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After a tough rookie season in F1, Rosberg readies for 2007
0 Comments Quote selected text Published December 10th, 2006 in MainNico 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 [...]
Interview with Renault F1’s Flavio Briatore
0 Comments Quote selected text Published December 10th, 2006 in MainThe Renault F1 Team’s Managing Director Flavio Briatore discusses what double championship victory meant in 2006.
Flavio, the Renault F1 Team are now double world champions. The team has had two remarkable years…
“They have been fantastic. With Renault, we went from the back of the grid in 2001 to double world champions – and we scored [...]
Friday F1 testing at Jerez, Honda sets quick time
0 Comments Quote selected text Published December 9th, 2006 in MainFriday Testing at Jerez - 12/8/06
1. R. Barrichello - Honda -1′20″008 - 65 laps
2. J. Rossiter - Honda - 1′20″171 (+0″163) - 108 laps
3. L. Hamilton - McLaren - 1′20″325 (+0″317) - 79 laps
Marco Andretti to test Honda F1 car
8 Comments Quote selected text Published December 8th, 2006 in MainIndyCar Series ‘Rookie of the Year’ Marco Andretti will experience a Formula One car for the first time courtesy of the Honda Racing F1 Team when he joins the team’s test in Jerez next week. The team has invited Marco to drive its 2006 RA106 race car on Friday 15 December, the final day of [...]
Michael Andretti plans to run Indy in 2007
2 Comments Quote selected text Published December 8th, 2006 in MainMichael Andretti still isn’t ready to announce the fourth Indy-car driver for Andretti Green Racing, much less the fifth. But both are in the works.
F1 rules changes agreed for next 5 years
0 Comments Quote selected text Published December 8th, 2006 in MainThe World Motor Sport Council met in Monaco on 8 December, 2006. Following the agreement between GPMA and FIA, the technical regulations governing Formula One will undergo significant change over the next five years and beyond.
Schumacher and Kobayashi begin testing for Toyota
0 Comments Quote selected text Published December 8th, 2006 in MainPanasonic Toyota Racing welcomed race driver Ralf Schumacher back to the car on the second day of testing at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez in Spain today.
Schumacher joined Kamui Kobayashi, a member of the Toyota Young Driver Programme, behind the wheel on a cloudy but dry day in southern Spain.
Thursday F1 testing at Jerez, rookie Hamilton fastest
0 Comments Quote selected text Published December 8th, 2006 in MainThursday Testing at Jerez - 12/7/06
1. L. Hamilton - McLaren - 1′18″684 - 78 laps
2. G. Fisichella - Renault - 1′19″685 (+1″001) - 63 laps
3. R. Barrichello - Honda -1′19″784 (+1″100) - 111 laps
IRL St. Petersburg race and air show on same weekend, St. Pete Mayor not happy
0 Comments Quote selected text Published December 7th, 2006 in MainMacDill Air Force Base’s immensely popular air show, which draws as many as 750,000 people to South Tampa over two days, will return this spring after a one-year hiatus, Air Force officials said Wednesday.
The free AirFest event, scheduled for March 31 and April 1, will feature the Navy’s Blue Angels and dozens of other ground [...]
Schumacher regrets ‘97 collision with Villeneuve
0 Comments Quote selected text Published December 7th, 2006 in MainMichael Schumacher, Germany’s retired seven-time Formula One champion, admits he regrets the controversial manoeuvre he used on Canadian Jacques Villeneuve to try and win the 1997 world championship.
“That was something I would do different today,” Schumacher told television broadcaster RTL.
