Japanese giants Toyota have launched their 2007 car in Cologne earlier today, inviting guests and media to the unveiling that will hopefully see the team improve on their lacklustre 2006 form. Named the TF107, Toyota...
Archive - January 2007
Oliver WhiteGovernment Pledges To Help Silverstone
Silverstone – the home of British motorsport – has welcomed the news of the British Government’s pledge of assistance in developing the circuit into an international ‘centre of excellence’. Silverstone has regularly...
Villeneuve To Compete In Le Mans 24 Hour
Formula One’s 1997 World Champion – Jacques Villeneuve – will compete in this years Le Mans 24 Hour race with the Peugeot entrant, it was annoucned today. After leaving F1 and the BMW team behind him...
Bahrain Company Buys 30% Of McLaren
McLaren announced on their website earlier today that Mumtalakat Holding Company – wholly owned by the Kingdom of Bahrain – is about to complete the purchase of a 30% stake in the McLaren group. While the...
Alonso Returns To Work
Like many other people up and down the country, reigning World Champion Fernando Alonso returned to work yesterday, enjoying a tour of McLaren’s impressive Technology Centre in Woking. Although Alonso was able to...
News Round-up: Quick Snippets
The World Motorsport Council has granted the establishment of a new commission – the Formula One Manufacturers’ Advisory Commission. The idea being that all Formula One Manufacturer’s can represent...
Is Schumacher’s Retirement Good For Formula One?
As Michael Schumacher cruised around the Monza circuit in September of last year, he announced to his team over the radio that this would be his last Italian Grand Prix as he had decided to hang up his racing boots and...
Winter Testing & Launch Schedule: Update
As the Formula One teams plan the launch of their 2007 challengers, the Winter Testing Program begins to take shape, and while nothing is confirmed as of yet, some of the test sessions are obvious as cars are being...
F1 Grand Prix TV
I only have one question. It is a relatively short and succint question. You see, although I do allow advertising on BlogF1, I do occasionally check it out. I wouldn’t want to be advertising some dodgy product or...
Verstappen Relives Old Times
Ex-Formula One driver Jos Verstappen drove a 1997 Tyrrell-Cosworth 025 earlier today on the A73, a public (but closed for this event) road near the Dutch city of Roermond. The purpose of the event was to promote the...
