''That was an amazing experience''
A dream came true on Thursday for Christian Vietoris and BMW works driver Augusto Farfus: both drove with the BMW Sauber F1 Team as part of the programme for the Formula BMW World Final at the "Circuit de la Comunitat" in Valencia.

Vietoris won this event in 2006, and in doing so was given the opportunity for his first ... [ more ]

BMW reward success in Valencia
Christian Vietoris and Augusto Farfus are getting their first taste of Formula One this week as the BMW Sauber team reward both drivers for their respective 2007 campaigns with a Formula One run ahead of the Formula BMW World Final.

Vietoris' run in the F1.07 is as a result of his triumph in the 2006 Formula BMW Final. Brazil's ... [ more ]

A look back at BMW Sauber's second season
BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen looks back on what was a tremendous second season for the BMW Sauber squad. The team head into the 2008 season chasing its first Grand Prix victory, but with 101 points between Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel this year, Theissen has every reason to be upbeat.

How ... [ more ]

Zuber, Filippi and Conway enjoy Honda runs
The Honda Young Driver Programme ran GP2 drivers Andi Zuber, Luca Filippi and Mike Conway at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona this week. As part of the team's commitment to the development of young motorsport talent, each driver had the opportunity to drive the Honda race car for one day as the team took a closer ... [ more ]

Praise for Montagny following final test
Today’s final day of testing at Barcelona marked Franck Montagny’s last day behind the wheel as third driver for Toyota.

The Frenchman will not drive for the team at Jerez in December so test team members took the opportunity to say goodbye to a popular test driver at Barcelona today.

Montagny has made ... [ more ]

Barcelona - Williams Toyota - Test day 3
Nico Rosberg was back on track today for the Williams Toyota team in the third and final day of testing at Circuit de Catalunya.

Rosberg put in 69 laps of the 4.627km circuit in sunny and cold conditions with a best lap of 1:21.820s, good for eighth fastest overall.

Once again Rosberg was joined by his ... [ more ]

Barcelona - McLaren Mercedes - Test day 3
The third and final day of testing came to a close in Barcelona with Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett completing the planned programme for the week without any problems.

Both drivers only did limited mileage today - due to the 30,000km test limit - to ensure plenty of running time is still available for the final ... [ more ]

Barcelona - Ferrari - Test day 3
Michael Schumacher was not on testing duty today for the Ferrari team after setting the pace on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Today the Italian champions handed over testing duties to regular racer Felipe Massa and test driver Luca Badoer.

The duo completed the planned programme, centred on development of new components ... [ more ]

Barcelona - Force India Ferrari - Test day 2
Force India Formula One Team has completed another trouble-free day of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain.

The three drivers testing for the team today, Adrian Sutil, Christian Klien and Tonio Liuzzi, continued the team's programme of accumulating data on the new electronic control units, putting in ... [ more ]

Barcelona - McLaren Mercedes - Test day 2
Testing continued at the Circuit de Catalunya today with 21 drivers on track. The focus of the McLaren Mercedes test team remained on preparations for 2008, specifically work without driver aids.

In sunny but cold conditions both Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett completed over 250km of running at the Spanish ... [ more ]