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Brad's Formula 1 Blog July 2007 Archive

By Brad Spurgeon, About.com Guide to Formula 1

And Now... No More American Driver in Formula 1

Tuesday July 31, 2007
Following fast on the announcement that there would be no U.S. Grand Prix next season, another U.S. related announcement was made today by the Toro Rosso team. They have ... Read More

Renault's $50 Million Investment

Monday July 30, 2007
Seen from the outside, the chief executive of the Renault car company, Carlos Ghosn, has stood like a threatening presence over the Renault Formula 1 program since he took control ... Read More

2008 F1 Schedule - With Surprises

Friday July 27, 2007
The World Motor Sport Council obviously decided to use its time together yesterday judging the spy scandal to also agree on the provisional 2008 Formula 1 schedule. There are ... Read More

McLaren Mercedes Off the Hook

Thursday July 26, 2007
McLaren Mercedes was found guilty of having confidential Ferrari information, but the team was not punished because the World Motor Sport Council could not find evidence that the team had ... Read More

F1 Titles Could be Decided Tomorrow - in Paris

Wednesday July 25, 2007
The International Automobile Federation's World Motor Sport Council will tomorrow decide during a special meeting at the FIA headquarters in Paris whether or not McLaren Mercedes as a team acted ... Read More

Lewis Hamilton Will Race

Sunday July 22, 2007
The FIA has just announced that Lewis Hamilton is fit to race. "Following a medical examination this morning by the FIA Medical Delegate, Dr. Gary Hartstein, and the Chief Medical Officer ... Read More

Lewis Hamilton Crashes at European Grand Prix Qualifying

Saturday July 21, 2007
With five minutes left in the final qualifying session, Lewis Hamilton, the rookie leader of the championship crashed into a tire barrier. The crash was caused when the front ... Read More

Useful and Useless F1 Tire Information

Friday July 20, 2007
I was walking through the paddock at the Nurburgring yesterday and I heard a kind of bizarre, whistling symphony coming from over my shoulder somewhere. I turned around and ... Read More

"Customer Car Row" Almost Solved

Tuesday July 17, 2007
Speaking of scandals... the spying scandal mentioned below that so dominated the news and press attention at Silverstone, along with the Lewis Hamilton racing at home story, both overshadowed an ... Read More

Mercedes Celebrates 80 Years Since First Win at Nurburgring

Friday July 13, 2007
Now that's a cool fact. Rudolf Caracciola won the first race at the Nordschleife - the original track next to which the current Grand Prix track runs - in ... Read More

No U.S. Grand Prix at Indianapolis Next Year - No U.S. GP Either

Thursday July 12, 2007
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway today announced that it failed to come to an agreement for a deal to host the U.S. Grand Prix next year. The race has taken ... Read More

Klien to Test for Spyker at Spa, in Line for Race Seat

Wednesday July 11, 2007
The Formula 1 teams are testing in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium this week and the Spyker team has hired Christian Klien to test for them on Thursday, and it is believed he ... Read More

Christijan Albers Leaves Spyker

Tuesday July 10, 2007
The Spyker team today announced that its driver, Christijan Albers, would leave the team, effective immediately. Although Albers' results had not been as good as his new teammate's, the ... Read More

F1 Spy Scandal

Monday July 9, 2007
Although the on-track racing story of the British Grand Prix weekend was from beginning nearly to the end the story of Lewis Hamilton - Kimi Raikkonen upstaged Hamilton in the ... Read More

Lewis Hamilton Upstaged at British Grand Prix

Sunday July 8, 2007
Finally, Lewis Hamilton was seriously upstaged at the British Grand Prix today. He started from pole position, lost the lead at the first pit stops, and watched Kimi Raikkonen ... Read More

Lewis Hamilton's Significant Pole Position at the British Grand Prix

Saturday July 7, 2007
All season long Lewis Hamilton has managed to do the right thing at the right time. His very few mistakes have been made during very uncritical moments, and he ... Read More

Record Crowd for a Friday at Silverstone

Friday July 6, 2007
The Lewis Hamilton phenomenon is definitely having its effect at the British Grand Prix. Despite the cold, cloudy weather for most of the day today, the Friday practice sessions ... Read More

Silverstone Scene of Something Other than Hamilton-mania

Thursday July 5, 2007
As Lewis Hamilton returns home to Silverstone as the leader of the championship and the center of attention of Formula 1 for his first home race, he does so on ... Read More

A New F1 Subplot

Sunday July 1, 2007
The French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours today may not have been the most action-packed race of the season, but it set the stage for an exciting subplot through the rest ... Read More

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