Dutchman Robert Doornbos may be giving us a clue as to the fate of American Scott Speed’s race seat with STR. According to Autosport.com, Doornbos has confirmed that he will be joining a Champ Car team in the “very near future”.
I tried to race at Toro Rosso but there were some uncertainties there, so I [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Reading between the lines: Doornbos’ Champ Car deal
Published January 31st, 2007 in Red Bull, Robert Doornbos, Scott Speed and Toro Rosso. 304 CommentsWilliamsf1.com has an awesome timer up on their site counting down to FW29 launch day on Feb. 2nd. Up until then, they are virtually building the car online. Each day a component is added. Head that way and move the slider at the bottom to watch the car built from the ground up.
Red Bull RB3 Launch
Published January 29th, 2007 in D Coulthard, M Webber and Red Bull. 124 CommentsBlah, blah, blah, Adrian Newey. Blah, blah, Renault engines. Blah, blah, Mark Webber and David Coulthard. (yawn) That’s about how exciting the Red Bull launch was in Barcelona last week. The team known for large parties quietly rolled its new car onto the track for a couple laps and a few photos.
I am surprised that [...]
Renault R27 Launch
Published January 29th, 2007 in G Fisichella, H Kovalainen and Renault. 120 CommentsWe’re playing catch-up here this week at GP junkie. Last week we missed a couple of launches while helping out one of our sister sites, UFCjunkie.com prepare for the Spike TV event and for this week’s UFC pay-per-view event. Check the site out for all the UFC news you could possibly need.
While we were [...]
Company Perk: Alonso gifted Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR 722
Published January 17th, 2007 in Fernando Alonso and McLaren. 112 CommentsIts good to be the king. And its good to drive for McLaren. Ron Dennis’ newly adopted son was gifted a special edition McLaren SLR acording to the guys over at Motor Authority:
He’s taken delivery of the ultra-rare Mercedes-McLaren 722, describing it as the “prettiest car in the world.”
Now keep in mind this [...]
BMW-Sauber F1.07 Launch
Published January 16th, 2007 in BMW Sauber, N Heidfeld, R Kubica and S Vettel. 98 CommentsNot to be outdone by the other German engine provided F1 team, BMW-Sabuer also chose Velencia, Spain as their location of choice to launch ther F1.07. This season’s livery doesn’t change much from last year as BMW has retained their major sponsors.
Mario Theissen and company are looking to build on last year’s surprising (to me [...]
McLaren MP4-22 Launch
Published January 16th, 2007 in Fernando Alonso, L Hamilton and McLaren. 103 CommentsAnother day, another launch. This time its McLaren who is stepping up to bat. This year they swing away with the MP4-22. Fortunately for us, this year’s edition retains its amazing “pewter” (or whatever they are calling it) livery. For those of you who haven’t seen it in person, you are really missing out.
It seems [...]
Ferrari quietly launched their 2007 contender at their private test track at Fiorano, Italy. No press was allowed at the event, but the team released their own pictures and video of the event.
Renault won’t be launching their 2007 challenger, the R27, until January 24th but some spy shots have surfaced showing some very interesting design elements of this year’s car:
