Formula One News — March 2007

The Spyker team has announced sponsorship from two Abu Dhabi government-owned companies: Etihad Airways and Aldar.

Wolfgang Bernhard, the German automobile executive who helped to revive Chrysler five years ago, could be on his way back to the firm as a consultant to Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity group that is bidding to buy the firm.

Australian Grand Prix chairman Ron Walker has confirmed that the organisation is looking at whether or not the Australian Grand Prix could be run as a night event.

The Super Aguri F1 team had finally unveiled its new package for 2007 with the unveiling of the new SA07 in Melbourne.

The state government of South Australia has ruled out bidding against Melbourne to recapture the Australian Grand Prix. The state treasurer Kevin Foley said that there was "no chance of the government bidding for the Grand Prix" because it would "cost the state too much".

Michelin has announced that it is initiating legal proceedings against the FIA.

David Richards is the new owner of Aston Martin, along with US investor John Sinders, and Kuwaiti firms Investment Dar and Adeem Investment. The company will continue to be run by Dr Ulrich Bez but Richards will be the non-executive chairman.

The Formula 1 rules have been modified in a number of ways in the last few days without any major announcements on the subject. So, in order that fans understand what is going to be going on, here are the details of the most important of these changes.

Bahrain has finally admitted that its hoteliers are taking advantage of the Grand Prix and have tried to find ways of bringing down the costs.

There is talk of problems in Melbourne with regard to the ongoing dispute over customer cars in Formula 1 but it may be that the Australian Grand Prix weekend will be a little quieter thaan many people think.

Our spies in Australia tell us that the Australian Grand Prix will have a lot of important visitors this year with a major delegation expected from Singapore, including S Iswaran, the Minister of State for Trade and Industry, who is responsible for tourism in the country.

Forbes Magazine has just produced its annual list of the world's billionaires and it makes impressive reading, considering that there are now 891 of them (at least when one is counting with the weak US dollar).

David Richards is expected to announce in Geneva tomorrow that his bid for Aston Martin has been successful and that he is in charge of Britain's glossiest car company.

Honda Racing F1 Team has signed an agreement with British F3 champion Mike Conway. The 22-year-old will do a number of tests for the team in the course of the next year.

There has long been speculation about the fate of the first winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. "W Williams", whose real name was William Grover, went on to become a British secret agent during World War II

With just a few days remaining before the start of the new Formula 1 season in Melbourne there is a lot of talk about who thinks who is going to do well. This is a necessary evil but a dangerous game in a world where electronic stories stay forever and do not transform into chip paper as they used to do in the age of paper.

Former Formula 1 drivers Johnny Herbert, Gianni Morbidelli and Stefan Johansson will all be joining Jean Alesi at the Virginia International Raceway to test three cars which will be used in Speedcar Series in Asia and the Middle East.

Juan-Pablo Montoya won his first NASCAR race in the Busch Series event at the weekend in Mexico City. This is the second level NASCAR series but a win is nonetheless a major achievement for a rookie driver.

The word in Singapore is that there will soon be news that the island state will be included in the 2008 Formula 1 calendar, with a date either in April or August next year. There remains talk that this will be Formula 1's first night race.

This website tends not to report on testing in a blow-by-blow fashion because we do not think that it does anything but confuse by reporting on different cars setting fastest times on different days.

With the racing spotlight on A1 Grand Prix in Durban last weekend, the people in Cape Town who are trying to put together a serious bid for a Grand Prix did not want to be left out of the coverage.