Formula 1 - 2008 season

[jarmo]

2008 Race Schedule

The FIA World Council approved the 2008 schedule on October 24, 2007

Round	Official Race Title		Grand Prix	Circuit		City / Location		Date		Time (local/GMT)
1	ING Australian Grand Prix		Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit		Melbourne		March 16		15:30 / 04:30
2	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix		Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit		Kuala Lumpur		March 23		15:00 / 07:00
3	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix		Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit		Sakhir, Manama		April 6		14:30 / 11:30
4	Gran Premio de Espa?a Telef?nica		Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya		Barcelona		April 27		14:00 / 12:00
5	Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix		Turkish GP	Istanbul Park		Istanbul		May 11		15:00 / 12:00
6	Grand Prix de Monaco		Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco		Monte-Carlo		May 25		14:00 / 12:00
7	Grand Prix du Canada		Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve		Montreal		June 8		13:00 / 17:00
8	Grand Prix de France		French GP	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours		Magny Cours		June 22		14:00 / 12:00
9	Santander British Grand Prix		British GP	Silverstone Circuit		Silverstone		July 6		13:00 / 12:00
10	Gro?er Preis von Deutschland		German GP	Hockenheimring		Hockenheim		July 20		14:00 / 12:00
11	Magyar Nagyd?j		Hungarian GP	Hungaroring		Budapest		August 3		14:00 / 12:00
12	Grand Prix of Europe		European GP	Valencia Street Circuit?		Valencia		August 24		14:00 / 12:00
13	ING Belgian Grand Prix		Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		Spa		September 7		14:00 / 12:00
14	Gran Premio d'Italia		Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza		Monza		September 14		14:00 / 12:00
15	SingTel Singapore Grand Prix		Singapore GP	Singapore Street Circuit?		Singapore		September 28		20:00 / 12:00
16	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix		Japanese GP	Fuji Speedway		Oyama		October 12		13:30 / 04:30
17	Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix		Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit		Shanghai		October 19		14:00 / 06:00
18	Grande Pr?mio do Brasil		Brazilian GP	Aut?dromo Jos? Carlos Pace		S?o Paulo		November 2		14:00 / 16:00

Teams & drivers:


Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
Kimi R?ikk?nen
Felipe Massa

BMW Sauber F1 Team
Nick Heidfeld
Robert Kubica

ING Renault F1 Team
Fernando Alonso
Nelson Piquet Jr

AT&T Williams
Nico Rosberg
Kazuki Nakajima

Red Bull Racing
David Coulthard
Mark Webber

Panasonic Toyota Racing
Jarno Trulli
Timo Glock

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Sebastian Vettel
S?bastien Bourdais

Honda Racing F1 Team
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello

Super Aguri F1
Takuma Sato
Anthony Davidson

Force India F1 Team
Adrian Sutil
Giancarlo Fisichella

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton
Heikki Kovalainen




/jarmo

[Bobarcord]

I can't wait for the 08 season . 

Hopefully Kimi can win it again.

[GypsySoul]

My Australian GP pole pick:  TBA


 

[Drew]

I want Kimi to win it again in 2008! 

[Rasputin]

thrilled Kimi won this year!
and rootin for him to win it next year! 

[leatherebel]

Why no US GP ?? 

[jarmo]

Why no US GP ?? 

Very few Americans understand the greatness we call Formula 1.




/jarmo

[leatherebel]

Why no US GP

Very few Americans understand the greatness we call Formula 1.




/jarmo

But there aren't many Americans in the US......

[jarmo]

Why no US GP ?? 

Very few Americans understand the greatness we call Formula 1.




/jarmo

But there aren't many Americans in the US......

Who's watching NASCAR then?

 




/jarmo

[Rasputin]

i dont think whoever owns the track in America & Ecclestone are on such good terms now are they??


i went to the race in America the year all the teams pulled out..  such a disapointment
but at least i got my ticket signed

[*Timothy*]

Why no US GP ?? 

Very few Americans understand the greatness we call Formula 1.




/jarmo

But there aren't many Americans in the US......

Who's watching NASCAR then?

 




/jarmo

Rednecks

[leatherebel]

Why no US GP

Very few Americans understand the greatness we call Formula 1.




/jarmo

But there aren't many Americans in the US......

Who's watching NASCAR then?

 




/jarmo

Rednecks

Right. Plus, more and more immigrants are starting to appreciate the greatness of NASCAR....

Seriously though, the US GP this year was sold out (despite the scorching heat) and tickets weren't exactly cheap...

