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BMW Sauber F1 Team preview
08.03.2008
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Things are hotting up. This weekend sees man and machinery embarking on the long trip to Australia. Everyone is on tenterhooks in anticipation of the first trial of strength in 2008 between the Formula One teams due to take place the following weekend, 14th - 16th Marc weiter >> |
Formula1 - Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes F1 Australian GP preview
07.03.2008
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes new driver line-up for the 2008 season, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen, will make their race debut as teammates in Australia next weekend.
The Australian Grand Prix will take place in Melbourne f weiter >> |
AT&T Williams F1 Team - AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - Post race summary
20.03.2007
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NICO ROSBERG P12 2 (27, 41) 1.26.721 (5th, lap 40) P7
ALEX WURZ P15 1 (32) 1.28.303 (16th, lap 24) DNF
SYNOPSIS
AT&T Williams ran through Friday and Saturday morning’s practice sessions at a respectable pace, but experiencing poor grip levels when trying to extract the weiter >> |
Bridgestone Motorsport’s Australian Grand Prix Report
18.03.2007
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Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) won the ING Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. Raikkonen led the race for 52 of the 58 lap race which was run under blue skies at Albert Park.
Second placed Fernando Alonso and third placed Lewis Hamilton weiter >> |
Bridgestone Potenza Driver Tyre Strategies
18.03.2007
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Rd.1 – Australian Grand Prix
At the Australian Grand Prix, the soft compound Bridgestone Potenza tyre was marked with a solid white spot.
Team Race Driver Tyre Choice by Stint: Medium or Soft Compound
ING Renault F1 Team Giancarlo Fisichella Medium – Medium – Soft Heikki Kovalainen Medium – Medium – So weiter >> |
Panasonic Toyota Racing F1 -Australian GP - Off the Mark
18.03.2007
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Panasonic Toyota Racing will leave Melbourne with a solitary point courtesy of Ralf Schumacher's eighth place at today's Australian Grand Prix. Jarno Trulli was next home in 9th place, just outside the points on a sunny day at Albert Park when track temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius. After yesterda weiter >> |
AT&T Williams F1 - Australian Grand-Prix Review
18.03.2007
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The AT&T Williams team had a positive points start to their 2007 campaign, with Nico Rosberg making up five places on his grid position to finish the race in seventh place, placing the team fifth in the Constructor’s Championship after the first race.
Nico also posted the fifth fastest tim weiter >> |
Formula1 - Kimi Raikkönen takes Australian win - Race results
18.03.2007
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1 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 1:25:28.770 1 10
2 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 58 +7.2 secs 2 8
3 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +18.5 secs 4 6
4 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 58 +38.7 secs 3 5
5 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 58 +66.4 secs 6 4
6 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 +66.8 secs 22 3 weiter >> |
AT&T Williams Australian Grand-Prix qualifying
17.03.2007
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The AT&T Williams team was disappointed not to participate in the final qualifying session at Albert Park today and the team will start 12th and 15th on tomorrow’s grid, but do expect to show a stronger relative race performance.
The team has worked hard to improve poor reliability during 2 weiter >> |
Panasonic Toyota Racing F1 - Great expectations in Australia GP
17.03.2007
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Australian Grand Prix - Qualifying Round-Up
Panasonic Toyota Racing will line up with two cars in the top ten of the grid for tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix after a strong first qualifying session of 2007. Following yesterday's rain there were further showers on Saturday morning, affecting the third practice session.
Conditions improved and qualify weiter >> |
Spyker head for arbitration over rivals
17.03.2007
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Stewards decline to rule over 'customer car' allegations
The Spyker team say they plan to go to arbitration to determine the legality of the Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri cars, following an approach to the Melbourne stewards to have the situation clarified.
Spyker team principal Colin Kolles claims that the Super Aguri SA07 is last year’s H weiter >> |
Sato and Super Aguri surprise in Qualfying
17.03.2007
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When both Super Aguri’s made it through to the second phase of qualifying there were a few raised eyebrows in the Albert Park paddock. When one of them then progressed to the final shootout, surprise turned to amazement as Takuma Sato clinched tenth on the grid for the Japanese team.
