Bahrain GP - Bridgestone - Practice
The first day of practice for the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix saw Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen top both 90 minute practice sessions at the 5.4 km Bahrain International Circuit.

Raikkonen was fastest from team-mate Felipe Massa in the morning by half a second and edged out McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton in the afternoon ... [ more ]

With Fry, Howett, Button and Schumacher
Nick Fry of Honda and John Howett of Toyota are joined by Jenson Button and Ralf Schumacher in the Friday FIA press conference from Bahrain.

Q: Can I ask the team principals to summarise today because it looked quite dramatic - certainly for one of you?
John HOWETT: I think a normal Friday. We had a programme ... [ more ]

France : Terre de l'Auxerrois - Preview
The entry list shows 160 drivers, including four from the WRC, with Cédric Robert and Brian Bouffier also on the sheet. The 2007 Rally Championship of France begins this week-end with the Rallye Terre de l'Auxerrois and drivers are lining up behind Jean-Marie Cuoq's Peugeot 307 WRC, the new Renault Clio R3s, Peugeot 207 ... [ more ]

Bahrain GP - Ferrari - Practice
Kimi Raikkonen topped the timesheets in both the morning and afternoon practice session today in Bahrain.

The Ferrari driver enjoyed a half second cushion over Felipe Massa in the first session while the second session proved to be a much closer affair with the Finn setting the pace by just 0.013s from Lewis Hamilton. Felipe ... [ more ]

Bahrain GP - McLaren Mercedes - Practice
Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso ended the second practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix in second and fifth places respectively. Hamilton set a best lap of 1:33.540s, just 0.013s off the ultimate pace while Alonso was two-tenths adrift in the sister MP4-22.

The team has a few revised parts coming from the McLaren ... [ more ]

Team preparing arbitration arguments
Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost is hoping the long running argument in the paddock regarding use of customer cars will be concluded at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.

A meeting has been scheduled to take place in the next 48 hours by Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone, which is hoped will bring an end to the row that ... [ more ]

Bahrain GP - Renault - Practice
Making full use of the available three hours of running on a Friday, Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella completed nearly 300 km as they worked through busy programmes of comparison between the hard and soft tyres, and set-up changes.

Although the final positions appear poor - with Kovalainen 12th and Fisichella ... [ more ]

Bahrain GP - BMW Sauber - Practice
It was a positive Friday for the BMW Sauber team in Bahrain with Robert Kubica setting third fastest time and Nick Heidfeld seventh, despite neither driver being particularly happy with the overall balance of the F1.07. Kubica, who took over the spare car for the afternoon session after handling issues in the morning, lapped ... [ more ]

Bahrain GP - Williams Toyota - Practice
Williams Toyota completed Friday’s free practice sessions for the last of the opening three flyaway races of the season, the Bahrain Grand Prix. With Kazuki Nakajima fulfilling his GP2 commitments, the team’s two race drivers carried out both practice sessions under hot conditions at the Sakhir circuit.

In preparation ... [ more ]

Bahrain GP - Spyker Ferrari - Practice
Spyker Ferrari declared themselves satisfied after the two practice sessions today in Bahrain. Adrian Sutil set the 19th fastest time on his first visit to the circuit while Christijan Albers three-tenths down in 21st position.

Adrian Sutil
"It was a good first day in Bahrain. I like the track with its long straights ... [ more ]

Another tough day for the Honda racer
Jenson Button's nightmare season continued to worsen in Bahrain on Friday.

While lapping amongst the slowest runners in the afternoon free practice session, the Honda racer pulled over on the exit of turn two with a fiery engine failure.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa then slid on the spilled oil and spun, although ... [ more ]

Aiming to improve driver safety
F1 could consider semi-enclosing the cockpits of Grand Prix cars to improve safety.

That is the revelation in Bahrain of Toyota racer Ralf Schumacher, who is also a Director of the safety-oriented Grand Prix Drivers' Association.

He told the news agency sid that discussions about cockpit safety have moved higher ... [ more ]

Not so keen on the birthday fuss...
Sir Frank Williams has vowed to try and let his birthday pass without a commotion when he flies back to Britain from Bahrain on Monday. The eponymous boss of F1's Grove based team, who has travelled to the Persian Gulf to oversee this weekend's event, is turning 65.

"I hate all celebrations," Williams told the news ... [ more ]

No easy fix for the Honda RA107
A downbeat Rubens Barrichello has targeted a mere top-twelve qualifying effort in Bahrain.

The Brazilian driver broke ranks with his Honda colleagues on Thursday by reporting that the struggling RA107 racer ‘has not improved’ since it debuted disappointingly in Melbourne last month.

Barrichello thus set a modest target ... [ more ]

“I feel 100 per cent for the first time”
Anthony Davidson said in Bahrain that he is now fully recovered from a bout of the 'flu.

The Super Aguri rookie, who hardly rates a mention in the British press due to the excitement surrounding countryman Lewis Hamilton's podium-fuelled early career, endured a difficult race in Malaysia because he was not feeling ... [ more ]

Early days for the McLaren rookie warns Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld has poured cold water on the hype surrounding impressive McLaren rookie Lewis Hamilton's debut .

22-year-old Briton Hamilton is poised to make history as the first ever rookie to score three consecutive podiums in his first three races, but the British media has gone into an unprecedented ... [ more ]

Cars tested in Sakhir scrutineering
Concerned about backmarkers' reluctance to move over for quicker cars this year, FIA scrutineers on Thursday tested the rear-facing mirror designs on all Formula One cars.

At Bahrain's Sakhir circuit, officials for the governing body required one driver from each team to sit in his car and read a hand-written message ... [ more ]

In a 380-hp Porsche 996 GT3 RS !
The 1993 World Rally Championship runner-up returns to rallying after a well-deserved retirement three years ago. But that was without counting on his encounter with the Ronforts and their Porsche 996 GT3 RS, with its 380-horsepower engine… the only car capable of giving him the desire to get back into racing!

Issued from ... [ more ]

Aboard a new Renault
Following a completed first season in the French Rally Championship, marked by three two-wheel drive victories, Emmanuel Guigou and David Marty embark on a new campaign. They will race in the Rally Terre de l'Auxerrois aboard a new Clio Renault Sport R3 prepared by Chazel Technologie Course.

Renault innovates in presenting the Clio ... [ more ]

Moroccan race always popular
It has been ten years now that the AMV Shamrock has been welcoming motorcycle, 4x4, buggy, quad, special vehicules and truck drivers, may they be professionnals, beginners or newcomers. The loyal participants all appreciate this cross-country rally, whose layout is designed in the shape of a clover leaf surrounding the town of Laâyoune, ... [ more ]

Bullish ahead of third race of the season
Tension is still a factor in the BMW Sauber garage in 2007.

Although team-mates Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica deny that they struggle to get along, rumours of a strained relationship continue to regularly circulate.

In the Malaysian Grand Prix, the pair collided at the first corner, sparking Heidfeld's ... [ more ]

Keeping up with circuit rivals
Last weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix will be remembered by most for the fast starting McLaren duo of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, but for some, it was Bernie Ecclestone’s comments that the facility is starting to look ‘shabby’.

Sepang International Circuit Chairman Mokhzani Mahathir has confirmed that work on a support ... [ more ]