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On 02/03, 12:58
Jarno Trulli is convinced that his team, Toyota, will surprise its competitors with its speed this year, following a breakthrough in terms of performance. The Japanese team, with one of the biggest budgets in Formula 1, has not lived up to this budget in recent years and even endured a rather sad 2007 season, scoring […]
On 02/03, 12:53
The boss of the Renault team, Flavio Briatore, stated that there would be no relationship problems between his 2008 drivers Fernando Alonso and Nelsinho Piquet. Alonso returned to the French team after a year spent with McLaren. The Spaniard, a double world champion, experienced difficult times with the complicated relationship with his young teammate and […]
On 02/03, 12:48
The Japanese team Subaru has confirmed that Petter Solberg will be back for the final day of the Rally Mexico despite his retirement in SS11 yesterday. P. Solberg started the second day of the rally in fourth place before losing a position in SS10. Three-quarters through SS11, his Impreza WRC 2007 experienced a transmission problem […]
On 02/03, 12:17
Frank Williams, the head of the eponymous team, thinks Lewis Hamilton would have been unbeatable this year if he had been behind the wheel of a Ferrari. The Scuderia’s cars will be as fast as they were during testing… The McLaren driver had a superb start to the 2007 season, before finishing second in the […]
On 02/03, 12:03
On the evening of the second day of the race, Sébastien Loeb, Daniel Elena, and the Citroën C4 WRC No. 1 are leading the 5th ‘Rally Mexico’ with more than a minute’s lead over their main competitors. With 157.32 kilometers against the clock, this second stage was the longest of the rally. The double pass […]
On 02/03, 11:48
At the end of the second day of the Mexico rally, the third round of the championship, Sebastien Loeb regained the lead, with more than a minute ahead of Atkinson. Latvala, yesterday’s leader, encountered some problems… Loeb’s lead was secured when Jari-Matti Latvala experienced a turbo problem in SS13. The Ford driver lost nearly a […]
On 01/03, 16:09
After the first Special Stage of the second day of the Mexico Rally, Sébastien Loeb has nearly made up the deficit he accumulated the day before on Jari-Matti Latvala. The Citroen C4 driver clocked the best time in SS9, 3.7 seconds ahead of Mikko Hirvonen (BP Ford) and 6.7 seconds ahead of Chris Atkinson (Subaru). […]
On 01/03, 15:41
The first day of the Rally Mexico was well received by Subaru. At the end of the first eight stages, the performance-lacking Japanese team placed its two drivers in the top 4, with Chris Atkinson in 3rd position ahead of the 2003 world champion, Peter Solberg. Atkinson signed five times in the top 3 yesterday […]
On 01/03, 15:24
Mikko Hirvonen took the lead in the championship for the first time in his career since the Rally of Sweden, thanks to two second-place finishes in Monte-Carlo and Sweden. The Finnish driver had to open the road yesterday during the first day in Mexico and lost a lot of time sweeping the stages for his […]
On 01/03, 15:13
The Italian driver Gigi Galli did not restart in SuperRally for the second day of the Mexico rally. The Stobart driver had damaged his Ford Focus WRC 07 yesterday during an off-road excursion. After hitting a stone, his roll cage was also damaged. At the pit stop, the team discovered that the damage to the […]
On 01/03, 14:54
The two Suzuki SX4 WRCs had to retire from the Rally Mexico due to engine problems similar to those already encountered in Monte Carlo and Sweden, but this time on the very first day. A defective series of head gaskets is reportedly causing overheating issues that lead to internal damage. Nobuhiro Tajima, head of the […]
On 01/03, 14:42
At the end of the first day of the 5th ‘Rally Mexico,’ Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena placed their Citroën C4 WRC on the second step of the podium, 9.6 seconds behind the leader. Their teammates Dani Sordo/Marc Martí unfortunately had to withdraw after a suspension arm broke due to a collision with a rock. They will […]
On 01/03, 14:01
McLaren plans to contact the British Home Office as the team is concerned about how the Italian police are presenting the latest findings in the investigation of the 2007 F1 espionage case. The Woking team released a statement yesterday refuting the Italian police’s claims about evidence showing the responsibility of certain members of the British […]
On 01/03, 12:20
The official tire supplier, Bridgestone, has announced the types of tires that will be used by all F1 teams for the first nine rounds of the championship. The Japanese equipment manufacturer explains that 2008 will see few changes compared to what was proposed last season. The same types of tires as in 2007 will be […]
On 01/03, 11:21
Super-Aguri has confirmed that its cars will be on the starting grid for the opening Grand Prix of the Formula 1 season in Australia on March 16. The Japanese team has once again withdrawn from the latest preseason tests as talks continue with potential investors. They also mentioned that certain parts of the new car […]
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