In a world without tobacco companies

No more Marlboro , West, Mild Seven , Benson and Hedges. The tobacco companies have been banished from the world of formula one. The billions of dollars they pumped into the sport will be thoroughly missed. Moreover , some cars might even have to change their colours to incorporate new sponsors. Like the Renault team which was being sponsored by the Mild Seven group , The characteristic blue tint on the cars might be replaced by an orange paint job as their new sponsors are ING Vyasya. Whatever be their colour , 2006 was indeed one of the most eventful years for the world of Formula One.

Formula One Season 2007 Teams Line UP

We fare goodbye to the 2006 season and start to prepare for the 2007 season , here is the list of the lineups finalised by the various teams.

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes -

  • Drivers -
    • Fernando Alonso
    • Lewis Hamilton
  • Test Drivers
    • Pedro De La Rosa
    • Gary Paffett
ING Renault F1 Team

  • Drivers
    • Giancarlo Fisichella
    • Heikki Kovalainen
  • Test Drivers
    • Ricardo Zonta
    • Nelson Piquet Jr.
Scuderia Ferrari Team

  • Drivers
    • Felipe Massa
    • Kimi Raikonen
  • Test Drivers
    • Luca Badoer
    • Marc Gene
Honda Racing F1 Team

  • Drivers
    • Jenson Button
    • Rubens Barrichello
  • Test Drivers
    • Christian Klien
    • James Rossiter
BMW Sauber F1 Team

  • Drivers
    • Nick Heidfeld
    • Robert Kubica
  • Test Drivers
    • Sebastien Vettel
Panasonic Toyota Formula One Racing

  • Drivers
    • Ralf Schumacher
    • Jarno Trulli
  • Test Drivers
    • Frank Mantagny
    • Kohei Hirate
    • Kamui Kobyashi
Red Bull formula one Racing

  • Drivers
    • David Coulthard
    • Mark Webber
  • Test Drivers
    • Not Announced Yet
AT&T Williams F1

  • Drivers
    • Nico Rosberg
    • Alexander Wurz
  • Test Drivers
    • Narain Karthikeyan
    • Kazuki Najakima
Spyker F1 Team

  • Drivers
    • Christian Albers
    • Adrian Sutil
* - All others TBA

Scuderia Torro Rosso

* - All are TBA

Super Aguri F1

  • Drivers
    • Takuma Sato
    • Anthony Davidson
  • Test Drivers
    • Giado Van Der Garde

Last Updated 21st December :-)

A brief account of what all happened this week in the world of Formula One

  • Heikki Kovalainen says that he can match Alonso in the Renaults and that he doesnt feel like an F1 rookie
  • Germany's Adrian Sutil will partner Christijan Albers at the new Spyker Formula One
Sadly little else happened this week as drivers and teams enjoy their break. :P

2007 FIA Formula One Calendar

The FIA released the Formula One 2007 official Calendar, here is an overview of main points

  • Season starts at Australia on 18th March 2007 and concludes with the last Formula One race at Brazil on 21st October 2007
  • The San Marino Grand Prix and The European Grand Prix have been scrapped from the Formula One Calendar leaving Germany and Italy with just 1 race in the Calendar.
  • The above decision means that while Imola is left without a race , the German grand Prix can be hosted either by Hockenheim or by Nurburgring.
  • The Japenese Formula One Grand Prix shifts from Suzuka to Fuji.



FIA Formula One 2007 Grand Prix Schedule Calendar:

18 March: Australia (Melbourne)
8 April: Malaysia (Sepang)
15 April: Bahrain (Manama)
13 May: Spain (Barcelona)
27 May: Monaco (Monte Carlo)
10 June: Canada (Montreal)
17 June: United States (Indianapolis)
1 July: France (Magny-Cours)
8 July: United Kingdom (Silverstone)
22 July: Germany (tbc)
5 August: Hungary (Budapest)
26 August: Turkey (Istanbul)
9 September: Italy (Monza)
16 September: Belgium (Spa)
30 September: China (Shanghai)
7 October: Japan (Fuji)
21 October: Brazil (Interlagos)

Alonso Testing McLarens Already

Two time Formula One Champion Fernando Alonso is already in the front seat of a McLaren , Renault gave him permission to test in a McLaren car even before his contract expires at the end of this year. Alonso though was lacklustre and was .250 seconds behind teammate Lewis Hamilton in testing.

"I'm pleased that I was able to drive the McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 car earlier than expected and would like to thank Renault and Flavio Briatore for agreeing to this.

"I'm really excited about the future and would like to wish everybody a merry Christmas and a happy new year."

Look who's back



Well due to off-season and me busy with exams , wasnt able to post this. Hakkinen is back to testing with Mclaren Mercedes , So is he coming back to formula one you may ask , we are not sure :P . He was the slowest of all the formula one drivers that day in testing and was about 3 seconds behind Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer.


"After five years, to come back in F1 and to go very hard, flat out, I think I would make mistakes.

"The risk would be damaging the car. That would first of all not look professional and I don't think I would learn anything then.

"I think it would be unfair for people to automatically expect, after five years, I could go maximum attack and bang in a time."


Career Stats of Mika Hakkinen

Nationality : Finnish
Active years : 1991 - 2001
Team(s) : Lotus, McLaren
Grands Prix : 165
Championships : 2
Wins : 20
Podium finishes : 51
Pole positions : 26
Fastest laps : 25
First Grand Prix : 1991 United States Grand Prix
First win : 1997 European Grand Prix
Last win : 2001 United States Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix 2001 : Japanese Grand Prix