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Why no US GP

Bernie and Tony George aren't in complete agreement with the way things are run.

[Ignatius]

Alonso back to Renault!!

http://www.formula1.com/

This was expected. I'm glad to see he's back to the team that helped him win two champioships...will see if the car is competitive enough though.

It'll sure be interesting to see what will Hamilton do this year in Mclaren now that Alonso's gone.

[jarmo]

This was expected. I'm glad to see he's back to the team that helped him win two champioships...will see if the car is competitive enough though.

They didn't want Kovalainen in the same team not to upset little Fernando.

 


All the respect I had for Alonso is gone. What a sore loser.




/jarmo

[rds.06]

This was expected. I'm glad to see he's back to the team that helped him win two champioships...will see if the car is competitive enough though.

They didn't want Kovalainen in the same team not to upset little Fernando.

 


All the respect I had for Alonso is gone. What a sore loser.




/jarmo

I agree, his such a little girl.

i hope Heikki goes to Mclaren and laps Alonso in the opening race. I also hope Pique Jnr is signed as Alonso's team mate and he beats Alonso, but Flavio prob wont allow that happen as Alonso has no doubt insisted on being Nr 1 driver.

All in all it looks like Alonso will not be winning the champship next year so im happy. I would like to see Massa win next year but I would settle for Kimi again. 

[jarmo]

McLaren apologises over spy findings
Thursday, 13, December, 2007, 16:25


McLaren has admitted that the leaked Ferrari data at the centre of the ?spygate? case seeped further into its team than it previously realised ? and has apologised for the fact that it took an FIA investigation to establish the full facts.

The Woking team released a statement on Thursday together with a letter it sent to FIA president Max Mosley on 5 December, in response to a report by the governing body?s technical department into its 2008 car.

In the letter, McLaren Group COO Martin Whitmarsh expresses ?sincere regret? at some of the disclosures in the report, and accepts that Ferrari intellectual property may have been seen by more McLaren personnel than the team acknowledged at the World Motor Sport Council hearing in September.

??We accept central conclusion that some pieces of Ferrari information may have been disclosed via Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan, directly or indirectly, to individuals within McLaren other than Pedro de la Rosa and Fernando Alonso,? Whitmarsh wrote.

He said it was a matter of ?deep regret? to McLaren that evidence unearthed by the FIA probe had not come to light during the team?s internal investigations.

?We?must accept that our own investigations into this matter were insufficient, although we would ask you to have regard to the fact that such investigations were conducted during a highly intense racing season and under significant time pressure,? he added.

Whitmarsh further expressed McLaren?s ?embarrassment that pieces of Ferrari information may have penetrated our organisation beyond our previous belief?.

As a result, he said McLaren accepts that the FIA inspection ?provides some support? for the WMSC?s conclusion at the September hearing that ?a number of McLaren employees?were in unauthorised possession of?Ferrari technical information?, noting that it has already been severely punished for that offence.

But Whitmarsh insisted the FIA inspection did not establish that any Ferrari information was used on McLaren?s 2007 or 2008 cars.

In its press statement the team said it had been "embarrassed by the successive disclosures" and apologised unreservedly.

"McLaren wish to make a public apology to the FIA, Ferrari, the Formula 1 community and to Formula 1 fans throughout the world and offer their assurance that changes are now being made which will ensure that nothing comparable to what has taken place will ever happen again," the statement said.

"McLaren have also agreed to pay the costs incurred by the FIA for their investigation."

The team also admitted that the "entire situation could have been avoided" it had immediately informed Ferrari and the FIA when it first knew of Stepney's "whistleblowing" about the Ferrari floor in Australia.





/jarmo

[jarmo]

HEIKKI KOVALAINEN JOINS VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES 2008 DRIVER LINE-UP

http://www.mclaren.com/latestnews/press-releases-2007.php?article=62


Could be a lot worse for Heikki..... 




/jarmo

[Ignatius]

HEIKKI KOVALAINEN JOINS VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES 2008 DRIVER LINE-UP

http://www.mclaren.com/latestnews/press-releases-2007.php?article=62


Could be a lot worse for Heikki.....?




/jarmo

Will McLaren maintain the NO number one driver policy too with this line up??

Good for Heikki...I'm sure he'll get the same treatment from McLaren as Hamilton got in 2007?

[jarmo]

Good for Heikki...I'm sure he'll get the same treatment from McLaren as Hamilton got in 2007 

You mean the same treatment Alonso got?

Until he pissed off everybody with his backstabbing and whining....  Oh, and his tactics in Hungary....



/jarmo