The 2007 racing season will be a landmark one for the Champ Car World Series with the genesis of the new Panoz DP01 Champ Car, a number of new race venues including an historic event in China, and the introduction of new teams and drivers to the nation’s top open-wheel racing series.

Officials from Vegas Grand Prix and First Data Independent Sales® Fresno by Cardservice International, a processor for Visa credit cards, announced Monday that the event planned for April 6-8 in downtown Las Vegas will now be called Vegas Grand Prix Fueled by Visa as part of a multi-year, multi-city partnership between the two entities.

Fernando Alonso has vowed to push himself to the limit in a bid to become a three-time Formula One world champion.
After winning back-to-back titles with Renault in the last two years, Alonso begins a new chapter in his career next season with McLaren.

Renault boss Flavio Briatore has said it is highly unlikely that he will release Fernando Alonso early from his contract with the team - despite late attempts by McLaren to get him in their car this week.

Jenson Button will not drive a Formula One car again this year after his Honda team ruled him out of this week’s final test in southern Spain because of a rib injury.
Button suffered two hairline cracks to his ribs while go-karting last month and has not taken part in the two post-season tests so far.

McLaren Mercedes and aigo have announced a long-term partnership which will commence on 1st January 2007. aigo is the first Chinese brand to join the team’s prestigious global brand portfolio.
aigo is the leading MP3 and MP4 player brand from Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology Co. Since its establishment in 1993, Huaqi sales revenue has grown [...]

France’s triple ChampCar champion Sebastien Bourdais will test for Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso in Spain later this week, the Red Bull-owned Formula One team said on Monday.
In a statement Red Bull said the 27-year-old, who has long harboured a desire to race in Formula One, would join them during the test in Jerez from Wednesday to [...]

Renault say Italian Giancarlo Fisichella faces a ‘now or never’ season next year following the departure of double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso to McLaren.
“If he doesn’t find it this year, then I doubt if he ever will,” technical director Bob Bell told the Times newspaper on Monday.

Microsoft Corp. and McLaren Electronic Systems (MES) today formally announced that they are to be the official suppliers of engine control units (ECUs) to the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Formula One World Championship for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 racing seasons.

Nico Rosberg had a tough first year in Formula One but says he is ‘very content’ with what he achieved and that it is to early for him to make any predictions for the 2007 season.
The young Williams driver had a great start to the 2006 season but as the campaign drew on Rosberg found [...]