Barcelona - Red Bull Renault - Test day 2
Yet again today, the weather – wet and cold – called for a change to Red Bull Renault's planned schedule.

It had been planned to replicate a Saturday final practice session, followed by all three sections of qualifying, followed by a race distance.

Given the poor track conditions, it was decided to scrub ... [ more ]

Barcelona - Renault - Test day 2
Renault remained at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today to continue with its preparations for the 2008 season. The team was operating two R28s with Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet on driving duty.

Like yesterday conditions were cold and damp with consistent showers leaving the circuit wet for most of the day ... [ more ]

Valencia - BMW Sauber - Test day 2
BMW Sauber continued to go it alone at the Valencia circuit today with regular race drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld back in action at the Spanish test circuit.

In the morning the team did a full race simulation following the official time schedule and pre-race procedures of a race day. On a wet track Kubica and ... [ more ]

Barcelona - Williams Toyota - Test day 2
While it rained for much of the morning today at Circuit de Catalunya, the Williams Toyota team had a busy day the Spanish Grand Prix circuit with Nico Rosberg, Kazuki Nakajima as well as Nico Hulkenberg in action.

Rosberg put on 97 laps of the 4.655km circuit today, 50 more than any other non-Williams runner, recording ... [ more ]

Barcelona - Ferrari - Test day 1
Today marked the first day of testing for Ferrari at Circuit de Catalunya as the team plan to test alone for a third and final day alone at the circuit on Friday.

On a day when the circuit was affected by intermittent rainfall, Felipe Massa and Luca Badoer were the two drivers designated to start this test.

The Brazilian ... [ more ]

Barcelona - Toyota - Test day 2
The weather continued to dominate proceedings at Barcelona on the second day of this week’s test programme for Toyota.

There was again rain before the start of the day’s running and regular showers after that ensured that most of the action took place on a wet track.

The 2008 restrictions on testing mileage and tyres ... [ more ]

''It was not difficult to get Alonso back''
Flavio Briatore, Managing Director of Renault's F1 programme, says he first discussed the return of Fernando Alonso to the French outfit as early as the first Grand Prix of the 2007 season.

Alonso has re-joined Renault for the forthcoming season after a turbulent year with McLaren Mercedes, but Briatore admitted ... [ more ]

Learning from the problems of 2007
Fuji Speedway promised on Wednesday that it will do a better job hosting the Japanese Grand Prix in October after last year's event was marred by debacles.

Toyota-owned Fuji Speedway, in the foothills of Mount Fuji, hosted the Japanese Grand Prix for the first time in 30 years last year, replacing the Suzuka Circuit, ... [ more ]

Anticipating the start of the Belgian Championship
Larry Cols conducted his first tests aboard the Volkswagen Polo Super 2000, thereby discovering his new ride a month ahead of becoming an official Belgian VW Club driver at the East Belgian rally.

He participated in the test session last week, using an entire day to set up his Polo for the Belgian Championship.

"The ... [ more ]