Formula One News — July 2007

JULY 10, 2007

Meanwhile in the High Court

Today in Court 59 at the High Court in London the case of Ferrari Spa versus Coughlan and Another will be heard by Mr Justice Briggs. It is anticipated that Ferrari's lawyers will give more details of their plans regarding legal actions but will probably also include a request to extend an injunction against McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan which forbids Coughlan and others from giving data to a third party.

JULY 9, 2007

Race Report - Kimi walks away

After his pole position on Saturday, Lewis Hamilton was a national hero but down in the McLaren camp there were worries that the Ferrari pace was going to be too quick to stop.

JULY 8, 2007

Sunday Photos

British GP - Sunday Photos

Sunday Press Conference

British GP - Sunday Press Conference

Sunday Team Quotes

British GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Race Incidents

British GP - Race Incidents

Race Results

British GP - Race Results

Stepney speaks out

Ferrari's Nigel Stepney has been giving his version of events in the ongoing scandal over espionage and sabotage in Maranello. Stepney has been accused of both by Ferrari.

JULY 7, 2007

Qualifying Report - Hamilton keeps the fans happy

Lewis Hamilton blasted to pole position for the British Grand Prix in a knife-edge finish during the qualifying. Hamilton made no mistakes (as usual) and ended up edging out Kimi Raikkonen by a small margin when the Finn drifted wide at the final corner and lost traction in the run down to the start-finish line.

Saturday Photos

British GP - Saturday Photos

Saturday Press Conference

British GP - Saturday Press Conference

Saturday Team Quotes

British GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Qualifying Results

British GP - Qualifying Results

And so the scandals roll on...

The British Grand Prix weekend has seen the espionage scandal roll on with huge amounts of rumour and gossip, making it very difficult to figure out what is truth and what is speculation.

Practice 3 Report - Kimi stays ahead

Kimi Raikkonen remained at the front in the Saturday morning practice session ahead of McLaren's Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton. Onbce again the fastest of the chasers was Nico Rosberg in the Williams ahead of Ralf Schumacher's Toyota, the Toro Rosso of Tonio Liuzzi and Heikki Kovalainen's Renault.

Practice 3 Results

British GP - Practice 3 Results

JULY 6, 2007

Practice 2 Report - Ferrari on top at Silverstone

On Friday afternoon Kimi Raikkonen was again at the top of the F1 timesheets with Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa behind him. Whether this is a clear indication for the rest of the weekend remains to be seen but third fastest was Ralf Schumacher, a long way back in his Toyota.

Friday Photos

British GP - Friday Photos

Friday Press Conference

British GP - Friday Press Conference

Friday Team Quotes

British GP - Friday Team Quotes

Practice 2 Results

British GP - Practice 2 Results

Klien stands in for Button

Jenson Button is suffering from back pains and so is to miss the second practice session for the British Grand Prix. It is hoped that Button will be fit enough to be back in the car tomorrow.

Coulthard re-signs with Red Bull Racing

David Coulthard has been re-signed for another season with Red Bull Racing. The team is also expected to keep Mark Webber and that means that the young Red Bull drivers at Scuderia Toro Rosso will not be moving up into the main team.

Practice 1 Report - Hamilton gets the fans warmed up

A blustery Silverstone was treated to Lewis Hamilton setting the fastest time of the first session on Friday morning. The McLaren driver lapped the track at 1m21.100s, which ended up being a tenth faster than the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen.