Formula One heads to Turkey for the fifth round of the season where Bridgestone’s hard and medium compound Potenza tyres will face the tricky turn eight, as well as the rest of the difficult-to-master 5.34 km track
Entries from April 2008
Bridgestone ready to go anti-clockwise
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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No free time on a Race weekend
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
A Formula One driver’s job is largely subjected to a strict schedule, which rarely allows time for any leisure activities. This also applies to Robert Kubica. The BMW Sauber F1 Team driver describes how he spends the time between arriving at the airport at the Grand Prix venue and the race.
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Get ready for a thrilling season
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Following the Spanish Grand Prix, in his latest “Track Talk”, Mario Theissen expresses his delight at Heikki Kovalainen having escaped from his massive crash virtually unharmed, while at the same time he is content with the performance delivered by the BMW Sauber F1 Team.
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Poland’s rising star on his favourite places to stay, the calendar’s top nightlife, who he likes to socialise with and how he winds down after a race
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
… 26 Grands Prix so far in his Formula One career but he has already developed something … occasion contributed to me signing my BMW Sauber contract and therefore I consider Montmelo as …
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Dennis denies involvement in Mosley scandal
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
McLaren team principal Ron Dennis has issued a strong denial that he, his company or any other agency working for them had any hand in the News of the World’s exposé of FIA president Max Mosley’s private life.
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BMW Sauber Pit Lane Park to start in Turkish GP
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
The BMW Sauber F1 Team achieved three podium finishes and one pole position in the first races of the FIA Formula One World Championship. Starting with the Turkish Grand Prix, the team from Munich and Hinwil is also setting up a course away from the track: the BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park starts […]
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Slowing American economy hits BMW
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
“The revenue side of things was actually better than we expected”
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the world’s largest maker of luxury cars, said yesterday that its first-quarter profit fell 17 percent after a slowing U.S. economy hurt prices in the world’s biggest automobile … via Xinhuanet
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Heidfeld blasts ’stupid’ safety car rule.
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
… Spanish Grand Prix, and with it second position in the drivers’ world championship. The BMW-Sauber star was running in seventh place in the early stages of the race in …
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FORMULA ONE: Spain sees red as Ferrari dominates
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
… in a poor fifth position. The British driver passed Robert Kubica in a BMW Sauber at the start for fourth, and then profited by Alonso’s early pit stop to …
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Renault found three tenths on rivals - Symonds
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Renault engineering chief and F1 veteran Pat Symonds says his team gained three tenths a lap on its rivals thanks to improvements made mainly to the aerodynamics before the Spanish Grand Prix.
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