Bigger, better, faster, stronger

Branching out from a simple blog to more F1 coverage

07/03/2007 by Christine

Daily F1 Blog is no longer, but don't panic! Further updates can be found by visiting Sidepodcast.com. Plenty of audio, video and articles are released every week, and there's a great community to be found in the comments.

Final day of testing

Felipe Massa feels optimistic, whilst Red Bull go faster

01/03/2007 by Christine

Felipe Massa is getting all cocky: "I have to say I'm really happy and optimistic. I'm ready for the first race." But really, he has every reason to be. Ferrari have been consistently fast, and with Räikkönen in the other car, it's looking good for the Reds.

Kovalainen the brave

Heikki climbs unharmed from a huge smash in Bahrain

27/02/2007 by Christine

Heikki Kovalainen had one hell of a smash in Bahrain today, throwing his car into the barriers at Bahrain. He climbed out of the mess unscathed, but the same cannot be said of the car. Bits of debris scattered everywhere and the right side of the car was pretty much demolished. Given the new rule changes of only two cars per testing, this is no doubt going to put a bit of a downer on Renault's progress.

Honda's innovative imagery

A brand new concept with a striking livery to match

26/02/2007 by Christine

Of course, it's all about Honda today. I can't add anything to the information that is already out there, so I'll point you in those directions.

Anything but speeding

Toro Rosso confirm Scott Speed for the 2007 season

25/02/2007 by Christine

Finally Torro Rosso have announced they are retaining Scott Speed's services for 2007. As if we didn't know that already.

Bahrain testing

A round up of track action from the desert

22/02/2007 by Christine

Testing moves on to Bahrain, with both Ferrari drivers ending up fastest at the end of the day. Massa travelled over 80 laps, his team-mate doing half that and ending just two tenths behind. The pair were concentrating on some important electronics testing, but more crucially, neither suffered any problems whatsoever during their runs.

Round up of news

Williams fastest in testing, and Fernando Alonso's aims

20/02/2007 by Christine

Pretty much every member of every team is saying there's no pressure on them and they hope they can do well next year.

Street circuit snippet

Tilke talks about the future of Formula One tracks

16/02/2007 by Christine

In an interview with Autosport, the main F1 track designer Hermann TIlke has said that he thinks street circuits are the future of F1. He says that organisers really need to start bringing F1 to the people, and the people are in the towns.

Coulthard craziness

Red Bull top the timesheets and the predictions go wild

16/02/2007 by Christine

So, on Wednesday, David Coulthard was the fastest man in testing. This is fabulous news for the Brit who has not exactly been shining on previous days. I would have reported the incident sooner, but that pesky thing called life got in the way.

Topsy turvy testing

McLaren lead the way on Monday, with Ferrari on top today

13/02/2007 by Christine

More testing. To be perfectly honest, the testing is starting to get on my nerves. It's always this time that I start getting impatient for the start of the season. It's just over a month now, and that seems much too long.

Not so fast, Speed

Toro Rosso announce once driver in the shape of Tonio Liuzzi

13/02/2007 by Christine

Finally, Toro Rosso have decided to announce their drivers! Well, don't get too excited, it's actually only one driver. They've confirmed that Tonio Liuzzi will definitely be racing for them in 2007. Scott Speed's future, however, is still unknown.

Massa's madness

Felipe praises his fellow team, believing BMW to be fast

13/02/2007 by Christine

For some reason, on Friday last week, Massa came out and said that he thought BMW Sauber were the team to beat this year. He decided that after studying a lot of the testing adventures of the team, and on god knows what else.

Two days testing

Ferrari lead the way, before the rain stops play

08/02/2007 by Christine

So, yesterday there was more testing news, and another person on top, this time Massa in the Ferrari was fastest man on track. The red of the Ferrari hasn't been seen at the top for quite a while, and Raikkonen kept up the pace, settling in fifth. Massa must have felt pretty good about this, because he was ill in previous days testing.

McLaren on top on Tuesday

More testing from Jerez with Pedro de la Rosa leading

06/02/2007 by Christine

Pedro de la Rosa has kept McLaren's strong testing form going strong, finishing on top at Jerez today.

Spyker's plans for the future

Michiel Mol look forward to bigger and better things

06/02/2007 by Christine

The new very orange Spyker car was launched this week, with plenty of hopeful looking towards the future.

New Grand Prix venues

Abu Dhabi signs a deal to appear on a future F1 calendar

06/02/2007 by Christine

Bernie Ecclestone has been out and about talking about the future of F1. A new deal with Abu Dhabi has been announced, confirming that they will be hosting a Grand Prix weekend from 2009.

Whose turn is it now?

Patrick Head airs his views on customer cars

06/02/2007 by Christine

The customer car row continues to rattle onwards with no real leaning to one side or the other. Each team takes their turn to come out with some argument that usually goes: "They're wrong and we're right," and then we wait for the others to retaliate.

Battle at the Back

01/02/2007 by Christine

Giedo van de Garde is a test driver that you've probably never heard of. But now he is hitting headlines because he's in the midst of a battle between Super Aguri and Spyker for his services.

Testing catchup

A recap of the action from drivers testing out their new cars

01/02/2007 by Christine

Yesterday, Alonso held onto his lead in testing, with Fisichella and Kovalainen close behind him in the Renault's. There was no 1 second lead for Alonso this time, and the top three finished very close behind each other.

Alonso proving a point

The Spaniard turns up at Valencia for a spot of testing

30/01/2007 by Christine

In a bid to shout out to everyone that switching teams is not going to affect his ability to fight for his third title, Fernando Alonso took to testing in style. Knocking almost a second off his nearest rival, the double world champion threw his McLaren around the track, despite a little bit of bad weather.