Phil Mills talks of this morning's shakedown
After setting the pace in this morning's shakedown ahead of the second round of the World Rally Championship in Sweden, Chris Atkinson and co-driver Phil Mills are looking forward to the main event which kicks off this evening.

However, unlike last year, this Rally is a full snow affair and the pace is likely ... [ more ]

Sweden : Aimont Racing - Preview
Gigi Galli and Aimont Racing Team ready to start their adventure together in the 2007 FIA World Rally championship Rally Sweden, second round of the championship, is going to be “Gigi” Galli's debut on a Citroen Xsara WRC, prepared by PH Sport France and run during the championship by the renewed Aimont Racing Team and for these ... [ more ]

Jerez - Honda - Testing
Honda today completed a three-day test at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. Whilst Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello concentrated on the continued development of the new RA107 car, Christian Klien rounded off the test programme for last year's RA106.

Button began the test with the RA107 on Tuesday, spending his early laps ... [ more ]

Jerez - Ferrari - Testing
Today was the third and final day of testing this week for Ferrari, working again today at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, in the south of Spain.
The day was affected by bad weather, with rain and wind following the drivers’ progress from the morning until the end of the session. Therefore, both Raikkonen and Massa were able to ... [ more ]

Sweden : Thomas Schie Motorsport - Preview
Thomas Schie and his Swedish Co-driver Goran Bergsten have busy days in their Ford Focus WRC. On Thursday they start in the first of the five rounds in the Wold Rally Championship they will contest this year.

Thomas Schie will contest the Swedish Rally, Rally Norway, Germany, Spain and Wales with his Valvoline ... [ more ]

Sweden : OMV BIXXOL Rally Team - Preview
OMV will compete with even two teams in the FIA Production Car-World Rally Championship 2007.

OMV drivers from four countries will represent the OMV BIXXOL Rally Team. Martin Prokop and Stepan Vojtech will now also be on the hunt for points in this series for the OMV BIXXOL Rally Team CZ.

Complete series ... [ more ]

“The past few days haven't been easy”
Following the success of the recent test in Almeria, where despite being hampered by bad weather the team made significant progress, Ilmor GP had high hopes for the test in Sepang where they joined the likes of Kawasaki and Yamaha out on the track.

Whilst prioritising further work on the engine calibration over the ... [ more ]

Jakub leaves the GPs for Ducati SC
Czech Republic rider Jakub Smrz will ride in the next World Superbike Championship.
The 24 year old from Jilovice has reached an agreement with team Ducati SC director Stefano Caracchi. Smrz will ride a Ducati 999F05 which he is due to test before the first round of the championship at Qatar on the 24th of February.

The ... [ more ]

Jerez - Renault - Testing
Renault chose to skip the final day of testing in Jerez after wet conditions meant it was impossible for the team to make meaningful progress with its programme of reliability testing.

The team decided that running in the conditions would be of little benefit, especially in light of the fact that the team’s two test drivers were ... [ more ]

Jerez - Thursday - Testing
The times meant very little in reality as the Formula One circus concluded the group test today at Jerez. With rain hindering normal procedure, many cut their programmes down and did not complete a full day as planned.
Due to the weather conditions and in view of the limited testing mileage permitted this year the BMW Sauber squad ... [ more ]

1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is expected to move permanently from Switzerland, according to reports in the Canadian press today.
The 35-year-old has lived mainly in Villars-sur-Ollon during his Formula One career, but after he was dumped by BMW Sauber last year he has spent much of his time with his new wife and baby son Jules in Canada.

The Montreal ... [ more ]

Aiming for a 350,000 four-day turnout
After a fallow year in 2006, attendance for this year's Australian Grand Prix looks set to rise, according to local reports.
Melbourne's The Age newspaper said organisers are expecting a four-day turnout of about 350,000, after just over 300,000 watched the event won by Fernando Alonso last April.

2006 was the ... [ more ]

Winning is what counts for Briatore
Flavio Briatore may be a so-called 'Playboy', but the 56-year-old Italian has revealed some of the secrets of his success in the business world.
The Managing Director and Team Principal of Renault, winners of the drivers' and constructors' championships in 2005 and 2006, told the executive magazine think: act that he is ... [ more ]

A fine following an incident in Monte Carlo
F1 veteran David Coulthard must pay a 500 EUR (US $650) fine after a Monaco court found him guilty of causing injury to a passenger in a 1999 crash.
The news agency Reuters cited a 'judicial source' in reporting that the Scot, when he drove for the McLaren team, crashed his Mercedes-Benz road car after hitting a ... [ more ]

Silverstone - Spyker Ferrari - Testing
The Spyker Formula One Team concluded its two-day shakedown test with the new F8-VII at Silverstone yesterday.
Taking over driving duties from Christijan Albers, Adrian Sutil completed 134 kilometres in a repeat of yesterday’s freezing and icy weather conditions. Once more the team concentrated on gathering engine and ... [ more ]

DHL and Heineken linked to Spyker F1
The Dutch-owned F1 team Spyker could be on the verge of signing a title sponsor.
According to reports from the scene of the new F8-VII's maiden test at Silverstone this week, the German cargo company 'DHL' is apparently close to penning a deal for 2007.

Via the Bonn-based brand and also parent company Deutsche Post ... [ more ]

In talks with Bernie Ecclestone
The Russian city of St Petersburg has laid out its plans to stage a Grand Prix to F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone, Russian Sports Minister Viatcheslav Fetissov said on Wednesday.
"We have made a proposition to Bernie Ecclestone," Fetissov told AFP. "We have good contacts with him."

Ecclestone, who manages the rights to the ... [ more ]

Jerez - Wednesday - Testing
Kimi Raikkonen's pre-season niggles persisted on Wednesday when the Finn spent much of his test day in the red shod garage.
La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that at Jerez the 27-year-old's new F2007 Ferrari broke down on the circuit with a failed engine at 1.30pm, as his team-mate Felipe Massa returned from a bout of 'flu and topped ... [ more ]