Author Archive for Stephen

The FIA have set a date for Team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes to appeal their punishment from the Hungarian Grand Prix race weekend. Following a controversial Qualifying Session, Stewards punished the Woking based outfit for behaviour which they felt was ‘prejudicial to the interests of the competition and to the interests of motor sport generally’. The punishment served was to void all Constructor points accrued during the race and the team representative expelled from the post race podium celebrations.  Read more... (159 words, estimated 38 secs reading time)

According to The Sun newspaper, Flavio Briatore is to take control of the ailing English football club Queens Park Rangers (QPR). The tabloid, the highest circulated English daily newspaper in the World, reports that the 57 year old Italian is to takeover the club for the princely sum of £22 million. As part of the deal, Flavio, the Managing Director of ING Renault F1, would write off the £17 million debt the Loftus Road based club have accumulated after a series of torturous seasons in Division 1 of the Football League.  Read more... (230 words, estimated 55 secs reading time)

Drivers Attending:

1. Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren Mercedes), 1h35m52.991s
2. Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari), 1h35m53.706s
3. Nick HEIDFELD (BMW Sauber), 1h36m36.120s

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After a highly controversial weekend, Lewis Hamilton will begin the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix ‘Magyar Nagydíj’ from Pole Position. Nick Heidfeld, in the BMW Sauber, will start alongside just ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. Fernando Alonso will start from sixth position after a five place demotion following a Steward’s decision over an incident involving his team-mate during yesterday’s Qualifying Session.  Read more... (663 words, estimated 2:39 mins reading time)

In what has already been a controversial weekend, Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella has joined Fernando Alonso in receiving a five position penalty.

The Italian badly blocked Spyker’s Sakon Yamamoto during yesterday’s Qualifying Session. The Japanese driver, attempting to complete his second flying lap on his debut with the Spyker team, was held up for most of his lap behind the Renault. This left the Japanese driver 22nd and last.  Read more... (97 words, estimated 23 secs reading time)

The Stewards have punished McLaren and Alonso for their part in yesterday’s qualifying fiasco, which saw Fernando Alonso obstruct his team-mate Lewis Hamilton, preventing the Brit from completing a final flying lap, and thereby losing pole position to the Spaniard.  Read more... (275 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

Drivers Attending:
1. Fernando ALONSO (McLaren Mercedes), 1m19.674s
2. Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren Mercedes), 1m19.781s
3. Nick HEIDFELD (BMW Sauber), 1m20.259s

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Ron Dennis has said that Lewis Hamilton has only himself to blame for a qualifying cock-up which left him seconds short of completing a final flying lap. According to Dennis, McLaren’s Team Principle, Hamilton failed to follow instructions earlier in the session, leading to a pit stop fiasco where he had to queue behind Alonso losing time and an opportunity to challenge his team-mate for pole.  Read more... (586 words, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

Qualifying for the twenty-first Grand Prix, from the Hungaroring circuit on the outskirts of Budapest started under patchy cloud. Rain is expected to fall following qualifying, conditions include a track temperature of 31 degrees, air temperature 26 with wind gusting to 5mps.

Qualifying One:  Read more... (560 words, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

The FIA have released the provisional calendar for the 2008 F1 Season. Again, Melbourne will kick off the season with the Australian Grand Prix, whilst France retains its race from Magny Cours. 2008 also sees the introduction of the street race around Singapore, and the European Grand Prix from the new Valencia circuit – pending circuit approval by the FIA.  Read more... (129 words, estimated 31 secs reading time)