Fernando Alonso has tested a McLaren MP4-21 at the final session of the year today. In a suprise outing for the team, Alonso went out on track in plain white overalls and helmet in an unbranded McLaren Mercedes to...
Archive - December 2006
Oliver WhiteDe La Rosa On Top For Day Two
Pedro De La Rosa charged his McLaren to the top of the time sheets in the second day of testing for the team at Spain’s Jerez track today. The Spaniard who subbed for Juan Pablo Montoya last season lapped the circuit 0...
News Round-up: Quick Snippets
Winter testing has been dominating the news of late, and some smaller stories have been sidelined by Alonso’s testing ban and Raikkonen’s drinking habits. But I thought I would take five minutes just to...
Sebastian Bourdais Enjoys Toro Rosso Test
Triple ChampCar champion Sebastian Bourdais enjoyed a day behind the wheel of a Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One car today, completing 82 laps of the Jerez circuit and setting a lap time just 0.7s behind regular driver...
Kovalainen Tops Jerez Test
Day one (two for Toyota who started early this time) at Jerez saw Renault’s Heikki Kovalainen top the time sheets for the first time since winter testing began last month, setting a time half a second quicker than...
Button To Miss Final Test
Jenson Button is to miss the final test of the year at Jerez later this week, it has been reported. Jenson has missed the two previous sessions because he sustained a rib injury while karting during the off-season. In...
Sebastian Bourdais To Test A Toro Rosso
He’s a Formula 3000 title winner, and a three times ChampCar champion. He has tested for the now defunct Arrows team, and also for reigning champions Renault. Every time he has driven a Formula One car he has...
“This, I think, really is a make-or-break year for Fisi”
And in case anybody thinks I said that – I didn’t. No, in fact these are the words of Renault’s Technical Director – Bob Bell. Bell was speaking prior to the start of the last test session of the...
Moss, Schumacher and Alonso Receive Awards
Both Stirling Moss and Michael Schumacher have received awards from F1’s governing body – the FIA – at the annual ceremony held in Monaco. Sir Stirling collected a gold medal in recognition of his...
Barrichello Leads Honda In Testing
In the third day of testing at Spain’s Jerez circuit, it was Rubens Barrichello who set the fastest lap to head the time sheets, driving the all-black Honda test car. Honda’s test driver James Rossiter...
