A new livery for inaugural tests
The Williams team’s 2008 season race car, the Williams Toyota FW30, took to the track at the Valencia circuit in Southern Spain this morning for a shakedown prior to starting its winter testing in earnest tomorrow.

The team’s newly recruited test driver, Nico Hulkenberg, is taking on the responsibility of shaking down the ... [ more ]

Test mileage for Alex Wurz & Takashi Kogure
Honda gets its pre-season testing programme at the Valencia circuit in Spain this week.

The test will begin with a reference programme with last year’s RA107 in which new Test and Reserve Driver Alex Wurz will drive for his new team for the first time.

Later this week, the all-new RA108, Honda’s challenger ... [ more ]

Taupo - A1GP - Sprint Race
New Zealand made A1GP history today by dominating the Taupo Sprint race from lights-to-flag to take its first-ever A1GP win at home. It became only the second team to win a home race in the history of the thrilling series. Jonny Reid led from pole to take the chequered flag and scored 15 crucial points, moving ahead of France for second ... [ more ]

''The fact that I'm Indian is going to help''
Indian driver Karun Chandhok believes he can convince Formula One new-comer Force India to hand him a 2009 world championship opening if he shines in the GP2 series this season.

Chandhok was linked with a drive with the Silverstone-based team last year when they were taken over by compatriot, and close friend, ... [ more ]

Valencia - BMW Sauber - Test day 3
Testing continued today for the BMW Sauber squad in Valencia. In the morning the team lost some time due to a mechanical problem with the power steering on Nick Heidfeld's car.

However, later on he continued with set-up work on the F1.08 and was able to cover 91 laps. Team-mate Robert Kubica completed 42 laps in the F1.07.

"Apart ... [ more ]

British star inks new five-year deal
McLaren Mercedes has today extended Lewis Hamilton's contract with the team for a further five years. The new agreement, which starts for 2008, will run up to and including the 2012 season.

Ron Dennis, McLaren Group CEO
"We are pleased to announce that we have extended our contract with Lewis, which will now run ... [ more ]

McGregor to give Williams a new look
Williams today confirmed that McGregor, the premium fashion brand, is to be the official clothing partner of the team for the next three seasons. The partnership will involve the design and tailoring of completely new team uniform for the race and test teams, as well as a bespoke working clothing design for the company’s 520 ... [ more ]

Taupo - A1GP - Practice
A1 Team France topped the time sheets in the second of today's two free practice sessions at Taupo as all 22 drivers took to the track with biofuel in their tanks, making history at round five of the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season. Despite not taking part in the rookie session this morning, 25-year-old French driver Loic Duval ... [ more ]

WSbR champion gets his Renault reward
2007 World Series by Renault champion Alvaro Parente, today enjoyed the fruits of his success with a day’s testing at the wheel of the R27 with the Renault team in Jerez. This saw the team complete a fourth and final day of testing with the R27 at the Spanish circuit, with the young Portuguese driver completing 64 laps on ... [ more ]

Valencia - BMW Sauber - Test day 2
The BMW Sauber F1 Team had a productive day's testing in Valencia on a dry track today, with the ambient temperature moving from 10 to 18°C. Wind was not a major issue anymore, although in the afternoon some gusty winds came up again.

Nick Heidfeld had his first day of testing with the 2008 car, in what was an exclusive ... [ more ]