One for snow, one for ice
Pirelli has completed the presentation of its range of tyres for this year's FIA World Rally Championship with two winter tyres: the Pirelli Sottozero "Snow" and Pirelli Sottozero "Ice".

These are two quite different tyres, each of which has been specifically designed to offer the best possible performance during very specialized ... [ more ]

Monte Carlo : Suzuki World Rally Team - Preview
Following two test events in Corsica and Great Britain last year, the Suzuki World Rally Team now embarks on its first full season of world rallying with two new drivers: Toni Gardemeister from Finland and Per-Gunnar Andersson from Sweden, the reigning Junior Rally Champion with Suzuki.

The first of the 15 ... [ more ]

Hoping for snow and ice in Monte Carlo
Henning Solberg is looking to build on his solid 2007 season with the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford team. The Norwegian racer finished sixth last year scoring 34 points and finishing the podium twice.

“I am ready for this rally, we will be trying our best here," Solberg began. "My plan is to start with the same pace as ... [ more ]

Continuing the Stobart tradition in the WRC
Newly named Stobart VK M-Sport Ford driver Gigi Galli has announced his 2008 charitable aspirations by auctioning the naming rights to his Stobart Ford Focus RS WRC07 for each individual round of the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship.

For decades the Eddie Stobart transport company has upheld an idiosyncratic ... [ more ]

Betti set for Monte Carlo in a Type R
The all-new Honda Civic Type R R3 will get its season underway next weekend with the Monte Carlo Rally, the opening round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship from January 24-27.

Well-known Italian Luca Betti, navigated by Giovanni Agnese, will drive the single JAS Motorsport entry, having successfully campaigned ... [ more ]

Mosley welcomes Suzuki to the WRC fold
The new season was launched in style Sunday evening at the prestigious Automobile Club de Monaco, host of the most famous and opening round of the series, Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, which kicks off the season on Thursday 24 January.

This year's Championship covers 15 events run over five continents, and continues ... [ more ]

''I will not have a proper idea of how to approach it''
Khalid Al Qassimi will drive a third official BP Ford Focus on his Rallye Monte Carlo debut.

The 35-year-old will renew his partnership with co-driver Michael Orr, the pair having won the 2004 FIA Middle East Rally Championship together.

"My concern is how I will adapt my driving to the snow ... [ more ]

New season, new start for Matthew Wilson
Francois Duval will be back in action later this week in Monte Carlo with the Stobart Ford team and is naturally looking forward to the first event of the new season.

“I am happy to be back in a world rally car on a WRC event as this will be my first event since Corsica last year,” the tarmac specialist said. “It ... [ more ]

Valencia - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Test day 2
Reliability was the top item on today’s Toro Rosso Job Sheet, as both Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais were tasked with completing very long runs.

Bourdais managed his, but unfortunately, Vettel’s attempt came to a premature end because of a minor but time consuming problem, which will be fixed in time ... [ more ]

Valencia - Renault - Test day 3
Renault continued its winter test programme in Valencia today. The team was again running the new R28 as preparations continue ahead of the opening Grand Prix in Melbourne in March.

With sunny conditions throughout the day, the team was able to complete its programme without any disruptions. Fernando Alonso was again in ... [ more ]

Valencia - Ferrari - Test day 2
Today was the second day of testing this week for Ferrari, working again at the Ricardo Tormo Cheste circuit, on the outskirts of Valencia.

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen continued with development work on the F2008, concentrating chiefly on set-up testing, reliability and starts.

Massa was second fastest today with ... [ more ]

Valencia - Force India Ferrari - Test day 2
Adrian Sutil continued Force India's test programme today in Valencia, Spain.

In clear, sunny conditions Sutil was able to make up for yesterday's limited running, with the scheduled work on dampers and set up going ahead without any major mechanical problems.

The German completed just under 400km of ... [ more ]

Valencia - Toyota - Test day 2
Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock were on track again today for Toyota while another sunny day in Spain meant track conditions were perfect for testing and both drivers focused on set-up, with aerodynamic evaluations high on the priority list along with suspension settings and other mechanical adjustments.

The two TF108s ran without ... [ more ]

Valencia - Williams Toyota - Test day 3
Nico Rosberg was back behind the wheel of the new Toyota-powered FW30 today in Valencia. The German racer completed systems checks on the new car putting in an impressive 117 laps.



Rosberg was seventh fastest of the 17 drivers on track today with a best time of 1:12.493s.

Team-mate Kazuke Nakajima ... [ more ]

Valencia - BMW Sauber - Test day 2
Today in Valencia Nick Heidfeld drove the F1.07B. He had a limited programme and concentrated on systems settings.

He did a lot of valuable work that can be transferred to the new car, recording the ninth fastest time.

Robert Kubica was at the wheel of the F1.08 working on the mechanical and aerodynamic set-up ... [ more ]

Valencia - McLaren Mercedes - Test day 2
With conditions staying clear for the second day of the test McLaren Mercedes continued with their programme of accumulating miles on the MP4-23 and endurance testing components.

This saw work focused on carrying out long runs throughout the day with both cars.

Heikki Kovalainen topped the timesheets with ... [ more ]

Valencia - Red Bull Renault - Test day 2
After David Coulthard had two days in the cockpit of the new car (one at Jerez last week and another yesterday here in Valencia), today it was Mark Webber’s turn to try the RB4 for the first time.

After making adjustments to his seat and driving position, Webber got down to business and the car ran almost faultlessly ... [ more ]

Valencia - Honda - Test day 1
Running the much-unloved RA107 chassis, Alex Wurz made his test debut today in Valencia for the Honda team and duly propped up the bottom of the timesheets.

The former Williams Toyota racer completed 51 laps of the four kilometre Spanish circuit, recording a best lap of 1:15.440s which was good for 16th best, just over three-tenths ... [ more ]