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Williams driver Nico Rosberg continued his team`s promising Bahrain Grand Prix weekend by going fastest in the final free practice session at Sakhir.
Ferrari`s Felipe Massa was second, having been fastest until teams switched to soft tyre runs and qualifying simulations in the closing minutes.
As has been their habit in final practice so far in 2008, […]

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali refused to say whether world champion Kimi Raikkonen will be allowed to test a MotoGP bike any time soon.After former team champion Michael Schumacher`s much publicised forays on two wheels, Raikkonen in Bahrain revealed that he also harbours a desire to sample the other premier form of Grand Prix machinery.When […]

Ferrari continued to dominate Bahrain Grand Prix practice in the second session, with Felipe Massa again leading teammate Kimi Raikkonen in a one-two.
The Brazilian ended the afternoon almost one second quicker than Raikkonen, having lapped in 1:31.420 in the final seconds.
McLaren finished third and fourth, but Lewis Hamilton ended the afternoon in the barriers.
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Scuderia Toro Rosso have said they may test British Formula Three front-runner Brendon Hartley again, after confirming he had tested the team`s new car at Vairano in Italy last week.
Hartley was drafted in for the shakedown of Toro Rosso`s new STR3 at Vairano in Italy, prior to the car`s first proper run at Barcelona in […]

The opening practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend saw - as expected - Ferrari top the timesheets. After the strong showing in Malaysia, combined with six days of pre-season testing at Sakhir, Ferrari are very much the pre-race favourites this weekend with Felipe Massa leading the way for the Italian champions after the […]

Michael Schumacher`s motorcycle racing foray continued on Thursday, when he tested for the Italian MotoGP team Ducati at Mugello.The retired F1 world champion got the call-up after the team`s regular test rider, Vittoriano Guareschi, fell on day two of the three day test and knocked his coccyx.But Schumacher insisted: “I repeat it very clearly that […]

Following the debut of the 2008 car earlier this week, Toro Rosso is planning to test the STR3 properly for the first time at the upcoming Barcelona test.It is expected that the Ferrari-powered single seater, based on the Adrian Newey penned RB4 model that is already being raced by parent team Red Bull, will make […]

Promising young Belgian driver Frederic Vervisch will make his Formula One test debut later this year.Thanks to an agreement between the Asian F3 engine supplier TOM`S (Toyota) and the F1 team Force India, the 21-year-old has secured a November winter test as a reward for winning the title.It is believed that other promising drivers will […]

Toro Rosso`s 2008 car, the STR3 that is based on Adrian Newey`s 2008-spec Red Bull single seater, has made its track debut.With race drivers Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais overseas for the Malaysian and Bahrain Grand Prix, the task of shaking down the single car fell to Red Bull junior driver Brendon Hartley.Hartley, 18, drove […]

Singapore on Sunday trialled the lighting system for F1`s first ever street race, to be held in the Asian city-state later this year.A stretch of the circuit was illuminated with the same lights that will be used when official action kicks off in Singapore in late September, the Chinese broadcaster CCTV reported.The report said sixteen […]

Double Formula One world champion Mika Hakkinen says the first night race on a Singapore street circuit will pose unique challenges to drivers, but that safety concerns can be allayed by organisation and preparation.
The Finn said on Sunday that testing would be expensive and “difficult to organise” but that question marks over the inaugural night […]

Alex Wurz, the Honda team`s test driver, describes the track characteristics and the set-up required to complete a full lap on Bahrain`s Sakhir circuit.Alex Wurz`s lap in Bahrain:“The Formula One circus likes visiting Bahrain. Everyone`s looking for more than just another paddock and there`s a lively city near to the Bahrain International Circuit, where there […]

The Singapore Grand Prix organisers have demonstrated the lighting system that will be used for Formula One`s first ever night race later this year.
Sixteen light projectors have been temporarily set up along a 64-metre stretch of the capital`s St Andrew`s Road.
The project`s lighting consultant Valerio Maioli switched the projectors on in an event held […]

McLaren Mercedes CEO Martin Whitmarsh is upbeat ahead of the third round of the championship next weekend in Bahrain, despite the fact that arch-rival Ferrari spent six days in the off-season testing at the Sakhir circuit.Can you outline why the Bahrain International Circuit is notoriously tough on brakes and the measures the team takes in […]

McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh is confident the British squad will not be at a disadvantage against rivals Ferrari at the Bahrain Grand Prix, despite not having tested there during the winter.
Ferrari and Toyota were the only two teams who travelled to Sakhir over the winter, spending six days testing in preparation for next week`s […]

Norbert Haug thinks Ferrari`s recent experience of the Sakhir circuit should make Ferrari the favourites to win the upcoming Bahrain Grand Prix. Of Formula One`s 11 teams, only Ferrari and Toyota opted to make the expensive trip to Bahrain for six days of winter testing. “That should be an advantage for them,” Haug told […]

Ferrari are hoping to benefit from having tested at the Bahrain circuit earlier this year in next month`s third round of the championship.
The Italian squad, together with Toyota, spent six days testing at the Sakhir circuit in February.
And although the team expect the conditions to be very different, Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali reckons their […]

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