- Formula 1 - Season 2008 -

[nightsurfer]

@sub7er

LOL! Cheater! Cheater!

How is it going buddy? Any plans to watch the Ausie GP?

[nightsurfer]

BMW

SAUBER
LAUNCH 2008 CAR

Introducing the new BMW Sauber F1.08

A 'radical evolution' of the 2007 challenger

The BMW Sauber F1.08 has been built on high-class foundations, its predecessor – the F1.07 – having comfortably lived up to everything expected of it. The designers, therefore, enjoyed a sound basis on which to build, and were under no pressure to take any major risks. “That’s why we decided to go for evolution rather than revolution,” says Technical Director Willy Rampf. Added to which, the engineers benefited from the achievement of the BMW Sauber F1 Team in establishing itself as the third-strongest team on the grid early on in 2007.

[s90]

"radical evolution"

Looks like some serious stuff and thinking by BMW.

[nightsurfer]

Yeah, I hope BMW do well this season.

[m11]

bmw says that ferrari and mclaren will be surprised by their car.....

i wonder what they have done with it...

[s90]

^ Lets see wht happens in real race

[nightsurfer]

I am hoping to see a great fight for second between BMW, Mclaren and Renault.

[nightsurfer]

Strong showing from Ferrari in the F2008
Jerez - Monday - Testing

The first group test of the New Year got underway this morning at soggy Jerez with nine of the 11 Formula One teams present. It was a solid start to the year for the defending champions with Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa leading the way for Ferrari.

Jerez - 14/01/2008

1 . K. Raikkonen - Ferrari F2008 - 1:19.845 (+ 0.000 ) - 59 laps
2 . F. Massa - Ferrari F2008 - 1:20.123 (+ 0.278 ) - 43 laps
3 . P. de la Rosa - McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 - 1:20.548 (+ 0.703 ) - 54 laps
4 . S. Vettel - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR2 - 1:20.732 (+ 0.887 ) - 40 laps
5 . H. Kovalainen - McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 - 1:20.936 (+ 1.091 ) - 49 laps
6 . S. Bourdais - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR2 - 1:20.997 (+ 1.152 ) - 47 laps
7 . N. Rosberg - Williams Toyota FW29 - 1:21.143 (+ 1.298 ) - 47 laps
8 . J. Trulli - Toyota TF108 - 1:21.344 (+ 1.499 ) - 86 laps
9 . N. Piquet - Renault R27 - 1:21.595 (+ 1.750 ) - 41 laps
10 . D. Coulthard - Red Bull Renault RB3 - 1:21.745 (+ 1.900 ) - 51 laps
11 . V. Liuzzi - Force India Ferrari F8-VII - 1:23.035 (+ 3.190 ) - 44 laps
12 . K. Nakajima - Williams Toyota FW29 - 1:23.134 (+ 3.289 ) - 42 laps
13 . T. Glock - Toyota TF108 - 1:24.351 (+ 4.506 ) - 58 laps
14 . J. Rossiter - Super Aguri Honda SA07 - 1:34.852 (+ 15.007 ) - 10 laps.

[nightsurfer]

Alonso on track with Renault
The return of the double world champion

Today is an important day for the Renault team as Fernando Alonso takes his first laps in last year’s R27.

After winning back to back titles with the R25 and R26 packages, Alonso moved to McLaren last year taking four victories and finishing third in the championship. Renault did not win a race last year and scored just one podium positions courtesy of Heikki Kovalainen at Fuji.

Positive start for BMW Sauber
First laps for Kubica in Valencia

The maiden laps of the BMW Sauber’s new car went off according to plan. The doors of the pit garage opened at 12.00, and seven minutes later Robert Kubica emerged with the BMW Sauber F1.08 for its first installation lap on the Valencia circuit.

[Piranas]

well i'm very impressed with the performance of the man at number four
Sebastian Vettel
this guy is very young and had great sense of racing
Chris Goodwin(Former Driver& Star Sports Commentrator) once commented that vettel started racing at the age of 4 and this guy has more racing experience then even him
Further do you remember this guy scored 4th position in last races of the 07 Season and previous to that race he was driving for 3rd spot but crashed with his (can be called)Team mate Mark Webber
well i'm sure he is gonna be a big time racer
and he is teamed up with Champcar Legend S.Bourdais

[nightsurfer]

Upon reservations of a few of the members, I have requested the moderatorss to replace the thread picture with this new one I made.

[UncleKracker]

Alonso tops testing on Renault return

Former world champion Fernando Alonso made a perfect start to his return to Renault on Tuesday when he topped the times in testing at Jerez.

The Spaniard was having the first experience of last year's R27 and, after spending the early part of the day finding the limits of the car, he set his best lap of 1:19.503 late in the afternoon as he did two quick runs.

Alonso's best effort was just more than one tenth ahead of McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa in the new McLaren MP4-23, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen just five hundredths further adrift in the F2008.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64699

[UncleKracker]

FERNANDO ALONSO INTERVIEW

Fernando Alonso donned Renault overalls for the first time since 2006 at Jerez on Tuesday – and promptly set the pace on his first test run in the R27.

The Spaniard is enjoying being back at the team that propelled him to F1 stardom. Here, courtesy of Renault's press office, are his thoughts on the season ahead.

http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=General&PO_ID=41608

[UncleKracker]

I take whatever is written on sites like planetf1 etc with a pinch of salt, and not always worthy of sharing news from those sites with my fellow F1 fans here on Pakwheels but I came across this bit of news while looking for some wallpapers on their site.

Cant believe those Bast##ds at Mclaren were still at it with their new car.Guess old habits die hard.

Hill fears for Hamilton's title chances

http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_3049447,00.html

[UncleKracker]

Red Bull launch the RB4 at Jerez

Red Bull Racing unveiled their new Renault-powered RB4 car at Jerez in Spain this morning, as they bid to build on team stability to deliver their most competitive season in Formula One.

www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64707

[UncleKracker]

Newey: no compromises with RB4

Red Bull Racing insist they have not had to make any compromises to the design of their new RB4 as they bid to overcome the reliability problems that marred their 2007 campaign.

The team unveiled their evolutionary new contender at Jerez in Spain this morning and chief technical officer Adrian Newey claims they have been able to be just as aggressive in chasing speed with the car as they were with its predecessor.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64711

[UncleKracker]

RBR confident of step forward in 2008

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner is confident that the squad will take a step forward in performance in 2008, but is unwilling to make firm predictions about their competitiveness.

The team took their best constructors' championship result to date in 2007, being classified fifth after McLaren's penalty, and fighting hard for fourth place with Williams.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64714

[UncleKracker]

Technical analysis of the Red Bull RB4

Red Bull unveiled their new car in a simple pitlane presentation in Jerez this morning. The RB4 is the second car from Adrian Newey for the team and its design aims to improve on both the reliability and speed issues the team had last year.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64722

[sub7er]

@ns...i might ..i mean have a friend coming over from paki in march & ill be on holidays,...the tickets r starting from 39 dollars..soo they ant all that expensive soo might just go over for the race, hoping all the tickets arent sold out!

[nightsurfer]

@UK

Nice to hear such words for of admittance from a Brit. It will take years to earn back what Mclaren lost last season. i.e., Respect and Faith and Ferrari will make sure they will never get it back.