All news from Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/ en-GB Formula1.com Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:24:31 GMT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:24:31 GMT 15 http://www.formula1.com/photos/225x150/manual/jean-paul_driot_dams_principal.jpg http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8111.html Bridgestone e-reporter finalist Alan NG (right) with Jean-Paul Driot, DAMS team principal, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 19 July 2008. © Bridgestone Since its inception in 2004, the GP2 Series has established itself as a serious breeding ground for Formula One talent - with the likes of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton as evidence. And official tyre suppliers to the series, Bridgestone, are helping to do the same for motorsport journalism, with their e-reporter competition. The nine 2008 finalists will each get to report from one European round of the series, and will be supplying Formula1.com with details of the GP2 action... http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8111.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:52:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8111.html Formula1.com Welcome to race day for the 10th round of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship, the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. After yesterday's late weather disruption of the GP2 race, nobody is taking things for granted today as the forecast is yet again for showers in the region and an ambient temperature high of 20 degrees Celsius... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8096.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:54:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8096.html Formula1.com Difficult weather conditions - principally changeable wind direction - made qualifying tricky for everyone at Hockenheim, but it was at least run on a dry track after a very quick rain shower 15 minutes before the start of Q1 had threatened to disrupt things. As on Friday, ultimately no one could better Lewis Hamilton, but the McLaren driver will have one of his fellow championship leaders alongside him on the grid - Ferrari's Felipe Massa - and the fast-qualifying Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso could also play key roles in Sunday's German Grand Prix. We take a team-by-team look at the pre-race form book… http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8120.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:57:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8120.html Formula1.com The German fans are among the most enthusiastic in the world, and they love a good race. They got one in Saturday's GP2 encounter. Series leader Giorgio Pantano was heading for an easy win over, until the Heavens opened in the closing stages. The Italian lost his rhythm in his Racing Engineering machine, allowing ART driver Romain Grosjean to move ahead to take a dramatic victory. Behind them there was mayhem.... http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8121.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:36:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8121.html Formula1.com Drivers: 1st Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1m15.666s; 2nd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1m15.859s; 3rd Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren), 1m16.143s. Q: Lewis, it was very, very close here to the last second. Talk us through that final lap. Lewis Hamilton: My final lap I was quite happy with to be honest. It went very smoothly. I think the first Q3 lap I had was looking to be a good lap but then they put the flags out in turn 12. I think Heikki ran a bit wide on the exit of turn 12, so I had to be careful as I didn't want to get any penalties... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8119.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:40:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8119.html Formula1.com Getting a car onto the front row at Silverstone recently was a sensational experience for Red Bull. Even if Mark Webber went from hero to zero on lap one of the race, it proved that Adrian Newey's design touch is finally having a serious effect on the team. Webber may have left the British Grand Prix disappointed, but he arrived in Germany safe in the knowledge that Red Bull are very much on an upward path - one that could put the Australian back on the front row very soon, even if it wasn't to be in Hockenheim… http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2008/7/8118.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:17:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2008/7/8118.html Formula1.com McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on his third pole position of the season; Jarno Trulli on putting Toyota on row two; and Sebastian Vettel on beating the man he will replace at Red Bull next season, David Coulthard. All 20 drivers give their qualifying verdicts… http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8117.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:07:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8117.html Formula1.com Lewis Hamilton maintained his Hockenheim momentum in qualifying on Saturday afternoon, and had the answer when Ferrari's Felipe Massa appeared to have pole position wrapped up. The Brazilian had lapped in 1m 15.859s to deprive Heikki Kovalainen of the honour, but Hamilton's 1m 15.666s gave him the final word for McLaren. This time Kimi Raikkonen was not able to maintain the grid symmetry for Ferrari, and it is Jarno Trulli who will start from fourth place for Toyota after posting 1m 16.191s... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8116.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:59:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8116.html Formula1.com After 30 years, the BMW M1 Procar Series made its comeback on Saturday, with a host of big name drivers. Ten celebrity-manned examples of the near 500 hp mid-engined racers delivered the first of two show races on the Hockenheimring as part of the German Grand Prix support programme. First across the line was a man who raced the cars the first time around, three-time world champion Niki Lauda. "It was such a hoot,” said Lauda. “We were allowed to drive how we wanted, we didn't have to hold back on the pace... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8115.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:39:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8115.html Formula1.com Heikki Kovalainen set the pace for McLaren in Saturday morning's final practice session for the German Grand Prix at a dry but windy Hockenheim, as team mate Lewis Hamilton sandwiched Ferrari interloper Felipe Massa. Kovalainen lapped in 1m 15.621s on Bridgestone's softer tyre. Hamilton also used it for his 1m 15.839s, but Massa did not improve with the softer tyre on the 1m 15.693s that he set on the hard compound. Fernando Alonso was fourth with 1m 15.943s for Renault, on softs... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8112.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:26:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8112.html Formula1.com Overcast conditions, some rain, a drying track and changing winds conspired to create conditions at Hockenheim on Friday that were very different to those at the test here last week. Thus all of the teams were obliged to rethink their set-ups on a generally difficult day. At the end of it all, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton emerged as the clear leader - in terms of pace at least. However, with so many variables entering the equation, Saturday's qualifying session could yet prove a very different affair... http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8110.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:49:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/7/8110.html Formula1.com Team principals: Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Norbert Haug (Mercedes), Vijay Mallya (Force India), Mario Theissen (BMW Sauber). Q: My first question is can you give a run down on how you feel your team has performed in the first half of this championship? Dr Mallya, can I ask you to start. Vijay Mallya: Well, it is appropriate that you asked me to start considering I am playing catch up. As you know I inherited a team that was not very competitive in previous years... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8109.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:26:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8109.html Formula1.com McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on his domination at Hockenheim; Sebastien Bourdais on two tough sessions for Toro Rosso; and local hero Timo Glock on getting his Toyota airborne. All 20 drivers report back on day one in Germany (note - positions and times refer to practice two)... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8108.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:28:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8108.html Formula1.com McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was once again the fastest man round Hockenheim in second practice for the German Grand Prix on Friday afternoon, this time setting the ante with minutes to spare with a lap of 1m 15.025s. That outpaced Felipe Massa, with whom he had traded times throughout, by 0.697s in the end. The Ferrari driver was almost matched by his team mate Kimi Raikkonen, who lapped in 1m 15.760s, and Heikki Kovalainen completed the top four... http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8107.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:54:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8107.html Formula1.com When Ross Brawn joined Honda as their new team principal for 2008, he was widely hailed as the man who could put the Japanese squad back on the road to victory. Nine races into the season and, Rubens Barrichello's Silverstone podium aside, things have not changed dramatically on the outside. Brawn, however, remains unflustered, insisting the team are improving significantly from within, with a clear focus on 2009 when the major rule changes could well play into their hands… http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2008/7/8106.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:35:00 GMT http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2008/7/8106.html Formula1.com