And Sato’s pace in the new SA07 - launched just last Wednesday - was no fluke. Team mate weiter >> |
QUALIFYING Results in 2007 Australian Grand Prix
17.03.2007
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Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:26.644 1:25.644 1:26.072
2 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.697 1:25.326 1:26.493
3 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:26.895 1:25.358 1:26.556
4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.674 1:25.577 1:26.755
5 10 Robert Kubica B weiter >> |
Red Bull Racing F1 - Australia practice notes
17.03.2007
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Following the theme of our preview, this release is based on work produced by kids from Mark Webber's old school in Queanbeyan. The project produced collages, poems, scrapbooks, model cars, board games and generally showed a lot of imagination, including a set of funny captions, like this one...
"Mark had forgotten to tell his mum that practice finishes later this season weiter >> |
BMW Sauber F1 Team -practice notes
17.03.2007
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Australian GP:
The first day of practice for the 2007 Formula One season began under changing weather conditions. After rain during the night and in the early morning the 5.3 kilometre long Albert Park track was wet.
For the first of the two 90 minute test sessions Nick Heidfeld shared duties with the team's test and reserve driver, Sebastian Vettel, for w weiter >> |
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes Friday practice notes
17.03.2007
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Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton made their Grand Prix weekend debut as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers earlier this morning at 10.05 during the first practice session for the 2007 Australian Grand Prix.
The weather kept changing throughout the first session with the track slowly drying allowing the drivers to do their last run with dry tyres. Fernando was fastest wi weiter >> |
Australian GP: Toro Rosso practice notes
17.03.2007
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Comments from the Toro Rosso drivers after Friday practices for the Australian Grand Prix
Scott Speed:
Best lap: 1:30.383
Position: 19th
"As expected we are quite far behind at the moment as we learn about a lot of things that we should have done in testing. Lots of stuff on the car is brand new for today and so inevitably some of weiter >> |
2007 Race Season - Shell in Formula One
17.03.2007
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Up to 40 Shell specialists contribute to the Shell Formula One programme with Ferrari; based in Shell laboratories and facilities around the world, back at the Scuderia Ferrari factory in Maranello and travelling to the race tracks of the world. This is clearly much more than a sponsorship – it is a technical partnership.
Test after test, race after rac weiter >> |
AT&T William - Free Practice in Australian Grand-Prix 2007
16.03.2007
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The 2007 Formula One season got underway today with the first practice sessions for the Australian GP. Kakuzi Nakajima ran with Alex Wurz in the morning session, with the young Japanese driver recording a highly creditable 6th fastest time on his debut. Nico and Alex had a productive second session as s weiter >> |
Panasonic Toyota Racing F1 -Australian Grand Prix - Free Practice Round-Up
16.03.2007
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DOWN UNDER STREET
The 2007 Formula One season began today for Panasonic Toyota Racing with a rain-affected day of practice for the Australian Grand Prix. This year Friday free practice has been extended to two 90-minute sessions so there was extra time for the drivers to get a feel for the TF107.
An early shower ensured a wet track for most of the morning weiter >> |
Friday practice -plenty of surprises in Australia
16.03.2007
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Plenty of surprises on day one in Australia. Perhaps not the Ferrari one-two, but how about two Williams in the top eight, or Super Aguri out-pacing both Honda and Toyota? Let's speak the drivers…
Felipe Massa, Ferrari (1st, 1m 27.353s):
"It was a good day. We did a good job of comparing the two types of dry weather tyre and this morning we also g weiter >> |
Free Practice 2 Results in Australian Grand Prix
16.03.2007
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1 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.353
2 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.750
3 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.829
4 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:27.941
5 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:27.970
6 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:27.981
7 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:28 weiter >> |
Free Practice1 - 2007 Australian Grand Prix - Results
16.03.2007
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1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:29.214
2 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:30.707
3 35 Sebastian Vettel BMW 1:30.857
4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.878
5 7 Jenson Button Honda 1:31.162
6 38 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:31.401
7 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renau weiter >> |
Honda lights up Melbourne school
15.03.2007
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The Honda Racing F1 Team arrived in Melbourne this week and one of the first stops was Albert Park Primary School, where the team's race drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello helped to update the school's lighting system with eco-f weiter >> |
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes F1 - Australian Grand-Prix
15.03.2007
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The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team is taking to the race track this weekend for the first time in its new era. Double World Champion Fernando Alonso and team-mate
Lewis Hamilton have completed their pre-season test programme with the MP4-22s covering more than 13,300km before arriving in Australia. Fernando and Lewis completed 10,200km, with Pedro totalling 3,100km. weiter >> |
Pat Symonds - ING Renault F1 Team - voller Zuverischt
15.03.2007
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Der Leitende Chefingenieur des ING Renault F1 Teams blickt voraus auf den Saisonauftakt am kommenden Wochenende in Melbourne.
