As reported at Formula1.com, the McLaren appeal has been rejected. The reason given is not that they were wrong, only that they were not allowed to appeal. Therefore, Williams and BMW get to break the rules with no retribution, and Ferrari get another world championship handed to them by the FIA. Grandprix.com has a good [...]

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As reported at Autosport.com, Michael did not expect to be as fast as he was in his return to an F1 car.
“It took me a bit of time, maybe two laps, and then I was back into the groove,” Schumacher, who did not speak to the media on Tuesday, told reporters in Barcelona on Wednesday.
“And [...]

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As reported in Autosport.com, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher made an impressive return to Formula One action by topping the times on the first day of testing at the Barcelona circuit.The German driver, who had not driven a Grand Prix car in anger since he retired from the sport a year ago, posted a best [...]

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As reported at BBC.com. there are significant changes in the senior ranks of Ferrari. This is not a complete surprise. Jean Todt is to be replaced as boss of the Ferrari Formula One team by Stefano Domenicali from January. Todt, a key figure in turning Ferrari into one of F1’s most successful teams since he [...]

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The big news today, as reported by Grandprix.com, is that Ross Brawn has come off of his sabbatical to join Honda as team principal. This has been a rumor for a while now, although Ross Brawn has always said he would return to Ferrari if he was to return to F1. This is a coup [...]

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As reported at ManipeF1.com, Fernando Alonso and Renault are close to reuniting ahead of the 2008 formula one season. Although Alonso wanted a single season contract, and Renault wanted a 2-3 year contract, they are apparently close to agreement. It will be a multi year agreement with an out clause based on performance (or lack [...]

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As reported on ManipeF1.com, Renault has pooled an incredible (US) $90 million to try to woo Fernando Alonso back to the French team in 2008 and 2009. The problem is that Alonso apparently only wants a one year contract hoping to join a better team (Ferrari?) in 2009. This doesn’t make a lot of sense [...]

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Congratulations to Kimi for winning the Brazilian Grand prix and, against the odds, the drivers championship. Given that he won the most races this year (6) he deserves the championship. Congratulations also go to Lewis Hamilton for coming in second in his rookie year. Now, for 2008, can the FIA get out of micro-managing the [...]

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Having read the full transcript of the last FIA hearing on the Spygate saga (why is everything a -gate these days?) there are a number of things that jumped out at me.

The Ferrari argument appears to be built completely on supposition and not on any specific proof.
McLaren does not appear to have been upfront on [...]

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