16-Aug-08: Toyota Head to the Netherlands for Street Action
You’re listening to F1 Minute and today is the 16th August 2008.
If you happen to be anywhere near Rotterdam this weekend, you might be lucky enough to catch sight of an F1 car on the streets. Toyota, Force India and Renault have all taken a break from their Valencian preparation to head to the Netherlands for the Bavaria City Racing festival.
Trulli will be giving the fans a demonstration in his Toyota, whilst Fisichella, Sutil and Renault test driver Yamamoto all take their respective cars on a trip through the streets as well. With team mate Trulli in the Netherlands, Glock has travelled to California to take part in some Historic Automobile Races at Laguna Seca. Nice work if you can get it.
Meanwhile, the F1 news doesn’t stop. Rumour has it that Nelson Piquet is having to wait until September this year before finding out whether he has a race drive for 2009 or not. The Renault driver is one in a long line of people having to wait until Alonso makes his move for next season, before finding out his own future.
That’s it for today, I’ll be back tomorrow with another F1 Minute.
04-Feb-08: Webber Winds Up Barcelona Test on Top
It’s the 4th February, I’m Christine and this is F1 Minute.
Testing drew to a close in Barcelona yesterday with Mark Webber fastest, and the Toro Rosso pair heading the boards the day before. Williams realised the problem with Nakajima’s car was more serious than they’d initially thought, and they headed home early to attempt to fix it. The entire event as overshadowed, however, by racist abuse against Lewis Hamilton, so bad that circuit officials closed off the spectator areas surrounding the McLaren garage. The FIA have warned that behaviour like this is not acceptable and sanctions may be imposed on the circuit.
Bernie Ecclestone has been questioning the future of the Australian Grand Prix, going so far as to say that it needs to be a night race for it to be on the calendar. Organisers have said they do not intend to change the time of the race, and they’re confident this latest negative spin will blow over.
In the news today, Renault have signed Sakon Yamamoto as test driver for 2008, whilst two teams headed to Bahrain for a test. It’s no surprise that the Ferrari pair headed the timesheets from Toyota.
That’s all for today, please join me tomorrow for another F1 Minute.