Pat, das ING Renault F1 Team hat in den vergangenen beiden Jahren in Melbourne gewonnen. Wie sehen Sie die Chancen für das bevorstehende Wochenende?
Pat Symonds Ich denke, wir müssen unsere derzeitige Leistungsfähig weiter >> |
Toyota flying high
15.03.2007
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Panasonic Toyota Racing took to the skies to mark the start of the new Formula 1 season in acrobatic style in Melbourne this week.
Franck Montagny's high-flying antics capped a busy build up to the Australian Grand Prix for the team, which is preparing to start its sixth season in Formula 1 as Toyota celebrates 50 years in motorsport.
Daring third dr weiter >> |
Bridgestone Motorsport Feature - Round 1, Australian GP
14.03.2007
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This season Bridgestone tyres feature on all cars lining up in the FIA Formula One World Championship. Bridgestone made its Formula One debut in Melbourne in 1997 so it's fitting that the eleventh consecutive season in the world's premier motorsport arena will be marked b weiter >> |
Bridgestone Motorsport Australian Grand Prix Preview
14.03.2007
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The start of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship gets underway with the ING Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on March 18th. Twenty-one weeks since the 2006 season finale in Brazil, the Australian GP takes place on the temporary street c weiter >> |
AT&T Williams F1 - Australia Grand-Prix preview
14.03.2007
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The 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship opens this weekend as the team’s return to the grid for the first time since the Brazilian Grand Prix over four months ago.
Australia resumes its traditional slot on the calendar as the season opener with the picturesque Albert Park, situated i weiter >> |
Bridgestone Motorsport announce tyre specifications
14.03.2007
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Bridgestone Motorsport confirms the tyre specifications for the first five Grands Prix of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship which gets underway with the ING Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on March 18th.
These are drawn weiter >> |
Bourne to run
12.03.2007
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Finally the wait is over. After five months when testing provided the only action for Formula 1 fans, the 2007 season is ready to roll and Panasonic Toyota Racing heads to Albert Park in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, the first of 17 races this year.
Toyota is celebrating weiter >> |
BMW Sauber F1 Team - Großer Preis von Australien.
10.03.2007
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Großer Preis von Australien. 16. - 18. März 2007 1. von 17 WM-Läufen
Nach intensiven Testfahrten auf den Rennstrecken Valencia, Barcelona, Jerez und Bahrain geht der BMW Sauber F1.07 ins erste Rennen. Das BMW Sauber F1 Team hatte in seiner Debütsaison 2006 als WM-Fünfter besser als erwa weiter >> |
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes F1 2007 Australian Grand-Prix Preview
09.03.2007
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The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team is taking to the race track this weekend for the first time in its new ra. Double World Champion Fernando Alonso and team-mate Lewis Hamilton have completed their pre-season test programme with the MP4-22s covering more than 13,300km before arriving in Australia. Fernando and Lewis completed 10,200km, with Pedro totalling 3,100km. |
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Toro Rosso or Toro Verde?
09.03.2007
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AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRlX Preview
When we invited you to the launch of our new car, the STR2, we hinted that getfing it ready was a bit of a last minute affair. Then, at the launch itself in Barcelona, we had just one car and only one driver. Next, we moved on to weiter >> |
SPYKER F1 looks forward to solid finish in Australia GP
09.03.2007
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After a five-month break, the FIA Formula One World Championship swings back into action with the first race of the 2007 season, the Australian Grand Prix. The Spyker Formula One Team goes to the opening race in buoyant mood, after the new driver line-up, chassis and engine proved to be an effi weiter >> |
ING Renault F1 bezieht die Startaufstellung
08.03.2007
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Der Saisonauftakt steht unmittelbar bevor!
Auch wenn es im Frühjahr in Europa sehr kalt sein mag, die Renault F1 Mitarbeiter in Viry und Enstone sind in der heißen Vorbereitungs-Phase angelangt: In weniger als zwei Wochen startet die Formel 1 in die Saison 2007.
Dem neuen Renault R27 steht dabei keine geringere Aufgabe bevor, als den WM-Titel aus dem Vorj weiter >> |
Webba Mania- Australia GP Preview Red Bull Racing F1
08.03.2007
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Yes, our Australian GP Preview headline rhymes, as do some of the poems and other items seen in this photo, all paying homage to our new driver Mark Webber.
