“Things look quite promising for this year”
Yamaha Tech3's Herve Poncharal has provided us with a thorough assessment of his team's preparations for the 2008 season so far, following visits to Sepang and Phillip Island – with the MotoGP Official Test just around the corner.

The affable French team boss has been pleased with the work of new recruits Colin ... [ more ]

“We are ready for this new adventure”
Team Honda Gresini's past is full of victories and battles, and so is that of team owner Fausto Gresini, twice World Champion. Yesterday, his 2008 MotoGP challenge has officially begun…

. Yesterday morning the Team San Carlo Honda Gresini's presentation took place at San Siro stadium, in Milan.

Fausto Gresini ... [ more ]

Jerez - McLaren Mercedes - Test day 2
Heikki Kovalainen joined new team-mate Lewis Hamilton today in Spain as the test plan switched to a focus on longer runs.

The day was affected by windy conditions, which made the track conditions far from ideal.

Hamilton finished shortly after 15:00, as the wind had picked up during the course of the afternoon. ... [ more ]

Jerez - Honda - Test day 2
The Honda Racing F1 Team continued its test programme in Jerez for a second day today. The weather conditions were once again warm and sunny although a strong wind made the driving conditions very inconsistent over the course of the session.

Rubens Barrichello continued his running for a second day in the RA108 car. He focused ... [ more ]

Jerez - Renault - Test day 2
Renault remained in Jerez today to continue its winter testing programme in preparation for the new season. Conditions were warm and sunny, but windy conditions remained throughout the day and the team had to adapt its programme accordingly.

The team continued to operate a two-car programme, with Fernando Alonso and Nelson ... [ more ]

Jerez - Red Bull Renault - Test day 3
It’s all well and good heading for Southern Spain to get the warmest of the European winter weather, but with Jerez de la Frontera located on the breezy Atlantic coast, strong winds are an ever present threat.

Yet again today, gusty conditions meant that it was difficult to draw any meaningful results on the aerodynamic ... [ more ]

Jerez - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Test day 2
High mileage continues to be the theme of this winter’s testing, even though Sebastien Bourdais was sidelined in the garage for a while with a mechanical problem.

Both examples of the STR2B are now running the latest spec front suspension and the two drivers completed a couple of long runs today, with the car seemingly ... [ more ]

Jerez - Super Aguri Honda - Test day 2
Super Aguri Honda continued its proposed three-day test at the Circuito de Jerez with Takuma Sato remaining behind the wheel for the second day.

The Japanese racer used his last day in the SA07B to run through a number of set-up optimisation tests whilst continuing to work with the MES system, including start work. ... [ more ]

Jerez - BMW Sauber - Test day 2Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld continued to work on the general set-up of the BMW Sauber F1.08 today at Jerez following the test schedule as planned.

Completing 116 and 109 laps respectively without any major problem both drivers collected valuable data. Both drivers did several practice starts and pitstops to check the car's ... [ more ]

''We never had problems of this type here''
Lewis Hamilton, the recent victim of racist abuse during testing in Barcelona, has received a warmer reception during a three-day session in southern Spain.

"The McLaren stable didn't ask us to take any particular security measures for the three days of testing but in any case we never had problems of this type ... [ more ]