The first day of running for the Gran Premio de Espana Telefonica saw McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso set the fastest practice session times in preparation for the fourth round of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship and the first race held in weiter >>
Barcelona, Friday 11th May 2007
Fernando Alonso MP4-22 06Lewis Hamilton MP4-22 05T-car (Fernando) MP4-22 03
2007 SPANISH GRAND PRIX FREE PRACTICE
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Fernando Alonso emerged fastest from today’s two practice sessions at the Barcelona circuit with a time of 1:21.397 set in the second session. Lewis Hamilton was fa weiter >>
SPANISH GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE
FRIDAY MAY 11th, 2007AIR TEMP 23 - 250C 24 - 250CTRACK TEMP 31 - 380C 45 - 480CWEATHER Clear, sunny Clear, sunny
Friday’s free practice sessions for the Spanish Grand Prix proved routine today for the AT&T Williams team as race drivers, Nico Rosberg and Alex Wurz, evaluated set-up options and completed tyre weiter >>
2007 SPANISH GRAND PRIX - FRIDAY 11/05/07
Scott Speed (STR2-04)
"We definitely seem to be more competitive this weekend, although my tenth place today doesn't mean much. The developments we tried at last week's test, especially those on the aero front are a step in the right direction, but we still have a long way to go to make up for lost time weiter >>
Spanish Grand Prix - Free Practice Round-UpFriday 11 May 2007
Panasonic Toyota Racing began its preparations for the Spanish Grand Prix with three hours of Friday practice under sunny skies at the Circuit de Catalunya. Last week's test at the same Barcelona track was interrupted by rain on two days out of four but track temperatures today approache weiter >>
Valencia, America's Cup: Crafty Adrian kept Victory Challenge's designer talking while the rest of his aero team lifted the boat away for further examination in the Bedford Wind Tunnel….
DAVID COULTHARD, Chassis No. 3, 1st Practice P16, 2nd Practice P12
"Although you can't really tell too much from a Friday, I was perhaps hoping to sho weiter >>
1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.397
2 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:21.684
3 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:21.966
4 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.048
5 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.188
6 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:22.251
7 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyot weiter >>
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.880
2 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.268
3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:22.291
4 10 Robert Kubica BMW 1:22.446
5 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.565
6 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:22.665
7 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:22.74 weiter >>
As Formula 1 prepares for the first European race of the year, in Spain this weekend, Toyota Motorsport President John Howett comments on the season so far.
Would you say it has been a positive start to the 2007 season for Panasonic Toyota Racing?
What I would say is that the expectations of many people have been grossly exceeded. But in terms of our weiter >>
The Spanish Grand Prix opens Formula One’s European season this weekend as the teams make the short journey to Barcelona for Round Four of the FIA Formula One World Championship. The Circuit de Catalunya, located just to the north of one of Spain’s cultural hot-spots, is a favoured testing venue among the teams, and is a well known entity to the drivers who have all banked consid weiter >>
For Vodafone McLaren Mercedes’ Spanish test driver, Pedro de la Rosa, the race at the Circuit de Catalunya is an important, and busy, race. In the following, Pedro discusses his thoughts regarding the upcoming Grand Prix.
What are your expectations for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team at the Spanish Grand Prix?
"Our expectation is weiter >>
Panasonic Toyota Racing returns to Europe for the Spanish Grand Prix after scoring points in all three races so far in 2007.
Following Jarno Trulli's exciting drive to seventh place in Bahrain almost four weeks ago, the team is upbeat ahead of round four of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The TF107 has undergone an upgrade following the three flyaway weiter >>
SPANISH GRAND PRIX
In 1987, there were only five races outside Europe on the calendar and now, twenty years on, there are nine. Even so, the tradition of introducing major updates to the cars when returning to the comfort zone of Europe continues, or maybe the teams just feel there are so few people in the Sepang and Sakhir grandstands that it's not weiter >>
Lap distance: 4.655km/2.892 miles Race: 66 laps - 307.104km/190.834 miles
GRID 2006 Top Four:
1 F Alonso Pole Position Renault 1:14.648 2 G Fisichella Renault 3 M Schumacher Ferrari4 F Massa Ferrari
Result 2006 TOP SIX:
1 F Alonso Renau weiter >>
SPANISH GRAND - PRIX 2007 Scuderia Toro Rosso
Just getting the Scuderia Toro Rosso team members to head for Barcelona has proved problematic. For years now, the European season used to kick off with the San Marino GP in Imola, for some of our more athletic members, just a brisk bicycle ride away from our home in Faenza.
So the idea of actually getting on a weiter >>
Christijan Albers, (car no 21, F8-VII/02)
You've raced at Barcelona twice before in F1, in 2005 and 2006, plus have the experience from testing too - does this help your confidence going into the race?