Rather than write our own preview to the season-opener, we turned to Year 5 and 6 students at Mark's alma mater, Queanbeyan Public School. (It's cheap labour and they can spell better than us). The project was carried weiter >> |
Panasonic Toyota Racing F1 on the finishing straight
07.03.2007
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Location: Circuito Permanente de Jerez, SpainDrivers: Ralf Schumacher, Jarno TrulliTrack length: 4.428km
Panasonic Toyota Racing completed its penultimate day of testing before the start of the 2007 season at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez today.
Race drive weiter >> |
Engines revving for F1 in Schools Formula One Technology Challenge World Championship
07.03.2007
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It is not only McLaren, Ferrari, Renault and their rival F1 teams that are heading for the F1 World Championship in Melbourne. Seventeen F1 in Schools teams are also putting the finishing touches to their new race cars for the F1 in Schools Formula One Technology Challenge World Championship which is being held in Melbourne alongside the Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix this m weiter >> |
Die neue Formel 1 Saison startet in Australien
02.03.2007
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Toyotas größte Herausforderung ist der erste Sieg
Die Königsklasse des Motorsports gibt am 18. März im australischen Melbourne wieder Gas: Die Formel 1-Weltmeisterschaft 2007 wird eröffnet. Insgesamt stehen 17 WM-Läufe im Kalender - am 22. Juli 2007 gastiert die Formel 1 auf de weiter >> |
Formula1 - McLaren Mercedes Kimi Raikkonen 2nd at Australian GP
02.04.2006
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Kimi Raikkonen MP4-21 02
Juan Pablo Montoya MP4-21 03
T-car (Juan Pablo) MP4-21 01
Team McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen finished today's Australian Grand Prix in second weiter >> |
RED BULL Racing NOT MUCH CHOP* in Melbourne
02.04.2006
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(*Australian term meaning 'not very good'!)
After a good start by David, Jarno Trulli made contact with the Scot's car on the first lap of the race. 'Silly arse' said David, or at least, something to that effect…. On lap seven, Christian went off the track and into the wall, and beca weiter >> |
WILLAMS F1 - AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE
02.04.2006
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Albert Park Circuit, Australia (AUS) - 5.543km Broken cloud, 18°C air, 25°C track
1 F Alonso Renault F1 (M) 3 1:26.1892 K Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 4 1:26.0453 R Schumacher Toyota Racing (B) 6 1:27.810DNF* Mark Webber WilliamsF1 (B) 7 1:27.800 (9th overall), lap 19 weiter >> |
Scuderia Toro Rosso - 1st point for the team - 1st point for Scott Speed in GP Australia
02.04.2006
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Scott Speed (Pos. 8): "To come from wherever we were on the grid - I can't even remember where we were, but I know it was a big number - it is incredible to come away from here with a point. We always said our goal was to grab some points this year and to get the first one so weiter >> |
BMW Sauber F1 Team - Australian GP - Race
02.04.2006
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Weather: dry, overcast, 18-20°C Air, 25-28°C Track
Melbourne (AUS). In a breathtaking Australian Grand Prix, the BMW Sauber F1 Team not only brought both of its BMW Sauber F1.06s home to the finish, but scored points with each as Nick Heidfeld finished fourth, and Jacques Villeneuve sixth.
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MF1 Midland RACING 2006 Australian GP Race
02.04.2006
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In what proved to be the most unusual and incident-filled race of the year thus far, Christijan Albers drove a smooth and steady race to bring his M16 home in 11th place.
Tiago Monteiro's car suffered a disappointing mechanical failure, marking only the second occasion in 22 races the Portuguese driver weiter >> |
PANASONIC TOYOTA Racing -Australian Grand Prix - Race Round-Up
02.04.2006
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Sunday 2 April 2006
Panasonic Toyota Racing took a dream podium after a dramatic Australian Grand Prix. Both Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli qualified in the top ten but they endured mixed fortunes in an incident-strewn race. Ralf raced strongly near the front weiter >> |
HONDA F1 Racing AUSTRALIAN GP: RACE
02.04.2006
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WeatherWarm and SunnyAir: 18-20°C / Track: 24-30°C
A torrid race came to a disappointing conclusion for pole-sitter Jenson Button in Melbourne today.
Three outings for the safety car in an action-packed Australian Grand Prix left Jenson struggling for grip as he was weiter >> |
