grand Prix of the season, Hamilton secured the best performance with the MP4/23 McLaren, nearly […]
On 14/03, 05:37
Ferrari and McLaren clearly made their mark this morning at the opening of the 2008 Formula 1 season. The two teams claimed the top four positions in the first free practice session in Australia. On the Melbourne circuit, Räikkönen outpaced Hamilton by nearly half a second. See the live – Free Practice 1 It was […]
On 13/03, 20:46
McLaren-Mercedes team principal, Ron Dennis, was very impressed with their new 2008 recruit, Heikki Kovalainen. After letting Fernando Alonso return to Renault and picking up the Finn from the diamond brand, Ron Dennis was surprised by Kovalainen’s quick adaptation to this new team. According to him, he also showed very encouraging results… enough to scare […]
On 13/03, 20:01
German A1GP team admitted their inability to win the title a second consecutive time this season, after underperformances in the recent races. The team did not score any points last month for the 7th round of the season in Durban (South Africa), notably due to a disqualification in race 1. With 41 points behind with […]
On 13/03, 19:20
Richard Taylor, the general manager of Subaru in the WRC rally, mentioned the possibility of a withdrawal in a few years if the rules were to change from four-wheel drive to two-wheel drive. Several hypotheses have been put forward in recent months to transform the WRC championship, with a switch to two-wheel-drive cars instead of […]
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