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Brad's Formula 1 Blog August 2007 Archive

By Brad Spurgeon, About.com Guide to Formula 1

An F1 Photographer's Blog

Friday August 31, 2007
Now this is an interesting find. There are more and more F1 blogs all the time, but this is the first I know of belonging to a top F1 ... Read More

Bourdais Could Win Champ Car Title this Weekend

Thursday August 30, 2007
The organizers of the Phoenix Champ Car race have announced that they are unable to hold the race this year and that means there are now only three races left ... Read More

Monza Litmus Test?

Wednesday August 29, 2007
Formula 1 teams are testing in Monza this week. After two days of testing the McLaren Mercedes have been fastest both days, today with Fernando Alonso leading and yesterday ... Read More

Massa Nips Pole From Happy Hamilton

Saturday August 25, 2007
Felipe Massa grabbed pole position in his Ferrari at the Turkish Grand Prix today, only seonds after Lewis Hamilton looked set to score the pole. But Hamilton was not ... Read More

New Spyker Fails Safety Test

Thursday August 23, 2007
The Spyker team today announced that it would not use its new, B spec car at the Turkish Grand Prix this weekend as planned. This was a much modified ... Read More

BMW Sauber Keeps its Drivers

Tuesday August 21, 2007
BMW Sauber this morning announced that it would keep the same drivers, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, for the 2008 season. "Both Nick and Robert have delivered very strong ... Read More

A Question of Timing in F1

Monday August 20, 2007
The F1 summer break is almost over now, so it's back to more directly useful information. Ever use those great live timing screen at the official formula1.com site or ... Read More

Red Bull's Other Activities

Sunday August 19, 2007
Back on the same theme as a few days ago during the F1 summer break when I tried to reveal a little about Formula 1 by comparing it to chess.... ... Read More

McLaren Appeal Date Set

Friday August 17, 2007
McLaren Mercedes has decided to continue with an appeal on the stewards' decision at the Hungarian Grand Prix to disallow points for the team because of an incident during qualifying. ... Read More

Chess Player Visits F1 Paddock

Tuesday August 14, 2007
We're now in the middle of August, and that means we're in the middle of Formula 1's annual summer break of three weeks between races. For me, as for ... Read More

Sebastien Bourdais to Join Toro Rosso

Friday August 10, 2007
Finally, the Toro Rosso team today announced that Sebastien Bourdais will join the team for the 2008 Formula 1 season. This is great news for fans both of Bourdais ... Read More

F1 Spy Scandal to be Prolonged

Tuesday August 7, 2007
The International Automobile Federation today announced that the re-trial by the International Court of Appeal of the McLaren Mercedes team in the F1 spy scandal, originally scheduled for sometime at ... Read More

Alonso Bumped Down the Grid, McLaren Earns No Points

Sunday August 5, 2007
That's the decision by the stewards, delivered late last night. Fernando Alonso will start sixth on the grid, and Lewis Hamilton will start from pole position. The stewards ... Read More

A New Formula 1 Scandal Overshadows an Old One

Saturday August 4, 2007
Fernando Alonso today scored pole position at the Hungaroring in what could be seen as a most scandalous manner. Lewis Hamilton, Alonso's teammate, was fastest all throughout the qualifying ... Read More

Vettel Does Well in Toro Rosso Debut

Friday August 3, 2007
Sebastian Vettel, the 20-year-old German driver who replaced Scott Speed, did well in his first practice sessions for the Hungarian Grand Prix today at the Hungaroring. He finished 16th ... Read More

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