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Brad's Formula 1 Blog January 2008 Archive

By Brad Spurgeon, About.com Guide to Formula 1

F1 Qualifying Changes for 2008

Monday January 28, 2008
It passed almost without notice, without fuss. The International Automobile Federation posted the latest Formula 1 sporting regulations for the coming season and a small change in the qualifying ... Read More

Kovalainen Again Faster than Hamilton

Thursday January 24, 2008
It is only by the smallest of margins, but for the second testing day in a row in Spain, Heikki Kovalainen, the new recruit at McLaren Mercedes, was faster than ... Read More

Nations increasing involvment in F1 Teams

Tuesday January 22, 2008
One way or another, a trend has begun in Formula 1 teams where increasingly countries have become involved in the teams. After the sale of a third of the ... Read More

Enter, Finally, the Honda and Renault 2008 F1 Cars

Monday January 21, 2008
The Honda team will finally start its pre-season testing program in Valencia this week, beginning with the RA107 from last year, and with Alex Wurz at the wheel. ... Read More

Hamilton Signs with McLaren Mercedes until 2012

Friday January 18, 2008
Lewis Hamilton today signed a multimillion dollar deal to remain with the McLaren Mercedes team until the year 2012. Last season he raced with the team to become the ... Read More

New Red Bull Hits the Track in Jerez

Wednesday January 16, 2008
The Red Bull team today launched its 2008 car at the Jerez track in Spain. This is the second Adrian Newey designed Red Bull, but it is the first ... Read More

F1 2008 Car Model Beauty Contest

Monday January 14, 2008
A Formula 1 car is a thing of beauty and a joy forever - to steal and paraphrase a line from a famous poet. Join in the poll to choose ... Read More

BMW Sauber Launching Car on Internet

Sunday January 13, 2008
After Toyota and Force India, tomorrow the BMW Sauber team will launch its 2008 car on the Internet too. This is the team to watch closely this year, of ... Read More

Fisichella, Liuzzi and Wurz - All Return To F1

Thursday January 10, 2008
The Christmas and New Year's breaks are really over and Formula 1 is moving into overdrive with announcements: Today three driver announcments almost overshadowed the launch of the Toyota car. ... Read More

Toyota to Launch Car on Internet

Tuesday January 8, 2008
Now anyone who wants to witness a Formula 1 team car launch may do so. Toyota will broadcast its 2008 car launch this Thursday from 10:30 CET to 11:10 ... Read More

McLaren Mercedes Presents its 2008 Car

Monday January 7, 2008
A day after Ferrari launched its new car, McLaren presented its 2008 car in Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz Musuem. That's the reverse order of their results in the series ... Read More

New Ferrari Unveiled

Sunday January 6, 2008
The new Ferrari, unveiled today at Maranello, looks even better than the last one. And for Kimi Raikkonen, winner of the world championship last year, that means the fun ... Read More

FIA 2008 F1 Season Entry List Published

Friday January 4, 2008
The FIA today published the official entry list of the 2008 season. We can now see that, outside some kind of team disaster, there will be as many teams ... Read More

Todt Wanted Schumacher to Direct Ferrari

Friday January 4, 2008
In an interview with the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, Jean Todt, the Ferrari director, said he wanted Michael Schumacher to replace him as director of the team. "He would ... Read More

Toyota and Force India on the Move

Tuesday January 1, 2008
The Toyota F1 team has announced an end to its sponsorship agreement with Kingfisher Airlines a year before the scheduled end of the deal. This is normal, since Kingfisher ... Read More

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