Practice 2 Report - McLaren and Ferrari close in Istanbul
The second practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix resulted in a very close finish between Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton's McLaren.
Friday Team Quotes
Turkish GP - Friday Team Quotes
The future of Super Aguri F1
Super Aguri F1 Limited has been placed in administration. The company is now being run by PKF (UK), a British accounting firm.
Practice 2 Results
Turkish GP - Practice 2 Results
Fisichella in trouble
Force India F1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella started off badly in Turkey on Friday morning when he left the pitlane and drove through a red light at the very beginning of the first practice on Friday morning. The result of this was a three-place penalty on the grid.
Practice 1 Report - Massa leads the way
Felipe Massa set the pace in Turkey on Friday morning with a fastest lap in the first practice session which was a tenth faster than Heiki Kovalainen's McLaren. Lewis Hamilton was third fastest ahead of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.
Practice 1 Results
Turkish GP - Practice 1 Results
Thursday Press Conference
Turkish GP - Thursday Press Conference
New faces for a new world
There have been a number of new recruits in recent weeks at Honda Racing F1 with some interesting appointments in the marketing department.
More good publicity for the sport
According to reports in Germany Force India F1 driver Adrian Sutil has been the victim of an attempted blackmail. Sutil apparently went to the police when an unnamed man got hold of the hard drive of his old computer, which contained private information.
Going too far?
The Figaro newspaper in Paris has this morning published an exchange of e-mails regarding multiple World Champion Sebastien Loeb.
Fillon for FIA President?
The Figaro newspaper in Paris is reporting this morning that France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon has a secret desire to become the president of the FIA. Fillon has been the French Prime Minister since Nicolas Sarkozy won the presidency a year ago.
Montezemolo and Silvio Berlusconi
At the end of last week there was a story in Italy suggesting that Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo (60) has had a meeting with incoming Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (71) to discuss what if any role he can play in Berlusconi's new government.
The end for Super Aguri F1
Aguri Suzuki has announced in Japan that he is ceasing operation of his Formula 1 team, Super Aguri F1. The outfit has been in existence for just two and a half years, having started out in 2006 using modified versions of the 2002 Arrows A23 chassis, which were acquired from Minardi boss Paul Stoddart.
Super Aguri: where do things stand?
The future of the Super Aguri F1 team remains in the balance at the moment with a meeting due to take place tomorrow in Tokyo between Honda personnel and Franz-Josef Weigl, the German industrialist who seems to think he can save the team.
London back on the F1 agenda?
For the last eight years London has been run by Ken Livingstone. In that period Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone tried to convince Livingstone that it would be a good idea for a London Grand Prix. Livingstone seemed keen on the idea, believing that that it would bring hundreds of thousands of people to the city.
Super Aguri confirms Weigl talks
The Super Aguri F1 team says it is in "final discussions" concerning an agreement for a substantial shareholding to be transferred to the German company.
Getting in with the right people
It is worth noting that the motor racing world was represented yesterday at the Prince of Wales's May Day Business Summit on Climate Change by Honda Racing F1's Nick Fry. This involved not only the heir to the British throne but also Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Enviroment Minister Hilary Benn and American Senator George Mitchell.
World Council pre-votes on Mosley!
Radovan Novak is much in the news today for his remarks to a Czech radio station about who was responsible for what Max Mosley claims was an investigation into his private life. The end result of this was the sordid revelations that have filled the newspapers of late.
The Mole - The power of intelligence
With the French doing rather badly in Formula 1, The Mole has not seen much of Isabelle, his beautiful spy within the Renault empire. He thought of her suddenly on Sunday afternoon as he was walking on the grid in Barcelona, glad-handing and checking out the grid girls.
Interview - Martin Whitmarsh on Heikki Kovalainen and the Spanish Grand Prix
The Spanish Grand Prix was a bitter-sweet race for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team. On the one hand Lewis Hamilton returned to form, finishing third and adding to his score in the Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship, but on the other hand, Heikki Kovalainen crashed heavily.
The Mole - When the chips are down
"Right," said The Mole. "Rule number one: we are not going to mention the word Mosley. No jokes about whips, chains, hookers or whatever. We are here to talk about motor racing, and that business has got nothing to do with motor racing."
A hack looks back - On despots and elsewhere
By Mike Doodson
What with Robert Mugabe defying the wishes of the Zimbabwean people and clutching fast to his country's discredited presidency, not to mention Vladimir Putin's dubious plan to stay in charge of Russia, dictators are much in the news right now. A curse on them all.
The Man in the Pub - The German we should be talking about
By Rob Sinfield
Sunday’s during the winter are, it has to be said, generally rather pleasant affairs. They are the high point of the week and during the dark months they usually follow the same pattern.
Globetrotter - Sex and the single seater
By Joe Saward
There may be dancing in the streets outside the headquarters of the Latvijas Automobilu Federacija (LAF) in Riga as a result of Danica Patrick's first Indycar victory, in Japan last weekend.
Conspiracy theories in Formula 1
Max Mosley has hired the private investigation company Quest to look into the question of whether the revelations about his sexual activities were the result of a plot against him. Quest has been asked to identify who, if anyone, was behind the investigation which Mosley claims was going on into his private life.
Ruminations from the rubble of a presidency
The full effect of the Mosley Scandal is still to be seen. FIA President Max Mosley is clinging on to office and there are few outside the FIA who understand the logic of why he is still there.
The most important thing
For the last few days the Formula 1 world has held its breath. Almost nothing was said. At the Bahrain Motor Sport Business Forum no-one was willing to talk publicly about the allegations levelled at FIA President Max Mosley by the News of the World newspaper on Sunday.
The constant pursuit of numbers
Bernie Ecclestone is a man who likes numbers. They are the way in which he can measure progress. His chief aim is to expand the Formula 1 circus year after year, pushing up the number of viewers, and reaching the widest possible audience around the world.
The question of racism
Racism is an ugly thing and the fact that a number of Spanish fans felt the need to be offensive to Lewis Hamilton during the recent test is not something that can be considered acceptable in the sport.
Who is where in the F1 pecking order in 2008?
The Formula 1 teams were testing again over the weekend in Barcelona and although times are still an unreliable guide - the two Toro Rossos were fastest on Saturday - the Formula 1 teams are now beginning to get a clearer idea of who is where in terms of overall speed, as the engineers in the different team have had a chance to digest the data that was created at the tests to date.
Management at Ferrari
One of the great mysteries in Formula 1 at the moment is who is going to be doing what at Ferrari in 2008. The company has given details of its racing programmes with Stefano Domenicali named as the director of the racing department and various managers reporting to him have been nominated.
Thoughts as the New Year beckons
Formula 1 goes in 2008 with a curiously contradictory image: things are going well, despite the sport's best efforts to be self-destructive. The success of Lewis Hamilton was such a great story that it put F1 back onto the front pages across the world.
