“Finishing on the podium is always possible”
Italian veteran Jarno Trulli is about to start his fourth season with Toyota. 2007 was a major disappointment for all concerned, but Trulli is looking forward to a return to form…

What is your reaction to the 2007 season?
“Let’s put it this way, we could have done better. We all could have done better and ... [ more ]

GP2 champ delighted to return to F1
It has been a winding route for Timo Glock ahead of his first full season of Formula One. The new Toyota recruit raced with Jordan in F1 on a part-time basis in 2004 before heading off to Champ Car the following year. Two seasons of GP2 followed and now he looks forward to his time at Toyota F1.

What were your feelings ... [ more ]

McLaren duo put laps on the new MP4-23
Lewis Hamilton drove the team’s MP4-23 for the first time today at the Jerez circuit. Hamilton left the garage at 09:10 and completed over 456kms and 103 laps during the course of the day.

Hamilton joined his new team-mate, Heikki Kovalainen at the Spanish circuit for the first of four days of testing over the coming ... [ more ]

Kovalainen and de la Rosa at the wheel in Jerez
Following Monday's launch at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, the McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 made its track debut at the Circuito de Jerez in southern Spain today.

The team had two of its 2008 cars in action. Driving duties fell to Heikki Kovalainen and Pedro de la Rosa who were at the wheel of chassis ... [ more ]

Cars and presentations
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport fans will get a unique opportunity to meet the stars of the international nation versus nation series this week at Autosport International, the largest motorsport exhibition in the world, at the NEC in Birmingham (10-13 January 2008).

At the centre of the A1GP interactive display stand in Hall 6 will ... [ more ]

And believes there are no guarantees against spying
Ferrari's new Team Principal, Stefano Domenicali, covered many subjects during his media conference on Wednesday at the team's Wrooom press meeting at Madonna di Campiglio in the Italian Dolemites.

Among the subjects were his new responsibilities, the McLaren team, the upcoming 2008 season and the spy ... [ more ]

Appealing sentence on embezzlement charges
Shanghai's former Formula One racing chief plans to appeal his conviction on embezzlement charges, state media quoted his lawyer as saying.

Yu Zhifei, who helped bring Formula One racing to China, was sentenced last week to four years in prison, becoming the latest casualty of a massive Shanghai corruption scandal.

His ... [ more ]

Changes ahead before Melbourne
McLaren unveiled their new car for the 2008 Formula One season, the MP4-23, which team boss Ron Dennis believed would be competitive in the drivers' and constructors' world championship this year.

Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen have yet to drive the new car but will undertake tests at Jerez this week.

"Our ... [ more ]

Looking forward to life at McLaren
A year ago Heikki Kovalainen was about to embark on his debut season with Renault. After a solid second half of the season, the young Finn has joined McLaren Mercedes where he lines up alongside Lewis Hamilton...

What are your aims for the 2008 Formula 1 season?
"Of course joining a very ambitious team I have to be ... [ more ]

Stats and facts on the 2008 challenger
A look at McLaren's latest challenger the MP4-23 which was launched this afternoon in Germany.

The first design meeting for the MP4-23 took place back in November 2006 with early layout work starting in March 2007.

Wind tunnel work commenced in late May 2007.

Since then the MP4-23 has spent over 3000 ... [ more ]