Extra pits stops and points allocation changes
The pressure will be even greater for the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport national teams when they go to Mugello, Italy for the start of season four in September.

An extra mandatory pit stop is among the changes to the series’ Sporting Regulations planned to make the racing even more exciting with the extra ... [ more ]

''We were not just slow, we were also inconsistent''
The Hungarian Grand Prix didn't take the course the BMW Sauber team had hoped for.

After all, the Munich and Hinwil based squad scored just one point at Budapest with Robert Kubica taking eighth position and Nick Heidfeld out of the points in tenth. Nonetheless, this result won't affect the BMW Sauber ... [ more ]

Compound change for the season finale
Bridgestone has announced the compound allocations of Potenza tyres for the final four rounds of the 2008 season.

For Formula One’s first visit to the new street circuit in Singapore the soft and super soft compounds will be used.

The Japanese Grand Prix will have the medium and soft compounds, the same as ... [ more ]

Looks forward to the Valencia challenge
The Hungarian Grand Prix may have been a difficult weekend for Kimi Raikkonen, but for countryman Heikki Kovalainen it was a dream result come Sunday evening as he notched up his first Grand Prix win.

"Congratulations to Heikki Kovalainen for his first win in Formula One," said Raikkonen this week. "He had his share ... [ more ]

Confident that Kovalainen will win again this year
McLaren-Mercedes CEO Formula One Martin Whitmarsh looks back at Heikki Kovalainen's maiden victory at the conclusion of the Hungarian Grand Prix: the third Finn to do so bearing the team's colours.

Additionally, Whitmarsh comments on several other subjects including Lewis Hamilton's performance, Ferrari, ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Bridgestone - Race
Heikki Kovalainen recorded his first Formula One race after a tension-filled Hungarian Grand Prix. Kovalainen used a soft, soft and super-soft tyre strategy at the Hungaroring near Budapest to take the top step of the podium in his 28th Grand Prix. The race had looked to be going the way of Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, until ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Ferrari - Race
Kimi Raikkonen on the podium in third place and Felipe Massa 17th. These official results do not tell the heartbreaking story of the race victory that eluded Ferrari's Brazilian driver.

From third place on the grid, he went straight into a lead he never relinquished apart from during the two runs of pit stops, but then with ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - McLaren Mercedes - Race
McLaren Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen took his first Formula One victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix today. Kovalainen finished 11 seconds clear of Toyota’s Timo Glock after leader Felipe Massa retired three laps from the chequered flag.

His win marks the third successive victory for the team and makes Kovalainen ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - Force India Ferrari - Race
Giancarlo Fisichella took a hard-fought 15th position in today's Hungarian Grand Prix following a close battle with the Williams of Rosberg and Nakajima and the Honda of Barrichello.

The Italian moved up three positions from his starting slot and enjoyed a race-long battle with his closest rivals in the searing ... [ more ]

Hungarian GP - BMW Sauber - Race
A single point is the scant booty for the BMW Sauber team after the Hungarian Grand Prix. Although Robert Kubica had a good grid position (4th) he finished eighth and only just made it into the points. Nick Heidfeld’s chances were very limited anyway as he was 15th on the grid. A one stop strategy elevated him to tenth.

Robert ... [ more ]