After losing out on a chance to continue its hosting of the Japanese Grand Prix this year, the famous Honda-owned Suzuka circuit will be reinstated from 2009 onwards. In a similar deal to the German Grand Prix, the...
Archive - September 2007
Are The FIA Running Out Of Funds?
The FIA are obviously set on making a few bucks at the Italian Grand Prix this weekend. First McLaren get fined $50,000 for their running of a new and untested gearbox in Hungary. And now Kimi Raikkonen has been fined...
Monza: Practice Sessions
Ferrari set the pace in the first practice session at Monza this morning by going first and second fastest in an interesting run that seemed to reverse the achievements of McLaren in the recent test here last week...
FIA Letter To McLaren Drivers
President of the FIA, Max Mosley, has published today a letter he sent to the three McLaren drivers who may be caught up in the Stepneygate scandal. It was recently announced that new evidence had possibly come to...
McLaren Fined $50,000 By Stewards
Following on from the drama earlier in the evening regarding McLaren’s new gearbox, the stewards dealing with the matter in Monza have chosen to fine the team $50,000. The new gearbox that the Woking-based team...
McLaren Controversy: This Time It’s The Gearbox
Not content with supposedly fixing the outcome of the Monaco Grand Prix via team orders, potentially integrating Ferrari developed parts into the new MP4-22 via a leaked document and having the two drivers at the front...
Pat Symonds Reveals Plans To Rid Fuel Burning
In the superb Renault podcast, director of engineering Pat Symonds has revealed that the eleven Formula One teams currently racing will hold a meeting at Monza tomorrow to discuss the possibilities of ridding from...
One Year On: Is Michael Missed?
It was approximately one year ago that an emotional Michael Schumacher radioed his team while touring around Monza on his victory lap and announced he would be retiring at the end of the year. In what was a difficult...
De La Rosa Completes McLaren Testing Dominance
Spanish test driver Pedro De La Rosa finished the final day of testing yesterday ahead of next weekends Italian Grand Prix in the top spot. Lapping the Monza circuit in 1m23.285, PDLR beat Ferrari’s Felipe Massa...