It was crazy enough idea 2 or so years back when Superi Aguri got conceived in order to keep Taku Sato in F1. I am a fan of Sato and I am glad he is still around and his move on Alonso last year was awesome. But still, the idea to create a multimillion dollar [...]
2008
Schedule for Singapore night race confirmed
Until now it was not very clear from the 2008 F1 Sporting Regulations how would the race weekend in Singapore look. All that we knew was the race will start at 8pm. Now FIA has confirmed the schedule for practice and qualifying sessions too:
Friday
16:00 – 17:30 Practice Session 1
20:00 – 21:30 Practice Session 2
Saturday
17:00 [...]
2008
Honda warns Super Aguri over drivers
This week has been mostly about Honda, thanks to their car launch. Super Aguri also made it to the news thanks to Max Mosley’s doubts about their future. Now the strong words from Honda, namely from Nick Fry (to Reuters) only add to Super Aguri woes:
“The intent for 2008 is that Aguri will be on [...]
2008
Honda Unveils RA108
The new Honda did some track mileage last week in Valencia. Today the official unveiling took part in Honda’s F1 headquarters in Brackley. Altgough no longer carrying the weight of the entire globe, the new mostly white Honda RA108 is also “green” with myearthdream message all over the chassis.
The new Honda livery is what [...]
2008
Is F1 going to lose a team in 2008 ?
With Prodrive expected to enter the F1 from coming season, it looked that finally F1 can have a full grid of 12 teams and 24 cars. The last time F1 was close to having 12 teams was in 2002, the year when Toyota entered. However Prost went out of business during the winter and Arrows [...]
Prediction Game
The 2008 Prediction Game Update – Raikkonen the early favourite
I took a short weekend break from F1 Wolf but now I am back with the update on the 2008 Prediction Game.
As you may already know, there are few changes in the rules. The main two are:
1) You can predict the 2008 champion anytime before March 13, 2008. If you already placed your prediction you [...]
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2008 Formula 1 Season Countdown – 50 Days To Go
Only 50 days left and the Aussie GP will be on the way. To mark the occassion I started a poll on the left sidebar – vote for your 2008 F1 Champion. If you haven’t done so, make sure you also join the 2008 F1 Wolf Prediction Game.
In the past 10 days we had some [...]
2008
Valencia Test – Review
Yesterday was the final day of the four day test at Circuito Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. The teams are in very different stages of their 2008 car development so no conclusions should be made yet, but there are already some signs of what may come.
Ferrari seems to be ready to mount another title challenge. Both [...]
2008
Illegal electronic aids – new troubles in sight ?
Jarno Trulli expressed suspicion that some teams may have found a way around the new standard ECU developed and supplied by McLaren Electronic Systems.
“I’m not going to name any names, but I think that some teams have already found a way to automate the starting procedure and reduce to the minimum the chance of spinning [...]
2008
New Honda RA108 makes the track debut
A week ahead of the official launch Honda’s 2008 car, RA108 made the track debut. Rubens Barrichello took the car around the Valencia test track today.
As the new livery is expected to be revealed only at the official launch next week, all we can see is the all white car (last year they used all [...]
2008
2008 F1 Drivers Helmets
The teams keep rolling out their new cars and the F1 drivers are coming up with their 2008 helmet design. Here they are:
Raikkonen, Massa
Hamilton, Kovalainen
Heidfeld, Kubica
Alonso, Piquet
Rosberg, Nakajima
Webber, Coulthard
Glock, Trulli
Barrichello, Button
[...]
2008
Williams and Renault roll out their 2008 cars
Two teams used the Valencia test track (not the one to host the F1 race this year) to roll out their 2008 cars.
Although Renault plan their new car launch for January 31, 2008, Fernando Alonso took the new R28 around the track week or so ahead of the official launch. The bridge over the front [...]
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