Toyota has decided to lead everyone out of the gate this year and schedule their team launch first. Ferrari will follow and the rest of the teams will follow the Cologne-based team (for once).
Jan 12th - Friday: Toyota - TF107
Jan 14th - Monday: Ferrari - F2007
Jan 15th - Tuesday: McLaren - MP4-22
Jan 16th - Wednesday: BMW - F1.07
Jan 24th - Wednesday: Renault - R27
Jan 25th - Thursday: Honda - RA107
Jan 26th - Friday: Red Bull - RB3
Feb 2nd - Friday: Williams
Feb 5th - Monday: Spyker
Mar 12th - Monday: Super Aguri - SA07
TBD: STR
Some interesting things to watch out for will be the Vodaphone sponsorship of Mclaren and Honda’s new “mystery” livery. Here is what Honda’s Nick Fry revealed to Formula1.com:
“We have a marketing plan which will surprise a lot of people and get them interested by our approach. You will not see a car covered in Honda logos - it will be something very different.”
According to the November issue of F1 Racing, Honda will adopt a ‘green’ environmental livery that was pitched to them by Simon Fuller’s, yes American Idol’s badboy, marketing agency. With all the hype lately about F1 being more environmenaly friendly, it will be interesting to see if Honda does adopt this theme on their cars.