I drove here last year and the year before, but in weiter >>
After a four-week hiatus, the longest break between races in several years, the FIA Formula One World Championship returns to action with the Spanish Grand Prix from 11 - 13 May. After three 'flyaway' races it's the first European race of the year, and an event teams know well from pre-season weiter >>
Prior to the resumption of racing next weekend in Spain, Martin Whitmarsh and Norbert Haug discuss the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team’s preparations for the Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya.
MARTIN WHITMARSH, CEO FORMULA 1, VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES
What has the atmosphere been like within the team during the four week break lead weiter >>
The Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona next weekend, fourth round of the 2007 Formula 1 World Championship, is the home Grand Prix for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Fernando Alonso, who leads the Drivers' ranking with 22 points.
His team mate Lewis Hamilton weiter >>
How would you summarise the start of the season both for you and the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team?
"I think we have definitely started off on the right foot. We have done a fantastic job, that is not just the team at th weiter >>
FERNANDO ALONSO
How would you summarise the start of the season both for you and the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team?
"It has been great. I am extremely happy with the performance of the car and the first t weiter >>
5. Lauf zur Formel 1-Weltmeisterschaft:Stimmen zum Rennen Statistisches Renault, Alonso und Michelin schlagen in Barcelona zurück
Revanche geglückt: Auf dem „Circuit de Catalunya" hat Fernando Alonso auf überlegene Weise den vierten Saiso weiter >>
SUNDAY MAY 14, 2006Circuit de Catalunya, Spain (ES) 4.627km Sunny, 28°C air, 39°C track
1 F Alonso Renault F1 (M) 1 1:16.723, lap 392 M Schumacher Ferrari (B) 3 1:16.922, lap 433 G Fisichella Renault F1 (M) 2 1:17.083, lap 389 Mark Webber WilliamsF1 (B) 11 1:17.900 (11th overall), lap 61 weiter >>
Barcelona, Sunday 14th May 2006
Kimi Raikkonen MP4-21 02 Juan Pablo Montoya MP4-21 05 T-car (Kimi) MP4-21 01
Team McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen finished fifth in today's 66-laps Spanish Grand Prix. Juan Pablo Montoya retired from the race on lap 18 after s weiter >>
2006 Spanish GP - May 14, 2006
A broken front wing brought Christijan Albers' race to an end on the 48th lap of the Spanish Grand Prix. Christijan attempted to nurse the car home, but was thwarted by uncontrollable handling and retired to the garage with 18 laps remaining.
On a more positi weiter >>
Spanish Grand Prix - Race Round-Up Sunday 14 May 2006
Panasonic Toyota Racing suffered a difficult afternoon's work in today's Spanish Grand Prix. Both Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli qualified on the front four rows but both were relatively slow off the line and dur weiter >>
DAVID COULTHARD, (Finish Position: 14, Start Position: 21): "That was a bit of a long, lonely race. I had a problem with the brakes when driving to the grid and locked up about three or four times. That wasn't very confidence inspiring and I wasn't able to attack the corners for the entire race. For me, not a very good 200th grand prix."
CHRISTIAN KLIEN, (Finish weiter >>
2006 SPANISH GRAND PRIX - SUNDAY 14/05/06
*With neither of our cars making it to the finish, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to guess what this Spanish headline means: but just in case, it's "bullshit!"
Tonio Liuzzi (pos. 15): "I think weiter >>
The Renault F1 Team scored its second double podium finish of the 2006 season this afternoon, as Fernando Alonso won the Spanish Grand Prix from pole position, while team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella finished third. The result marks Fernando’s first ever win at his home Grand Prix, and delighted the 130,000 strong weiter >>
1 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 66 1:26:21.759 1 102 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 66 +18.5 secs 3 83 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 66 +23.9 secs 2 6
4 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 66 +29.8 secs 4 55 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 66 +56.8 secs 9 46 12 Jenson Button Honda 66 +58.3 weiter >>
Spanish Grand Prix - Qualifying Round-UpSaturday 13 May 2006
Panasonic Toyota Racing heads into tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix with high hopes after securing two spots in the top seven of the grid. Today's qualifying session took place on a warm afternoon at the C weiter >>
Kimi Raikkonen MP4-21 02 Juan Pablo Montoya MP4-21 05 T-car (Kimi) MP4-21 01
Team McLaren Mercedes drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya will start tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya from ninth and 12th position respectively. Kimi set a lap weiter >>
MF1 Racing made significant improvements over yesterday's practice times en route to qualifying in 18th and 19th positions for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Despite not yet graduating to the later qualifying heats, the team showed continued to show improved pace as the weekend progress weiter >>
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Tonio Liuzzi (1'16''661, pos. 16):
"We have to realize this is our position and to do a better time would mean taking a short cut on the track. We suffer a bit from a lack of straight line speed but ov erall, we did a good qualifying and at least I reached th weiter >>
Wetter: sonnig und trocken, 26-27°C Luft, 41-43°C Asphalt
BMW Sauber F1 Team Fahrer Nick Heidfeld hat sich in Barcelona für Startplatz zehn qualifiziert. Sein Teamkollege Jacques Villeneuve startet mit einem frischen Motor vom Ende des Feldes zum Großen Preis von Spanien.
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SATURDAY MAY 13, 2006Circuit de Catalunya, Spain (ES) 4.627km Broken cloud, 27°C air, 42°C track
1 F Alonso Renault F1 (M) - - 1:14.6482 G Fisichella Renault F1 (M) - - 1:14.7093 M Schumacher Ferrari (B) - - 1:14.970...11 M Webber WilliamsF1 Team (B) 1:16.685 (14th) 1:15.50 weiter >>
DAVID COULTHARD, (Position 20th): "There was failure on the car. Turn three is not a difficult corner, even when you're flat out, and I was on an out lap and not pushing hard at all. Something failed at the rear of the car and it just went away from me. I'm really pissed off as I think we wer weiter >>
1 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:15.816 1:15.124 1:14.648
2 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:16.046 1:14.766 1:14.709
3 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:16.049 1:14.637 1:14.970
4 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.359 1:15.245 1:15.442
5 11 Rubens weiter >>
1 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.658
2 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:15.707
3 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:16.057
4 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:16.277
5 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:16.352
6 11 Rube weiter >>
Barcelona, Friday 12th May 2006
Kimi Raikkonen MP4-21 02 Juan Pablo Montoya MP4-21 05 T-car (Kimi) MP4-21 01
Team McLaren Mercedes drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya finished today's second free practice session in 15th and 18th position respectively. As planned weiter >>
Wetter: sonnig und trocken am Nachmittag, 19-23°C Luft, 21-42°C Asphalt
Barcelona (ESP). Reibungsloser Auftakt für das BMW Sauber F1 Team in Spanien: Fleißigster Fahrer war wie freitags üblich Robert Kubica mit 55 Runden. Nick Heidfeld und Jacques Villeneuve setzten sich ebenfalls mit de weiter >>
Tiago Monteiro (POR)Chassis: M16-03, Car #18First Timed Session Classification: N/A, 1 lap completedSecond Timed Session Classification: 27th, 1:20.311(+3.778), 19 laps completed
Quote: "It was short day for me. Obviously, we didn't run in the morning because of the track conditions. This aft weiter >>
Neel Jani (Best lap 1'18''774, pos 21) As usual I did a lot of laps, running pretty much a race simulation all day long in both sessions, mainly tyre work. We tried to do the best in the limited time. We also found out some interesting things in terms of set-up, but I think finding the weiter >>
FRIDAY 12 MAY 2006Catalunya, Spain (ES) 4.627kmClearing, air 230C, track 290CSunny, air 230C, track 440C
A WurzFW28 04CA2006/0161:16.125, (3rd) 21 laps1:17.075, (4st), 30 laps
M WebberFW28 04CA2006/011, 2nd GP-1:17.908, (14th), 14 laps weiter >>
In view of a spate of rumours on the Internet today, Red Bull Racing would like to clarify who will partner David Coulthard for the rest of the season.
Monaco: His Highness Prince Albert
Silverstone: The new BRDC President, Damon Hill
Canada: The singer Bryan Ada weiter >>
Honda Racing F1 Team third driver Anthony Davidson returned to his more familiar position at the top of the free practice timesheets today as he helped the team to prepare for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.
Preserving most of their running for this afternoon’s session, race drivers Jenson B weiter >>
1 Anthony Davidson (Honda Racing F1 Team) 1:16.533
2 Robert Doornbos (RBR-Ferrari) 1:16.824
3 Fernando Alonso (Renault) 1:16.860
4 Alexander Wurz (Williams-Cosworth) 1:17.075
5 Christian Klien (RBR-Ferrari) 1:17.086
6 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) 1:17.100
7 Giancarlo Fisic weiter >>
1 Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:15.796
2 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) 1:16.099
3 Alexander Wurz (Williams-Cosworth) 1:16.125
4 Robert Kubica (Sauber-BMW) 1:16.628
5 Anthony Davidson (Honda Racing F1 Team) 1:16.961
6 Robert Doornbos (RBR-Ferrari) 1:17.424
7 N weiter >>
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